Editing Croxden (section)

{{Short description|Village in Staffordshire, England}}
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'''Croxden''' is a village in the [[county]] of [[Staffordshire]], England, south of [[Alton, Staffordshire|Alton]] and north of [[Uttoxeter]]. The population of the civil parish as taken at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 255.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122505&c=Croxden&d=16&e=62&g=6463133&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1449230593578&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=4 December 2015}}</ref>
[[File:View from towards Croxden Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 230728.jpg|thumb|View from towards Croxden Abbey]]
The village is the site of [[Croxden Abbey]], founded in 1176 by the [[Cistercian]]s, but now ruined. It is privately owned and in the care of [[English Heritage]].
The manor was formerly in the ownership of the [[Earl of Macclesfield]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Crowfield - Croydon Pages 737-742  A Topographical Dictionary of England. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp737-742 |website=British History Online |publisher=S Lewis, London 1848 |access-date=19 November 2023}}</ref>