Croxton Kerrial

The Library at Grantham will prove useful in your research.

• The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham registration district.
   
• In 1890 the parish was re-assigned to the new Grantham South sub-district of the Grantham registration district.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• In ancient times there was a Premonstratensian Abbey here.
   
• The Anglican church is dedicated to Saint Botolph and Saint John the Baptist.
   
• The church is, naturally enough, on Church Lane.
   
• Kate JEWELL has a photograph of St. Botolph's and St John's Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2008.
   
• There is a photograph of the church at the Leicester web site.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1559 but was noted in 1912 as "defective".
   
• The church is grouped within the Framland Deanery.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Denton sub-district of the Grantham registration district.
   
• In 1890 the parish was re-assigned to the new Grantham South sub-district of the Grantham registration district.
   

Croxton Kerrial is both a village and parish which lies just 8 miles east of Grantham (Lincolnshire).

If you are planning a visit:

• By automobile, take the A607 trunk road (Melton Mowbray road) between Grantham and Melton Mowbray.
   
• Check the Carlberry site for bus and coach service.
   
• Apart from the village of Croxton Kerrial, the parish also includes Branston, and most of Knipton Reservoir.
   
• The Post Office is located at 8 Main Street. The village's postal address is often given as if in Lincolnshire. The postal code is: NG32 1QW.
   
• The 17th century stone built Peacock Inn at Croxton Kerrial was once a coaching house. Today it is a good place to stop for refreshment.
   

• Geograph
• Flickr

For 1871, please see Vision of Britain.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Croxton Kerrial to another place.

The Water Spout at the Southwest corner of the village goes back at least a century. Here is a photograph of the Waterspout in 1927 on Geo-graph, taken in 1927.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK836293 (Lat/Lon: 52.85462, -0.759602), Croxton Kerrial which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

There is a wall mounted light-grey marble backboard surmounted by a white marble tablet inside the church. The tablet has 16 names, all men who died in World War One.

These are the names of the men who died in World War One (As per the IWM database):

1. Asher, Cecil Frederick, pte. 2nd Lincs Regt.
2. Bass, Joseph Thurlby, ptr. 6th Leics Regt.
3. Bass, Thomas
4. Burrows, Thomas
5. Burrows, Walter
6. Dewey, George Henry, wireless op., SS Persia
7. Farnsworth, Campbell Victor, pte. 6th Leics Regt.
8. Jackson, Arthur John
9. Mackley, John Henry (probably J H MACKLEY, gunner, RFA)
10. Musson, George Porter, lcprl. 6th Leics Regt.
11. Rimmington, Joseph William, pte. 6th Leics Regt.
12. Rimmington, Thomas
13. Streeton, James Ratcllffe, lcprl., 1st/16th Bn. London Regt.
14. Streeton, Thomas Goodwin, riflem., 1st/16th Bn. London Regt.
15. Ward, William Robert, pte. 2nd Leics Regt.
16. Worn, George Henry (not found in CWGC)

• Croxton Kerrial is pronounced "crow-sun kerry-ul" by the locals.
   
• Variations in the spelling of Croxton Kerrial abound. "Croxton" is often rendered as "Croston" or "Crowson", while "Kerrial" may be found as "Kerryal". Other alternatives exist, also.
   

• This place was an ancient parish in Leicester county and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the Framland Hundred (or Wapentake).
   
• In April, 1936, the parish gained 1,837 acres amalgamated from the abolishment of Branston Civil Parish.
   
• In April, 1965, the parish granted 1 acre each to Denton Civil Parish and Wyville Civil Parish.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Belvior petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Grantham Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1801	387
1841	650
1851	621
1871	618
1881	548
1901	498
2001	1,662

The postal code is: NG32 1QW

• The Public Elementary School was erected in 1844 and enlarged in 1878.
   
• Average attendance in 1912 was 71 students.
   
• The Church of England School had its own website and hopefully it will return to the internet with some history next time.