The story of South Croxton goes back beyond its first recording in the Domesday Book in 1086, perhaps as far as 850 or earlier. Anglo-Saxon remains have been found in the moated site behind the Church, a Stone Age flint has been found in the village, and Bronze Age artefacts have been found along the Ridgemere.
The area was an obvious site to settle, at the top of a hill and with springs of fresh water. The village has been called through the ages Croxton, Crofton, Crockefstone, Crowfon Juxta Baggrave. It has been 'South Croxton' since about 1550. The name 'South Croxton' has given rise to many suggestions about its origin. An early settlement might have been by a leader called Croc, and 'tun' is a settlement. Another is that 'croc' is the Saxon for 'crooked', and the main street is a crooked one. The most probable is that it was south of the other Croxton to the north - Croxton Kerrial - where there was an Abbey which for a long time probably supplied the village with priests.
