Spixworth
Spixworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village lies close to the B1150 road and is north of Norwich and some south of North Walsham. It covers an area of and had a population of 3,769 in 1,508 households at the 2001 census. including Beeston St. Andrew but decreasing to a population of 3,718 in 1,579 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland. Etymology The village was known as ''Spikeswurda'' in Norman times and the name is believed to be derived from either the River Spikes (now Spixworth Beck) or ''Spic'' meaning swine pasture. The suffix ''worth'' is from the Anglo-Saxon ''yrth'' meaning land sloping from water or marsh. Alternatively the name is possibly derived from the OE ''spics'' (bacon farm) and ''worth'' (enclosure). History From Saxon times the village has been part of the Taverham Hundred. Prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066 much of the land w ...
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