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Croxton

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From either the Old Norse personal name Krókr or Old English crōc (“nook”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Croxtons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2459).
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Kirmington and Croxton parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0912).
  3. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8786).
  4. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Fulmodeston parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9831).
  5. countable, uncountable A village in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7832).
  6. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
  7. countable A habitational surname.

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"Croxton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/croxton.

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@misc{croxton_2026,
  title = {Croxton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/croxton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}