Today we talk about a Village in East Anglia known for the Iceni but also know for the weird and wonderful strange encounters of beasts and phantoms that roam the lands here. Croxton in particular hosts a phantom funeral procession. I will explain the stories surrounding this local area in this episode today.

Croxton Heath sits quietly in Norfolk, just over two miles north of Thetford — surrounded by familiar villages: Wretham… Bridgham… Illington.

It looks ordinary.

But its name is not.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Croxton appears as “Crokestone.” Proof that this settlement already existed long before Norman rule reshaped England.

Scholars believe the name derives from Old English or Old Norse — meaning “Krokr’s farmstead.” “Krokr’s settlement.”

A Norse nam ...