Tixall

Tixall

Tixall is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Staffordshire. it lies on the western side of the Trent valley between Rugeley and Stone, Staffordshire and roughly 4 miles east of Stafford. Deriving from the Old English 'Ticheshale' the name is said to mean 'hollow of the goats' [http://www.roman-britain.org/chase/places/tixall.htm] .

It is a fairly elongated village lying to the west of Great Haywood and just north of the sprawling Shugborough estate, the River Sow forming the natural boundary between the two, which joins the Trent on the Shugborough estate a mile or so east of Tixall. The village has benefited substantially from its close proximity to such affluent estates as Shugborough to the south and Sandon Hall and Ingestre Hall to the north, homes of the Earl of Lichfield, the Earl of Harrowby and the Earl of Shrewsbury respectively. Also passing nearby to the east and through the Trent valley is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

Church of St John the Baptist

A free chapel has existed in Tixall since the 12th Century but the present church was built in 1848 by the Hon. John Chetwynd Talbot, son of the 2nd Earl Talbot of Ingestre. It is built of local sandstone with a roof of Staffordshire blue tiles. The floor tiles are by Minton. The oldest grave in the churchyard is reputed to date from 1627.

Tixall Gatehouse

The 16th century 3-storey gatehouse of the now-demolished Tixall Hall is in the care of the Landmark Trust, which offers it as a holiday let.

Obelisk

There is a sandstone obelisk in Tixall dated 1776 sat in a triangle where the road from Stafford meets the road from Milford. It is said to have been placed there by Thomas Clifford who owned the estate at the time.

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Tixall/ GENUKI(tm) page]
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* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/searchResults.asp?TownName=tixall&subjectType=PL&CountyName=&submit.x=0&submit.y=0|UK National Register of Archives, holdings relating to Tixall]
* [http://www.tixall-ingestre-andrews.me.uk/tixall/tixhall.html#Plot Sir Walter Aston, Tixall Hall]


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