Tixover Church (photo by Colin Park)

Tixover is a tiny but prosperous rural hamlet and civil parish on the border of Rutland, which runs along the River Welland. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Rutland is a county of mainland England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by The River Welland is a River in the east of England, 56 km (35 m long and it has been a main waterway across the part of The Fens called "South It has a population of about 45 but was once a much larger settlement, mentioned in both the Magna Carta and the Domesday Book. Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey However, the population was reduced by up to 95% by the bubonic plague, as the large number of graves suggest in the village church. Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as Today though, it is a haven for both farm workers, farmers, and a few millionaires. Even so, the houses are mostly grand in style, some dating back to the 13th Century, while other houses were built in the late 1990s and plans for further development are afoot in 2005 and 2006. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

One of the country's most popular off-road centres is at Tixover quarry, which is used by many Land Rover clubs for days out, and by Land Rover Owner Magazine for vehicle tests and photo shoots. Land Rover is an all-terrain vehicle and Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV manufacturer based in Solihull, England, now operated as part of the Jaguar

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