In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croxall like this:
CROXALL, or Croxhall, a township in the district of Tamworth and county of Derby; and a parish in the districts of Tamworth and Burton-upon-Trent, and counties of Derby and Stafford. The township lies on the river Meese, adjacent to the Derby and Birmingham railway, 6¼ miles N of Tamworth; and has a station on the railway. ...
Acres, 1, 221. Real property, £3, 466. Pop., 143. Houses, 33. The parish contains also the townships of Oakley and Catton; and its post town is Elford, under Tamworth. Acres, 3, 020. Real property, £7, 080. Pop., 247. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. Croxall Hall is the seat of the Prinseps. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £489.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old but very good.
Croxall through time
Croxall is now part of Lichfield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lichfield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Croxall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Croxall, in Lichfield and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8017
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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