Croxden in 1872

 

CROXDEN, a parish in Uttoxeter district, Stafford. It consists of a main body, called Croxden-with-Great-Yate, near the Uttoxeter canal and the North Stafford railway, 2 miles WNW of Rocester Junction railway station, and 5 NNW of Uttoxeter; and the liberty of Dog-Lane, detached 10 miles from the main body, and surrounded by the chapelry of Calton. Post-town, Rocester, under Ashbourne. Acres, 2,300. Real properly, £3,188. Pop., 224. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. 

Croxden House is a chief residence. A Cistertian abbey was founded here in 1176; and the remains of it, including the west front, the south transept, and part of the cloister, show fine features of early English. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £92. Patron, the Earl of Macclesfield. The church is very old, but good; and was the burial-place of the heart of King John. Charities, £5. 

[Description(s) from The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]