Tixover

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Tixover
Rutland

Tixover Church
Location
Grid reference: SK975003
Location: 52°35’31"N, -0°33’40"W
Data
Population: 174  (2001[1])
Post town: Stamford
Postcode: PE9
Dialling code: 01780
Local Government
Council: Rutland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rutland and Melton

Tixover is a small village and parish in Rutland. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 census was 174, falling to 163 at the 2011 census.[2]

The parish church, St Luke's, near the River Welland, now stands about ¾ mile from the village.

Tixover Grange, west of the A47 road, was home to the residential school named after Wilfred Pickles]from 1955[3] to the 1980s. Tixover House is now a care home, run by Barchester Healthcare.[4]

Tixover Quarry is a popular off-road driving centre, which is used by Land Rover Owner Magazine for vehicle tests and photo shoots.

References

Outside links

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