| Name | Croxden |
| Alt names | Great Yate | source: Family History Library Catalog |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Coordinates | 52.9551°N 1.9066°W |
| Located in | Staffordshire, England |
| See also | South Totmonslow Hundred, Staffordshire, England | hundred of which the parish was a part | | Calton, Staffordshire, England | parish into which Croxden was transferred in 1866 | | Mayfield Rural, Staffordshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1934 | | Cheadle Rural, Staffordshire, England | rural district in which it was located 1894-1934 | | Staffordshire Moorlands (district), Staffordshire, England | district municipality of which it is part |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Croxden is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England, south of Alton and north of Uttoxeter. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 255.
The village is the site of Croxden Abbey, founded in 1176 by the Cistercians, but now ruined. It is privately owned and in the care of English Heritage.
In 1866 Croxden and three other parishes joined with the former chapelry of Calton. In 1934 Calton became part of the civil parish of Waterhouses, in which it remains today.
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Categories: Staffordshire, England | Calton, Staffordshire, England | Mayfield Rural, Staffordshire, England | Cheadle Rural, Staffordshire, England | Waterhouses, Staffordshire, England | Croxden, Staffordshire, England |
