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South Croxton, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Croxton, South, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, on an affluent of the river Wreak, 4 miles SSE of Brooksby station on the M.R., and 7 SW of Melton-Mowbray. Post town, Leicester; money order and telegraph office, Syston. Acreage, 1663; population, 234. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is old but good. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishSouth Croxton St. John The Baptist 
HundredEast Goscote 
Poor Law unionBarrow-upon-Soar 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1662; the portion from 1770 to 1800 is missing, but from 1800 it is perfect and in good condition.

Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for South Croxton:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1662-19031754-18921662-18371662-1801

Churches

Church of England

St. John (parish church)

The church of St. John is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, with additions of the Decorated period: the font is circular, Early Norman in date, c. 1120, with curious interlacing and figure carving: the church consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and western tower with spire, containing 4 bells, dated 1636: the spire is Early English, and the outer surface of the tower is a casing of Decorated work of about 1355, changing the broach spire and tower into an embattled form: there is a heraldic brass to Mrs. Chambers, dated 1578, and an ancient font: there are 157 sittings.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for South Croxton from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.


Maps

Online maps of South Croxton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online:

DistrictCharnwood
CountyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtLE7
Post TownLeicester

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