Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROXTON

CROXTON, a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln; on the Wolds, under Yarborough camp, adjacent to the Lincoln and Hull railway, near Brocklesby r. station, and 7 miles NE by E of Glanford-Brigg. Post town, Ulceby. Acres, 1, 630. Real property, £, 2, 750. Pop., 122. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £392.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good.


(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 CP/AP       Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Croxton

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