Monument record 2403 - Croxton

Croxton. At the time of Domesday, Gozelin, one of the minor Norman grantees was possessed of this township with Newton and Nether Tabley. The direct male line of the Croxtons terminated in the reign of Henry V and the manor passed to the Mainwaring family. Ormerod described the hall as a brick building, standing on a slight elevation above the River Dane, with only part of it remaining. It was finished with stone work at the angles, had tall groups of chimneys and bay windows and was then a farmhouse (1).

<1> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 3/210-213 (Book). SCH1389.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 2/236 (Y) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .II p.236 (Book). SCH3228.