Ixworth
Encyclopedia
Ixworth is a village and civil parish
in the Borough of St Edmundsbury
in Suffolk
, United Kingdom
. It is some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Bury St Edmunds, on the A143 road to Diss
and has a population of 2,177.Office for National Statistics : Parish Headcounts : St Edmundsbury Retrieved 2009-09-28]
fort. The visible portion of the east side is about 500 feet (152 m) long, of the south side about 450 feet (137 m), while there are faint indications that the full length of that side may have been as much as 625 feet (191 m). An east gate is visible some 250 feet (76 m) north of the angle, and there used to be a south gate. A road system is related to these gates, but it is not clear from photographs whether all the system is original or whether in part it represents the former course of lanes which cross the site. Ixworth became an important junction in the Roman road system of East Anglia.The Suffolk Churches Site : St Mary, Ixworth
It was an important Roman settlement and also had an Augustinian priory (founded 1170, dissolved 1537). Remains of the priory can be found incorporated into a house, confusingly known as Ixworth Abbey.
In the 1871 census brewer, Edward Greene
(an MP then aged 55) is listed living at The Abbey. The High Street still has some fine timber framed houses.
An early pagan cemetery with Anglo-Saxon burial urns was discovered south-west of the church some time before 1949. In 1868, Anglo-Saxon burials were found in Cross House Meadow. The Peddar's Way was a Roman road which ran 48 mi from Ixworth to Holme next the Sea.
The south end of High Street and town may also be historically listed as Ixworth St Mary. The settlement was recorded in Domesday as "Icsewrda" or "Giswortha".
A Q Type bombing decoy was operated in the north-east of the parish (at TL 948 714) to deflect enemy bombing from RAF Honington.
Closed pubs include the Angel, Crown (74 High St), Woolpack and White Horse.
Army Cadet Hut is on Thistledown Drive, and Ixworth Middle School is on Walsham Road.
The First Ixworth Brownies meet at Ixworth Primary School on most Tuesday evenings (except school holidays) from 5.00pm to 6.30pm.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Borough of St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury (borough)
St Edmundsbury is a local government district and borough in Suffolk, England. It is named after its main town, Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district is Haverhill....
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. It is some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Bury St Edmunds, on the A143 road to Diss
Diss
Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.The town lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere that covers . The mere is up to deep, although there is another of mud, making it one of the deepest natural inland lakes...
and has a population of 2,177.Office for National Statistics : Parish Headcounts : St Edmundsbury Retrieved 2009-09-28]
Earthworks
At Ixworth three ditches outline the east and south sides and rounded south-east angle of an enclosure, which is the remnants of a RomanRoman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
fort. The visible portion of the east side is about 500 feet (152 m) long, of the south side about 450 feet (137 m), while there are faint indications that the full length of that side may have been as much as 625 feet (191 m). An east gate is visible some 250 feet (76 m) north of the angle, and there used to be a south gate. A road system is related to these gates, but it is not clear from photographs whether all the system is original or whether in part it represents the former course of lanes which cross the site. Ixworth became an important junction in the Roman road system of East Anglia.The Suffolk Churches Site : St Mary, Ixworth
It was an important Roman settlement and also had an Augustinian priory (founded 1170, dissolved 1537). Remains of the priory can be found incorporated into a house, confusingly known as Ixworth Abbey.
In the 1871 census brewer, Edward Greene
Edward Greene (MP)
Edward Greene was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1865 and 1891....
(an MP then aged 55) is listed living at The Abbey. The High Street still has some fine timber framed houses.
An early pagan cemetery with Anglo-Saxon burial urns was discovered south-west of the church some time before 1949. In 1868, Anglo-Saxon burials were found in Cross House Meadow. The Peddar's Way was a Roman road which ran 48 mi from Ixworth to Holme next the Sea.
The south end of High Street and town may also be historically listed as Ixworth St Mary. The settlement was recorded in Domesday as "Icsewrda" or "Giswortha".
A Q Type bombing decoy was operated in the north-east of the parish (at TL 948 714) to deflect enemy bombing from RAF Honington.
Closed pubs include the Angel, Crown (74 High St), Woolpack and White Horse.
Current Day Ixworth
St Mary's Church (OS grid TL9370) lies just west of High Street. A post office is in High Street of the village. Pickerel Inn and the Greyhound are on the same south part of the High Street as the Post Office.Army Cadet Hut is on Thistledown Drive, and Ixworth Middle School is on Walsham Road.
The First Ixworth Brownies meet at Ixworth Primary School on most Tuesday evenings (except school holidays) from 5.00pm to 6.30pm.