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, Dorset|River Frome], amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs.
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."
The Froome Valley Trail long distance footpath runs through Cruxton.