CROXTON, a parish in the eastern division of the
wapentake of YARBOROUGH, parts of LINDSEY, county
of LINCOLN, 7 miles (N. E. by E.) from Glandford-
Bridge, containing, with the hamlet of Yarborough, 87
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £8. 14. 2., and in the patronage of the
Grown. The church is dedicated to St. John the
Evangelist, Upon a lofty eminence about half a mile
westward of the village are remains of a large intrenchment,
called Yarborough Camp, supposed to be a
Roman work, from the coins found in the area and
near its site.