Cruxton
Cruxton is a hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It lies eight miles north-west of the county town of Dorchester, and one mile south-east of the village of Maiden Newton. It is sited on the west bank of the River Frome, amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs.
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Cruxton Manor.
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River Frome at Cruxton.
According to the Dorset author and broadcaster Ralph Wightman, the old house in the hamlet "was certainly a manor. William Crox gave thirty marks to have seizin of the vill in 1205."[1]
The Froome Valley Trail long distance footpath runs through Cruxton.[2]
References
- Ralph Wightman, Portrait of Dorset, Hale, 1983, p. 92
- "Frome Valley Trail". Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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