Tixover

Also known as Tixover, Rutland

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.

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Place details

Locality: Barrowden
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Tixover
UK place.region: East Midlands
UK place.static_image_name: TixoverChurch(ColinPark)Aug2006.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Luke's Church, Tixover
UK place.area_total_sq_mi: 1.32
UK place.population: 174
UK place.population_ref: 2001 Census
UK place.os_grid_reference: SK975003
UK place.post_town: STAMFORD
UK place.postcode_district: PE9
UK place.postcode_area: PE
UK place.dial_code: 01780
UK place.constituency_westminster: Rutland and Melton
UK place.london_distance: SSE
UK place.unitary_england: Rutland
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Rutland
UK place.shire_county: Rutland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Rutland
Population: 163
Area: 1.32
Image: TixoverChurch(ColinPark)Aug2006.jpg
Dialing code: 01780

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Commons category: Tixover
OS grid reference: SK975003
postal code: PE9
P8168: Jerry Yang

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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.

The village's name means 'ridge with young goats'. The second element derives from either the Old English 'ofer' and 'ora', which both mean ridge.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tixover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.