{{Short description|Village in Rutland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country =England |official_name =Tixover |region=East Midlands |static_image_name=TixoverChurch(ColinPark)Aug2006.jpg |static_image_caption=St Luke's Church, Tixover |area_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10104403&c_id=10001043&add=Y |title=A vision of Britain through time |accessdate=21 March 2009 |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> |area_total_sq_mi =1.32 | population = 174 | population_ref = 2001 Census<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |title=Rutland Civil Parish Populations |accessdate=21 March 2009 |publisher=Rutland County Council |date=2001 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012204902/http://www.rutland.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image27657.PDF |archivedate=12 October 2007 }}</ref> |population_density={{convert|132|/sqmi|/km2|abbr=on}} |os_grid_reference=SK975003 |coordinates = {{coord|52.592|-0.561|display=inline,title}} |post_town=STAMFORD |postcode_district =PE9 |postcode_area=PE |dial_code=01780 |constituency_westminster=Rutland and Stamford |london_distance={{convert|79|mi}} SSE |unitary_england=Rutland |lieutenancy_england=Rutland |shire_county=Rutland |website= }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=26 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Rutland/Tixover|title=Key to English Place-names}}</ref>
The parish is on the River Welland which is the county boundary with Northamptonshire. Most of the houses in the parish are east of the A47 road. St Luke's Church, near the River Welland, now stands about 3/4 mile from the village. The church is a Grade II* listed building.<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1178264|desc= Church of St. Luke/St. Mary Magdalen |accessdate= 8 January 2020}}</ref>
Tixover Grange, west of the A47, was home to the residential school named after Wilfred Pickles from 1955<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=39924 Opening of Wilfred Pickles' School for Spastics] British Pathe newsreel 1955</ref> to the 1980s. Tixover House is now a care home, run by Barchester Healthcare.<ref>[http://www.barchester.com/Care-Home/Tixover-House-Care-Home/Overview/330/127 Barchester Healthcare Ltd]</ref>
Tixover Quarry is a popular off-road driving centre, which is used by ''Land Rover Owner Magazine'' for vehicle tests and photo shoots.{{cn|date=July 2020}}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Tixover}} * [http://www.muddywheels.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album09 View some photos of Tixover Quarry]
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Category:Villages in Rutland Category:Civil parishes in Rutland
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