Thixendale is a village and

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in the

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district of

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part of the

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, it is located in the Yorkshire Wolds about 20 miles east of

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. The place-name ''Thixendale'' is first attested in the

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of 1086, where it appears as ''Sixtendale'' and ''Xistendale''. The name means 'Sigstein's dale or valley'. The name ''Sigstein'' is also the source for the name of

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in Leicestershire. In 2016

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estimated the population of the parish to be 200. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Wharram and not separately counted. The only pub, the Cross Keys, is a regular winner of local CAMRA awards. The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, a

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passes to the east end of the village. The church of St Mary, Thixendale is one of a group of village buildings constructed to designs by

George Edmund Street George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an eccle ...

in 1868–1870. It was designated in 1966 by

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as a Grade II*

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. It is on the

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devised by the

East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The tour was devised by the East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group ...

. For many years until the late 1990s, television signals were blocked by the surrounding hills until a small transmitter was built, providing the village with

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for the first time. The transmitter ceased operation in the early 2000s, with villagers now relying on satellite TV and, since 2017, fast

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References

External links

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The Village of Thixendale
information about the village, where to stay, interesting walks in the area, pictures and other local information,

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