In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Loxley like this:
LOXLEY, a liberty in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; 2½ miles SW of Uttoxeter. Real property, £2,706. The manor, with Loxley Hall, belongs to the Kynnersley family. Robin Hood is said to have been a native, and to have had here one of his forest haunts.
Additional information about this locality is available for Uttoxeter
Loxley through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Loxley has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of East Staffordshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Loxley and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Loxley in East Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25356
Date accessed: 21st May 2013
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