Croxton Kerrial
| Croxton Kerrial | |
| Leicestershire | |
|---|---|
 A view towards Croxton Kerrial | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK835295 |
| Location: | 52°51’24"N, 0°45’32"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 530 (2011) |
| Post town: | Grantham |
| Postcode: | NG32 |
| Dialling code: | 01476 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Melton |
Croxton Kerrial (pronounced "crow-sun kerry-ul") is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire. It is seven miles to the south-west of Grantham, eight miles north-east of Melton Mowbray, and ½ mile west of Leicestershire's boundary with Lincolnshire. The civil parish, which includes the hamlet of Branston, had a population of 490 in 2001,[1][2] increasing to 530 at the 2011 census.
History
In mediæval times, Croxton Abbey, a Premonstratensian house, lay within the locality. The manor of Croxton was granted (in part-exchange for the manor of Kettleburgh, Suffolk) by King Henry III in May 1242 to Bertram de Criol or Crioill, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports[3] (whose seat was at Ostenhanger in Stanford, Kent[4]), from whom the name "Kerrial" is derived. Nicholas de Crioll, a successor to Bertram as Warden of the Cinque Ports, married the heiress of William de Auberville the younger, whose grandfather in 1192 re-founded the Premonstratensian abbey of Langdon, near West Langdon, Kent originally founded by his father-in-law Ranulf de Glanville at Leiston in Suffolk.[5] On 28 December 1246 the king granted a Monday weekly market to Nicholas de Crioll, and his heirs, at his manor of Croxton, and a yearly fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St Barnabas (June 10-12).[6]
Geography
Croxton Kerrial can be described as hilly, its highest point being 500 ft above sea level.[7] Much of the land surrounding Croxton Kerrial is arable farmland.
Nearby places are Knipton and Harston (both in Belvoir parish), Belvoir Castle, Hungerton (over the border in Lincolnshire), Eaton and Sproxton. South Croxton is a separate village and civil parish, named to reflect its position south of Croxton Kerrial.
A local landmark is the Croxton Water Spout, part of an old water system sourced from a local spring, which was refurbished in 2003 as part of the Millennium celebrations.
Education and worship
Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary School converted to academy status in 2013 under the Leicester Diocese Charitable Trust.[8]
The Anglican church, part of the Diocese of Leicester, is dedicated to both Saint Botolph and Saint John the Baptist. There is a former Methodist chapel in the village.[9]
Sport
Croxton Kerrial currently has one senior football team, CK Dons, which plays in the Leicester and District Football League.
Croxton also has a Sunday cricket team, which plays in the GMCA Division 3.
South-west of the village (beyond Croxton Park) is the disused Croxton Park race course. Its last meeting was held on 2 April 1914.[10]
References
- ↑ United Kingdom Census 2001. "Croxton Kerrial CP (Parish)". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=7&c=croxton&d=16&i=1001x1002&m=0&enc=1&areaId=796051&OAAreaId=466382. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ↑ Leicestershire County Council (2001). "Census 2001 Parish Profile: Croxton Kerrial". http://www.leics.gov.uk/croxton_kerrial.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ↑ Calendar of Patent Rolls: Henry III, 1232–1247 (HMSO London 1906), p. 286.
- ↑ T. Philipott (with J. Philipott), Villare Cantianum, or, Kent Surveyed and Illustrated (Printed by William Godbid, London 1659), 'Stamford, Folkestone Hundred', p. 302. (Umich/EEBO)
- ↑ E. Foss, The Judges of England: with sketches of their lives (London, 1848), p. 185-86.
- ↑ Calendar of Charter Rolls: Henry III, 1226–1257 (HMSO 1903), p. 311.
- ↑ meltononline.co.uk (2006). "Croxton Kerrial and Branston - About the Parish Council". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928032603/http://www.meltononline.co.uk/pp/parish/detail.asp?id=29&page=2. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ↑ School site Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ Conservation area [www.melton.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/.../croxton_kerrialpdf.pdf Retrieved 4 April 2016.]
- ↑ Sporting Chronicle
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Croxton Kerrial) |
- Croxton Kerrial, GENUKI article.
- Croxton Kerrial, a Leicestershirevillages.com community forum.
