Tixover is a small village and

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Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

. The population of the

at the 2001 census was 174, falling to 163 at the 2011 census. The village's name means 'ridge with young

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the a ...

s'. The second element derives from either the

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'ofer' and 'ora', which both mean ridge. The parish is on the

River Welland The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...

which is the county boundary with Northamptonshire. Most of the houses in the parish are east of the

A47 road The A47 is a major road in England linking Birmingham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114. From Peterborough eastwards, it is a trunk road (sections west of the A1 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. Tixover Grange, west of the A47, was home to the residential school named after

Wilfred Pickles Wilfred Pickles, OBE (13 October 1904 – 27 March 1978) was an English actor and radio presenter. Early life and personal life Pickles was born in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He moved to Southport, Lancashire, with his family i ...

from 1955 to the 1980s. Tixover House is now a care home, run by Barchester Healthcare.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.

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Villages in Rutland Civil parishes in Rutland {{Rutland-geo-stub