Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROXTON

CROXTON, a parish in Caxton district, Cambridge; contiguous with Hunts, 3¾ miles W by N of Caxton, and 5 E by S of St. Neots r. station. Post town, Caxton, under Royston. Acres, 1, 901. Real property, £1, 675. Pop., 267. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. Croxton Park is the seat of G. O. Newton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £185.* Patron, G. O. Newton, Esq. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £35.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Croxton Parish       Caxton Poor Law Union/Registration District       Cambridgeshire Ancient County
Place: Croxton

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