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Croxton Kerrial (pronounced ˈkroʊsən) is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England, south-west of Grantham, north-east of Melton Mowbray, and west of Leicestershire's border with Lincolnshire. The civil parish includes the village of Branston and had a population of 530 at the 2011 census.
In medieval times, Croxton Abbey, a Premonstratensian house, lay within the locality. The manor of Croxton was granted (in part-exchange for the manor of Kettleburgh, Suffolk) by King Henry III in May 1242 to Bertram de Criol or Crioill, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Calendar of Patent Rolls: Henry III, 1232–1247 (HMSO London 1906), p. 286. His seat was at Westenhanger Castle in Stanford, Kent.T. Philipott (with J. Philipott), Villare Cantianum, or, Kent Surveyed and Illustrated (Printed by William Godbid, London 1659), 'Stamford, Folkestone Hundred', p. 302 . (Umich/EEBO)) The name "Kerrial" derives from him. Nicholas de Crioll, a successor to Bertram as Warden of the Cinque Ports, married the heiress of William de Auberville the younger, whose grandfather in 1192 founded the Langdon Abbey, near West Langdon, Kent; Leiston Abbey in Suffolk had been founded by his father-in-law Ranulf de Glanville in 1183.E. Foss, The Judges of England: with sketches of their lives (London, 1848), p. 185-86 . On 28 December 1246 the king granted a Monday weekly market to Nicholas de Crioll and his heirs, at his manor of Croxton, and a yearly fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St Barnabas (June 10–12). Calendar of Charter Rolls: Henry III, 1226–1257 (HMSO 1903), p. 311.
The manor was later in the ownership of the Duke of Rutland.
From 1894, Croxton Kerrial formed part of the Belvoir Rural District, until it was amalgamated in 1935 into Melton and Belvoir Rural District, both of which were in the administrative county of Leicestershire. On 1 April 1936 the parish of Branston was abolished and merged with Croxton Kerrial. In 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, Croxton Kerrial was transferred into the newly created non-metropolitan district of Melton, while remaining within Leicestershire county.
Nearby are Knipton and Harston (both in Belvoir parish), Belvoir Castle, Hungerton (over the border in Lincolnshire), Eaton and Sproxton. South Croxton is a separate village and civil parish in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, named to reflect its position south of Croxton Kerrial.
A local landmark is the Croxton Water Spout, part of an old water system sourced from a local spring, which was refurbished in 2003 as part of the Millennium celebrations.
The Anglican church, part of the Diocese of Leicester, is dedicated to Saint Botolph and to Saint John the Baptist. There is a former Methodism chapel in the village.Conservation area www.melton.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/.../croxton_kerrialpdf.pdf
South-west of the village (beyond Croxton Park) is the disused Croxton Park race course. The last race meeting there was held on 2 April 1914.
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