Croxden
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.[1]
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View from towards Croxden Abbey
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.
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- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 December 2015.
Media related to Croxden at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°54′W / 52.950°N 1.900°W
Categories:
- Villages in Staffordshire
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Staffordshire geography stubs