South Croxton
Description in 1871:
"CROXTON (South), a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; on an affluent of the river Wreak, 4 miles SSE of Brooksby r. station, and 7 SW of Melton-Mowbray. It has a post office, of the name of Croxton, under Leicester. Acres, 1,760. Real property, £2,535. Pop., 311. Houses, 68. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £130. Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is old but good; and comprises nave, aisles, chancel, and steeple. Charities, £32 and four cottages."
[John Marius Wilson's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales," 1870-72]
- South Croxton was in the Syston sub-district of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
- The 1851 census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print and Volume 23 covers the Syston subdistrict of which the parish is a part.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2282 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2523 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
- There was an earlier church, probably Saxon, on or near the church construction site.
- The date of the second structure is reported as "just before 1090".
- The date of the current structure is sometime in the 14th century.
- The tower has been dated to 1355.
- On June 4th 1936 the tower was struck by lightning. Within the same year repairs to the tower were carried out, and a plaque in the tower commemorates this achievement.
- The church seats 157.
- Church photographs are available at the South Croxton web site.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1662 but is incomplete.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Goscote (first portion).
- The Primitive Methodists had a chapel built here in 1857.
- Civil Registration started in July, 1837.
- South Croxton was in the Syston sub-district of the Barrow-on-Soar registration district.
South Croxton is a village and a parish in Charnwood district of Leicestershire. The parish is 100 miles north of London, 9 miles southwest of Melton Mowbray, 5 miles from Syston, and 9 miles north-east from Leicester city. The parish lies on the Queniborough Brook (also known as the Croxton Stream) and covers 1,663 acres. This parish was largely grazing land in the 1800s. Barsby parish lies to the northeast and Beeby parish to the southwest.
In 1995, the last farm shop in the village closed. There are no local shops unless you go to Gaddesby. The village has a playing field with a slide and a single football goal. The village lies on a hill, below the 14th century church. If you are planning a visit:
- By automobile, probably the simplest route is to head east out of Syston.
- There is more about the village and parish at the Leicester VIllages web site.
- And don't pass up the village photographs at Flickr.
- Bargrave Hall is a mile outside of Croxton to the southeast. In 1848 it was the seat of Captain (later General) E. S. BURNABY.
- The national grid reference is SK 6810
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient West Goscote Hundred in the northern division of the county.
- On 24 March, 1884, this parish lost a parcel of land to Barsby Civil Parish, but gained the "Barsby Lodge" area of that same parish. Net loss 97 acres.
- You can contact the local Parish Council but they do NOT have the staff or resources to help you with family history searches.
- After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Mount Sorrel Poor Law Union.
- Around 1850 the Mount Sorrel Poor Law Union became a part of the Barrow-upon-Soar Poor Law Union.
- Bastardy cases would be heard at the Leicester petty session hearings.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
297 |
| 1871 |
296 |
| 1881 |
251 |
| 1891 |
234 |
| 1901 |
222 |
| 1911 |
211 |
| 1921 |
200 |
| 1931 |
221 |
- A local School Board was formed in January, 1881. It was reformed under the control of the Leicester County Coucnil in July, 1903.
- A Public Elementary School was built in 1884 to hold 60 children.
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Last updated: 20-November-2011 - Louis R. Mills
