Croxton, Norfolk

For another place in Norfolk called Croxton, see Fulmodeston.

Croxton
Croxton All Saints
Croxton Location within Norfolk
Area	18.96 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population	445 (2011) [1]
•  Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TL876865
•  London	74 miles
Civil parish	Croxton
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	THETFORD
Postcode district	IP24
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk
List of places UK England Norfolk 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.

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 and is represented at Parliament by Liz Truss MP of the Conservative Party.

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 Nineteenth 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:

• Captain Duncan C. Graham (d.1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Corporal George Eagle (d.1918), 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
• Lance-Corporal Percy Meadows (d.1917), 10th (Hackney) Battalion, London Regiment
• Private Isaac W. Moule (1895–1915), 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
• Private George Boughen (1896–1916), 3/1st Brigade, Norfolk Yeomanry
• Private George Vincent (1886–1917), 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
• Private Alfred Linge (1899–1918), 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
• Private Alfred H. Gathergood (d.1917), 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
• Douglas Bell
• William Cant
• Bertie Cooper
• William Haines
• William Matthews
• Alfred Nichols
• William Shinks
• Alfred Vincent
• Harry Williams ^[6]

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/