| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.445°N 0.76°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | TL876865 |
| Official Name: | Croxton |
| Population: | 445 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.96 |
| Static Image: | Croxton-g4.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 225px |
| Static Image Caption: | Croxton All Saints |
| Region: | East of England |
| Civil Parish: | Croxton |
| Postcode District: | IP24 |
| Postcode Area: | IP |
| Post Town: | THETFORD |
| Dial Code: | 01842 |
| London Distance: | 74 miles |
Croxton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, within the district of Breckland. Croxton is located 2.2 miles north of Thetford and 26 miles south-east of Norwich.
Croxton's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin deriving from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for 'Krokr's' farmstead or settlement.[2]
In the Domesday Book, Croxton is recorded as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of Grimshoe. In 1086, the village was part of the estate of King William.[3]
According to the 2011 Census, Croxton has 445 residents living in 194 households.[4]
Croxton falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Croxton's parish church is one of the 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches in Norfolk. The church was significantly remodelled in the 19th century and features a rare example of a Continental church spire.[5]
All Saints' Church holds an elaborate wooden carved memorial to the fallen from the First World War, listing the following names:
The memorial also features an engraving and separate memorial to Second-Lieutenant R. G. T. Meade (1895-1917) of the XIV King's Hussars who was killed fighting at the Battle of Ramadi. Meade is buried in Grave V.D.4 of the Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery in Iraq.[7]