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Croxden is a village in the county of 
The village is the site of Croxden Abbey, founded in 1176 by the
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England, south of Alton and north of Uttoxeter. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 255.
The village is the site of Croxden Abbey, founded in 1176 by the Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
s, but now ruined. It is privately owned and in the care of English Heritage.
See also
* Listed buildings in CroxdenReferences
Villages in Staffordshire Staffordshire Moorlands {{Staffordshire-geo-stub