Croxall is a hamlet and former civil parish in England that was historically in Derbyshire, but since 1895[1] has been part of Edingale parish, Staffordshire. The settlement today is mainly the Church of England parish church of St John and Croxall Hall. Population details for the 2011 census can be found under the civil parish.

Croxall
St John's parish church
Croxall Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SK1913
Civil parish	Edingale
District	Lichfield
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lichfield
Postcode district	WS13 8
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52.721°N 1.708°W / 52.721; -1.708

History

In Domesday book, Croxall is mentioned as an outlying farm of Weston-on-Trent and listed among the lands given to Henry de Ferrers[2] by the King. The land given to Henry[3] included 2 acres (0.81 ha) of pasture that was valued at £4.

The lordship of the manor of Croxall was held for several centuries by underlords of the Ferrers, the Curzon family, an early Anglo-Norman family seated at Derbyshire since the 12th century. A Curzon heiress carried the manor and Croxall Hall to the Sackvilles, Earls of Dorset, who in turn conveyed the manor to the Prinsep family, heirs of John Prinsep, an early Anglo-Indian merchant and later Member of Parliament.[4]

On the death in 1849 of Thomas Prinsep, High Sheriff of Derbyshire, the manor of Croxall was inherited by his nephew Thomas Levett-Prinsep.[5] St John's parish church contains memorials to all four families, as well as the Horton family of nearby Catton Hall, a member of whom (Anne Wilmot-Horton) prompted Lord Byron to write his famous poem beginning with the lines: "She walks in beauty, like the night....".[6]

See also

• Croxall Lakes
• Listed buildings in Edingale

References

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