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"CROXTON is a parish on the Huntingdonshire border, about 4 miles east from St. Neots station on the main line of the London and North Eastern railway and 13 west from Cambridge. in the hundred of Longstowe petty sessional division of Caxton, union of Caxton and Arrington, county court district of St. Neots, rural deanery of Bourn and archdeaconry and diocese of Ely."
"Croxton Park contains a large mansion of red brick, situated near the church, in well-wooded grounds of about 400 acres, with a small lake, and is the seat of Sir (George) Douglas Cochrane Newton K.D.E., M.P., D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is stiff clay ; subsoil, gault. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and barley. The area is 1,904 acres of land and 5 of water; the population in 1921 was 234."
[Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire 1929]
The Monumental Inscriptions for St James's churchyard, 1813-1984, are recorded in the Cambridge Records Office. These inscriptions are also available on microfiche from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
The Census Records from 1841-1891 can be found in the Cambridge Record Office. In addition the 1851 Census for Croxton is available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
"The church of St. James is an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 6 bells: there are several monuments to the Leeds and Newton families: affixed to the north door is wooden carving, in very bold relief, of the Virgin and child: the north porch was erected in 1907 by the Misses C. and F. Cochrane as a memorial to their father: numerous carved stones, found when the buttress was removed, were built into the porch: in 1921 a handsome rood screen was erected in memory of Capt. Aubrey Charles Hill: the church affords 200 sittings, of which half are free. In the churchyard is a cross, erected in 1920 as a memorial to the men of this parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18. The register dates from the year 1535."
[Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire 1929]
Croxton, St. James: Records of baptisms 1538-1936, marriages 1538-1957, burials 1538-2001 and banns 1755-1813, 1824-6, 1868-74 reside in the Cambridge Record Office. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1867 can be found in the Cambridge University Library. Indexed transcripts exist in the Cambridge Record Office for baptisms 1538-1890, marriages 1538-1892 and burials 1538-1890. Parish register transcripts of Croxton, St. James, 1538-1890, are available in full transcript form, on microfiche, from the Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall.
Wesleyan Methodist Church: Records exist at the Huntingdon Record Office for the St. Neots Wesleyan Circuit of which Croxton is part.
Primitive Methodist Church: Records exist at the Bedford Record Office for the St. Neots Primitive Circuit of which Croxton is part.
The Croxton War Memorial has been transcribed and researched.
Land Tax: records were compiled afresh each year and contain the names of owners and occupiers in each parish, but usually there is no address or place name. These records reside in the Cambridge Record Office for the years 1798 (on microfilm), 1829-32 and 1946-1948.
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[Last updated 20 March 2003 Martin Edwards]