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HMS Croxton
HMS ''Croxton'' was a of the Royal Navy built in 1916. The Racecourse class (also called the ''Ascot'' class) comprised 32 paddlewheel coastal minesweeping sloops. References * Racecourse-class minesweepers Royal Navy ship names 1916 ships {{UK-mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croxton Kerrial
Croxton Kerrial (pronounced ˆkroÊŠsÉ™n ˈkÉ›rɨl 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. History The village's name means "farm/settlement of Krok" or "farm/settlement of a crook". 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 His seat was at Ostenhanger in Stanford, Kent.) 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 Premonstratensian abbey of Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |