Ixworth
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Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,365
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ixworth
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ixworth - Church of St Mary.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Mary, Ixworth
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Image of the church of St Mary in the centre of Ixworth, Suffolk
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_district
- West Suffolk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Ixworth
- UK place.population
- 2,365
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Bury St Edmunds
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP31
- UK place.dial_code
- 01359
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Suffolk
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL934704
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Modern Ixworth
- Government
- Education
- Bangrove Wood SSSI
- Notable residents
- Listed buildings
- References
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Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census.
==History== Ixworth was settled by the Romans and was the site of a 1st-century fort. The fort is believed to have been built as a response to Boudicca's revolt and appears to have been in use only until the end of the 1st century. The site measures by and was surrounded by three ditches.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ixworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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