CROXTON, a parish in the hundred of LONGSTOW,
county of CAMBRIDGE, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Caxton,
containing 225 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Ely, rated in the
king's books at £14. 8. 6£., endowed with £200 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of Sir G. W. Leeds, Bart.
The church is dedicated to St. James. A school has
been recently built by Sir G. W. Leeds, Bart,, for children
of Croxton, Eltisley, and the adjoining parishes;
which is endowed with £.6 per annum bequeathed by
John Leeds, Esq., in 1705.