Croxton, Norfolk

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Croxton
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Croxton All Saints
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Croxton
Location within Norfolk
Area18.96 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population445 (2011) [1]
•  Density 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
OS grid reference TL876865
•  London 74 miles
Civil parish
  • Croxton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town THETFORD
Postcode district IP24
Dialling code 01842
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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52°26′42″N0°45′36″E / 52.4450°N 0.7600°E / 52.4450; 0.7600

Croxton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, within the district of Breckland. Croxton is located 2.2 miles north of Thetford and 26 miles south-east of Norwich.

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History

Croxton's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin deriving from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for 'Krokr's' farmstead or settlement. [2]

In the Domesday Book, Croxton is recorded as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of Grimshoe. In 1086, the village was part of the estate of King William. [3]

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Croxton has 445 residents living in 194 households. [4]

Croxton falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

All Saints' Church

Croxton's parish church is one of the 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches in Norfolk. The church was significantly remodelled in the 19th century and features a rare example of a Continental church spire. [5]

War memorial

All Saints' Church holds an elaborate wooden carved memorial to the fallen from the First World War, listing the following names:

The memorial also features an engraving and separate memorial to Second-Lieutenant R. G. T. Meade (1895-1917) of the XIV King's Hussars who was killed fighting at the Battle of Ramadi. Meade is buried in Grave V.D.4 of the Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery in Iraq. [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 22, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006106
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Croxton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Lt R G T Meade and Men of Croxton WW1". www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (2022). Retrieved December 22, 2022. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7531731/richard-gilbert-trevor-meade/

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