Croxton, Staffordshire

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Croxton is a village on the B5026 between Eccleshall and Loggerheads. Population details for the 2011 census can be found under Eccleshall. It is notable for having an old windmill. [1] The village church is called St. Pauls. [2]

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  1. Windmill world
  2. Genuki website [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "White, Francis Le Grix"  . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co via Wikisource.

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Coordinates: 52°53′06″N2°19′01″W / 52.885°N 2.317°W / 52.885; -2.317