This article is about the parish in Norfolk. For the place in Suffolk, see Bixley Ward, Ipswich.
Bixley is a former civil parish now in the parish of Caistor St Edmund and Bixley, in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census and 2011 census it contained 60 households and a population of 144.[1] It covered an area south of Norwich including the village of Arminghall. On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Caistor St Edmund to form Caistor St Edmund and Bixley.[2]
The origin the name of Bixley has been studied in a paper by Keith Briggs; it means 'clearing in bushy land'.[3] The name of Bixley near Ipswich has the same origin.
The parish church of St Wandregesilius dates from 1272. Wandregesilius is a Latinised form of Wandrille and it is the only church in England dedicated to this 7th-century Frankish abbot. In May 2004 it was set on fire by arsonists and gutted. The church had no electricity and used gas cylinders for heating which it is believed were used by vandals to start the fire.[4][5] Near the church is Bixley medieval settlement, the site of a deserted medieval village.[6]
Sir Timothy Colman lived in Bixley Manor[7] in the grounds of which is the seven-storey stump of Bixley Tower Mill, dating from 1838. At eleven storeys this was once the tallest windmill in Norfolk and possibly the tallest in Britain. It was reduced to its current height in 1872.[8]
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^Bixley parish information [South Norfolk Council] Archived 2012-08-05 at archive.today
bixley, this, article, about, parish, norfolk, place, suffolk, ward, ipswich, former, civil, parish, parish, caistor, edmund, south, norfolk, district, norfolk, england, according, 2001, census, 2011, census, contained, households, population, covered, area, s. This article is about the parish in Norfolk For the place in Suffolk see Bixley Ward Ipswich Bixley is a former civil parish now in the parish of Caistor St Edmund and Bixley in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk England According to the 2001 census and 2011 census it contained 60 households and a population of 144 1 It covered an area south of Norwich including the village of Arminghall On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Caistor St Edmund to form Caistor St Edmund and Bixley 2 BixleySt Wandregesilius BixleyBixleyLocation within NorfolkArea5 42 km2 2 09 sq mi Population144 2011 Density27 km2 70 sq mi OS grid referenceTG254059Civil parishCaistor St Edmund and BixleyDistrictSouth NorfolkShire countyNorfolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR14PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of EnglandList of places UK England Norfolk 52 36 12 N 1 19 45 E 52 60336 N 1 329174 E 52 60336 1 329174The origin the name of Bixley has been studied in a paper by Keith Briggs it means clearing in bushy land 3 The name of Bixley near Ipswich has the same origin The parish church of St Wandregesilius dates from 1272 Wandregesilius is a Latinised form of Wandrille and it is the only church in England dedicated to this 7th century Frankish abbot In May 2004 it was set on fire by arsonists and gutted The church had no electricity and used gas cylinders for heating which it is believed were used by vandals to start the fire 4 5 Near the church is Bixley medieval settlement the site of a deserted medieval village 6 Sir Timothy Colman lived in Bixley Manor 7 in the grounds of which is the seven storey stump of Bixley Tower Mill dating from 1838 At eleven storeys this was once the tallest windmill in Norfolk and possibly the tallest in Britain It was reduced to its current height in 1872 8 References edit Bixley parish information South Norfolk Council Archived 2012 08 05 at archive today South Norfolk District Council Reorganisation of Community Governance Order 2018 PDF Local Government Boundary Commission for England Archived from the original PDF on 6 August 2019 Retrieved 18 May 2019 Keith Briggs Bixley Journal of the English Place name Society volume 43 2011 43 54 Church Insurance UK Claims Archived June 24 2007 at the Wayback Machine Bixley Bixley Deserted medieval village Norfolk Retrieved 2018 03 05 BBC Online Norfolk News Trowse 1 Norfolk Mills Bixley towermillExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bixley The Bixley Report permanent dead link on St Wandregesilius fire written by J R A Noyes of Cambridge University St Wandregesilius on Norfolk Churches website More photos from Flickr Bixley Tower Mill Bixley on Genuki nbsp This Norfolk location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bixley amp oldid 1180041079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
