A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CROXTON, a township and a chapelry in Eccleshall parish, Stafford. The township lies on the river Sow, 3½ miles WSW of Standon Bridge r. station, and 3¾ NW by W of Eccleshall. Acres, 3, 790. Real property, £4, 789. Pop., with Broughton, 821. Houses, 183. The chapelry is larger than the township; and its post town is Eccleshall. Pop., 1, 075. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £56.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Eccleshall CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
| Place: | Croxton |
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