Croxton Abbey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Croxton Kerrial
Historical Forms
- Sancti Johannis de Valle de Croxton(a) 1189(1290),1227 Ch
- Sancti Johannis de Valle de Croxstona Ric1 1227 ib
- Abbatie de Croxton 1220 MHW 1359,1448 Pat
- Croxton' Abbey 1519 Wyg
- Croxton-Abbay c.1545 Leland
Etymology
Founded in 1162 by William, Earl of Mortaigne, Parcarius de Linus and Sir Andrew Lutterel originally as a priory of Premonstratensian Canons, the abbey became the mother house of Blanchland, Cockersand and Hornby in the North, v. abbaye and note MLat abbatia 'an abbey'.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Blackwell Lodge
- Butchers' Arms
- Cedar Hill
- Church Fm
- Conygear Wood
- Cooper's Plantation
- Croxton Banks
- Croxton Lodge
- Croxton Park
- Fish Ponds
- Fox
- Hallam's Wood
- Heath Fm
- Highfields Fm
- Hillside Fm
- Kennel Plantation
- King Lud's Entrenchments
- Lawn Hollow Plantation
- Old Hall
- The Old Windmill
- Old Wood
- Osier Holt
- Park Ho
- Peacock
- St John the Baptist's Church
- Swallow Hole
- Temperance Ho
- Tipping's Gorse
- The Vicarage
- Windmill Hill
- Branston Lodge
- Bunkers Wood
- High Leys Fm
- Lings Covert
- Lings Fm, Lings Hill
- Nursery Plantation
- The Rectory
- Reservoir Cottage
- St Guthlac's Church
- Square and Compass
- Terrace Hill Fm
- Wheel Inn