Tixover
Tixover | |
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Tixover Church | |
Tixover | |
Tixover shown within Rutland | |
Area | 1.32 sq mi (3.4 km2) [1] |
Population | 174 2001 Census[2] |
• Density | 132/sq mi (51/km2) |
OS grid reference | SK975003 |
• London | 79 miles (127 km) SSE |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | STAMFORD |
Postcode district | PE9 |
Dialling code | 01780 |
Police | Leicestershire |
Fire | Leicestershire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Tixover is a small village and civil parish in Rutland. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 174, falling to 163 at the 2011 census.[3]
The parish church, St Luke's, near the River Welland, now stands about 3/4 mile from the village.
Tixover Grange, west of the A47 road, was home to the residential school named after Wilfred Pickles from 1955[4] to the 1980s. Tixover House is now a care home, run by Barchester Healthcare.[5]
Tixover Quarry is a popular off-road driving centre, which is used by Land Rover Owner Magazine for vehicle tests and photo shoots.
References
- ↑ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ↑ Opening of Wilfred Pickles' School for Spastics British Pathe newsreel 1955
- ↑ Barchester Healthcare Ltd
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