Croxall

Coordinates: 52°43′16″N 1°42′29″W / 52.721°N 1.708°W / 52.721; -1.708

Croxall is a parish that was historically in Derbyshire, but is now in Staffordshire, England. Croxall is still very near to the border with Derbyshire. The settlement today is mainly the Church of England parish church of St John and Croxall Hall.Population details for the 2011 census can be found under the civil parish.

History

Croxall is in the Domesday book where it is mentioned as an outlying farm of Weston-on-Trent and listed amongst the lands given to Henry de Ferrers by the King. The land given to Henry included 2 acres (0.81 ha) of pasture that was valued at four pounds.

The lordship of the manor of Croxall was held for several centuries by underlords of the Ferrers, the Curzon family, an early Anglo-Norman family seated at Derbyshire since the 12th century. A Curzon heiress carried the manor and Croxall Hall to the Sackvilles, Earls of Dorset, who in turn conveyed the manor to the Prinsep family, heirs of John Prinsep, an early Anglo-Indian merchant and later Member of Parliament.

Croxall (surname)

Croxall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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