Allen M. Foxley [commonly known as Allen Foxley, and as A. M. Foxley] was born in England on 7 [or 11 - sources differ] September 1869. He studied at the University of Cambridge from where he obtained an M.A. His training as an architect included being articled to C. Hodgson Fowler in Durham (1892-96) and attending evening classes at the Architectural Association in London (1896-97). He worked as chief assistant to architect John Oldrid Scott (1902-11) and as assistant science master at Manchester Grammar School (1915-19). From 1920 onwards he was in partnership with Courtney Melville Crickmer (1879-1971) in London and Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Architectural projects by Foxley between 1900 and 1921 included a school in Littlehampton; houses and other buildings in Letchworth, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, and elsewhere; war memorials at Carlton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire; and Pocklington School in East Yorkshire.
Architectural projects with C.M. Crickmer included extensions to Farrington's School in Chislehurst; houses in Hampstead, Beckenham, Letchworth Garden City, and elsewhere. repairs to St. Mark's Church in Regent's Park, London; and housing schemes at Hatfield, and elsewhere.
Foxley's address was given as Upper Taplow House, Eton, Buckinghamshire in 1939. He died in July 1955. His death was registered in Eton, Buckinghamshire
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001