Ixworth Thorpe is a small village and

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in the

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district of the

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. The village is located on the A1088 road around north-west of the larger village of

Ixworth Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census. History Ix ...

and north-east of

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market town, market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – ...

. In 2005 its estimated population was 60. The parish council is operated jointly with Ixworth.Parish council
Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe parish council. Retrieved 2013-01-23. From the 2011 Census the population of the village was not recorded separately.

History

The village was mentioned in the

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at which time it was known as Torp or Torpa.Ixworth Thorpe
Domesday Book online. Retrieved 2013-01-22. It was a large village with around 31 households at this time as well as two mills.Ixworth Thorpe
Open Domesday. Retrieved 2013-01-22. The manor formed part of the holdings of the Huard of Vernon, having been held by the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds in 1066.

Church of All Saints

The Church of All Saints was the parish church and is now a

chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ea ...

.Church of All Saints, Ixworth Thorpe
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2013-01-23. The building has 11th century doorways, a thatched roof and lies to the south of the village alongside the A1088.
Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2013-01-23. It is a Grade I

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and contains "nationally important" carved wooden bench ends dating from the 15th century and a brick built Tudor porch as well as two early medieval coffin lids set into the floor near the south door.About us
Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe parish council. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

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