Croxden

{{Short description|Village in Staffordshire, England}}

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Croxden is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England, south of Alton and north of Uttoxeter. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 255.{{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}}

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The village is the site of Croxden Abbey, founded in 1176 by the Cistercians, 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.{{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}}