Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire Genealogy

England   Leicestershire

Parish History
Croxton Kerrial is an Ancient Parish.

CROXTON-KEYRIAL (St. John), a parish, in the union of Grantham, hundred of Framland, N. division of the county of Leicester, 7 miles (S. W.) from Grantham; containing 650 inhabitants. It is the property of the dukes of Rutland, of whose ancient mansion there are some remains, situated in a park in which races are celebrated at Easter. The living is a discharged vicarage,valued in the king's books at £7. 14. 7.; net income,£206; patron and impropriator, the Duke of Rutland:the tithes were commuted for land in 1766. The church is a very handsome structure in the later English style,with a tower rising from the centre. William Smith in1711 bequeathed land, producing a rent of £11. 8., for which children are taught. W. Rymington left an estate, now worth £120 per annum, to the poor ofthis and three other parishes; G. Ashburne, a rent charge of £15 to poor parishioners; and Anna Parnham, £300 for the poor, and £200 for the free school.Croxton Abbey was founded in 1162, by William Porcarius de Linus, for Præmonstratensian canons, whose revenue at the Dissolution was valued at £458. 19. 11.:one of the abbots was physician to King John, whose bowels were interred in the church.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 737-742.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Croxton Kerrial like this: CROXTON-KEYRIAL, a parish in the district of Grantham and county of Leicester; at the head of the river Devon, adjacent to Lincolnshire, 7 miles W of Great Ponton r. station, and 7 SW of Grantham. It has a post office, of the name of Croxton, under Grantham. Acres, 3, 900. Real property, £5, 737. Pop., 594. Houses, 124. Croxton Park was formerly the Duke of Rutland's hunting-seat; and it has long been noted for races, held about the end of March; but the mansion on it, built in 1730, was lately taken down. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £265.* Patron, the Duke of Rutland. The church is later English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and square-embattled tower; and is in good condition. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £69.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Deposited records are found at the Leicester and Rutland Record Office

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Diocese of Leicester: Croxton Kerrial Bap 1620 - 1997 Marr 1558 - 1840 (Banns to1986) Bur 1558 - 1998

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Poor Law Unions
Grantham Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
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