Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LOXLEY

LOXLEY, a liberty in Uttoxeter parish, Stafford; 2½ miles SW of Uttoxeter. Real property, £2,706. The manor, with Loxley Hall, belongs to the Kynnersley family. Robin Hood is said to have been a native, and to have had here one of his forest haunts.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a liberty"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Uttoxeter AP/CP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Loxley

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