CROXALL, a parish comprising the township of
Oakley, in the hundred of OFFLOW, county of STAFFORD,
and the chapelry of Catton, in the hundred of
REPTON-and-GRESLEY, county of DERBY, 7 miles (N.)
from Tamworth, and- containing, with a part of the
parish of Edinghall, 305 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese
of LichfLeld and Coventry, rated in the king's books
at £5, and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There
is a school on the Madras system, supported by subscription.
The river Meuse flows through this parish,
and the Tame touches upon its boundary. Croxall is
in the honour of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster, and
within the jurisdiction of a court of pleas held at
Tutbury every third Tuesday, for the recovery of debts
under 4.0s.