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Rixon
Dorset
Location
Grid reference: ST794146
Location: 50°55’50"N, 2°17’40"W
Data
Post town: Sturminster Newton
Postcode: DT10
Dialling code: 01258
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Dorset

Rixon is a village at the edge of, and now indistinguishable from, Sturminster Newton in Dorset.

The name Rixon is derived from the Old English word risc, "rushes".

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