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]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°54′W / 52.950°N 1.900°W / 52.950; -1.900


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