Hixon, Staffordshire
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Hixon is a village in the borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. It is about 8 km east of Stafford at grid reference SK003259.
Hixon was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on May 1, 1849.
Hixon was formerly home to a Royal Air Force bomber base, RAF Hixon, which is now closed.
In 1968 eleven people were killed in the Hixon rail crash just outside the village.
[edit] External links
- Hixon Parish Council official website