Croxton

Other current and historical names

Crochestone

Parish/Community: Croxton
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'15"N 0°10'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 524457, 259642
OS Grid: TL244596
Mapcode Local: GBR J41.PG0
Mapcode Global: VHGMG.TFYT

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Croxton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Croxton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Croxton.-- par., SW. Cambridgeshire, 3½ miles NW. of Caxton, 1901 ac., pop. 293; contains C. Park.

Croxton in the Domesday Book

A village in Longstowe hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; Earl Waltheof
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Men, three; Man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: David of Argentan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: David of Argentan
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (9 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 9 ¹⁄₂ ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adelulf of Croxton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 13 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders; 2 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ ploughs

British Place Names

Croxton, Cambridgeshire

Croxton is a village in Cambridgeshire

Croxton in historic gazetteers

Croxton in the Domesday Book