Ixworth, Suffolk
Location
Ixworth is an ancient parish located in the north west of the County of
Suffolk.
Ixworth was a market town and is approximately seven miles north east of
Bury Saint Edmunds. The county town of
Ipswich is twenty-seven miles to the south east, with the market town of
Stowmarket eleven miles along the road to
Ipswich.
Thetford which straddles the
Norfolk /
Suffolk border is ten miles to the north north west. The market town and port of
Lowestoft which sits on the North Sea coast of
Suffolk is about forty eight miles to the east.
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is St Mary the Virgin, Ixworth which can be found
here on Google Maps but is not visible on Google Street View.
Parish Registers
Suffolk Archives publish information on the Parish Registers they hold. See
https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/collections/getrecord/GB174_FL505_4#t2 (accessed 30 October 2023)
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
To the east of Ixworth is a detached portion of the Parish of
Bardwell with
Stowlangtoft to the south east and
Pakenham to the south west.
Great Livermere and
Troston St Mary are to the west. To the north west is the parish of
Ixworth Thorpe and to the north is the main portion of the parish of
Bardwell.
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