Ixworth
Ixworth | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Bury St Edmunds | |
Postcode district | IP31 | |
Dialling code | 01359 | |
Police | Suffolk | |
Fire | Suffolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
Ixworth is a village and
. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census.History
Ixworth was settled by the
After the fort went out of use a civilian settlement was established at the site, possibly with a pottery industry.
An early pagan cemetery with Anglo-Saxon burial urns was discovered south-west of the church some time before 1849,[2][9] and a number of other post-Roman archaeological finds have been discovered in the area. In 1856, the Ixworth Cross, a gold pectoral cross covered in garnets dating from the 7th century, was discovered in what is believed to be another Anglo-Saxon cemetery.[2][10][11][12] The cross is decorated using cloisonné work and was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1909.[11] It was discovered in a rare bed burial.[13]
The first recorded name for Ixworth is from 1025 as Gyxeweorde meaning "Enclosure of a man called Gisca".[2] It was mentioned again as Gyxeweor∂e in the S1225 charter of 1040 where Thurketel grants the lands to Bury St Edmunds Abbey. The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Icsewrda" or "Giswortha".[14] The village, which was in the Hundred of Blackbourn, was relatively very large at this time with 51 households.[15] It was held by Robert Blunt or Blount in 1086, having formed part of the lands controlled by the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds in 1066.[4][15]
Ixworth is the site the earliest rural
A Q Type bombing decoy was operated in the north-east of the parish to deflect enemy bombing from RAF Honington.[19]
A former pumping station at Bailypool Lane off Stow Lane was given planning permission in 2012 for conversion to a residential dwelling.[20]
Modern Ixworth
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St Mary's Church lies just west of High Street.[5] The church dates from the late 14th century with a late 15th-century tower.[21] It contains memorials to Richard Coddington, who was granted the land owned by the priory following the dissolution.[4] The church is a Grade I Listed Building.[21]
The village contains a number of other listed buildings, many on the High Street, some of which have medieval elements.[22] A variety of local services remain in the village, including shops, a post office and public houses as well as a village hall, doctor's surgery, a retained fire station and police station sharing the same building.[23][24]
Ixworth is served by rural bus routes[25] and is on the National Express London to Great Yarmouth coach route. The village was bypassed in 1986 when the A143 was diverted to run to the south-east of the village.[4]
Government
Ixworth is in the West Suffolk district and until April 2019 the
Education
Ixworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School[1], run by the Tilian Partnership,[2] educates children aged 5 to 11 and its maintained nursery school/class offers places to three to five year olds. At the end of year 6, children can transfer to SET Ixworth [3] run by Seckford Education Trust, [4] which educates students aged 11 to 16, or Thurston Community College,[5] which educates students aged 11 to 18.
Bangrove Wood SSSI
Bangrove Wood, around 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village, is a
Notable residents
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e The Willows, Stow Road, Ixworth, Suffolk – Archaeological monitoring and recording, Archaeological Solutions Ltd. June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d Ixworth Roman Fort, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g History[permanent dead link]. Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe parish council. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ a b St Mary, Ixworth, The Suffolk Churches Site.
- ^ Peddars Way, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Ixowth Roman villa, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Ixworth".
- ^ Monument No. 385465, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Monument No. 385467, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Anglo-Saxon Ixworth Cross, Sir John Evans's collections of artefacts – British, Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Ixworth Cross, Anglo-Saxon Discovery, Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ Anglo-Saxon Christian grave find near Cambridge 'extremely rare', BBC Cambridgeshire news website, 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ^ Ixworth, Domesday Book online. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Ixworth, Open Domesday. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Ixworth Priory, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ a b Ixworth Abbey, Ixworth, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ a b c 1–2, Stow Road, Ixworth, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Airfield bombing decoy Q28B, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013
- ^ "Properties that would be perfect renovation projects". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013.
- ^ a b Church of St Mary, Ixworth, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Listed Buildings in Ixworth, Suffolk, England, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ About us[permanent dead link], Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe parish council. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Emergency services join force in Ixworth Archived 23 April 2013 at archive.today, Suffolk County Council, 9 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ Bury St Edmunds East Archived 18 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ Election results 2011, St Edmundsbury Borough Council. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Joanna Spicer Archived 23 April 2013 at archive.today, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ Parish Council, Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ^ a b Bangrove Wood, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^Ixworth Roman villa, English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
External links
Media related to Ixworth at Wikimedia Commons