Croxall in the Domesday Book (1086)
The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Croxall, entered under the hundred of Offlow in STS.
Other Settlements in Offlow
- Agardsley
- Aldridge
- Alrewas
- Barr
- Barton [-under-Needwood]
- Bescot
- Bloxwich and [Little] Bloxwich
- Bradley and [Lower] Bradley
- Branston
- Burton [-upon-Trent]
- Clifton [Campville]
- Draycott [-in-the-Clay]
- Drayton [Bassett]
- Edingale
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Croxall is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Croxall.
Listed Buildings Near Croxall
Historic England records 7 listed buildings within about a mile of Croxall. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of St John the Baptist - 0.24 km
- Croxall Hall and Attached Garden Wall - 0.3 km
- Chetwynd Bridge - 0.93 km
Grade II
- Group of 8 Memorials Approximately 15 Yards West of Church of St John the Baptist - 0.22 km
- Group of 3 Memorials Approximately 10 Yards West of Church of St John the Baptist - 0.23 km
- Oakley Farmhouse - 0.33 km
- Dovecote Approximately 100 Yards North West of Croxall Hall - 0.35 km
Scheduled Monuments Near Croxall
Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 2 lie within roughly a mile of Croxall:
- Hlaew and settlement remains at Croxall - 0.28 km
- Site of round barrow near River Tame - 1.57 km
Croxall Today
Today Croxall lies within the administrative area of Edingale.
Read more about modern Croxall on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Edingale - 2.2 km SE
- Catton - 2.2 km NE
- Lullington - 5.0 km E
- Coton -in-the-Elms - 5.4 km E
- Walton -on-Trent - 5.4 km N
- Rosliston - 5.8 km NE
Heritage Around Croxall
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© Alan Heardman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Chris' Buet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Geoff Pick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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