Tixover
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| Tixover | |
| Rutland | |
|---|---|
Aug2006.jpg) 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
- ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129747&c=Tixover&d=16&e=62&g=6384745&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1466948452766&enc=1. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ↑ Opening of Wilfred Pickles' School for Spastics British Pathe newsreel 1955
- ↑ Barchester Healthcare Ltd
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