| Yoxall | |
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 St. Peter's Church, Yoxall | |
  Yoxall Location withinStaffordshire | |
| Population | 1,895 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SK142191 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Burton-on-Trent |
| Postcode district | DE13 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Yoxall is a village andcivil parish inStaffordshire, England. It is on the banks of theRiver Swarbourn on theA515 road north ofLichfield and south west ofBurton upon Trent. South of the village, Yoxall Bridge crosses theRiver Trent.
The name Yoxall probably comes fromAnglo-Saxongeoces halh = "yoke's nook" = "secluded piece of land small enough to be ploughed by one team of oxen, or providing feed for a yoke ofoxen".
Yoxall St Peter's Primary School was built in 1901. In the 1960s the hall, the offices and the junior department were added on to the existing infant department. The school has a licence from the government to keep historical documents,[citation needed] including punishment books, registers and other school documents from the past.
Yoxall has an active Scout group. It was formerly called Yoxall and Kings Bromley Scout group, however after a large number of children from neighbouring villages joined, it was renamed the Foresters Scout Group. There are approximately 120 children in the three sections.
In October 2004, an extremist group ofanimal rights campaigners stole Gladys Hammond's body from the village's graveyard. A group called theAnimal Rights Militia claimed responsibility for the act as an attempt to force the closure of the nearby Darley Oaks Farm, owned and run by family members, whereguinea-pigs were bred for medical research. On 23 August 2005 the farm's owners announced that they would be ceasing breeding of animals in the hope that Mrs Hammond's remains would be returned.[2] Following a police investigation, arrests were made and on 10 April 2006 three men pleaded guilty to blackmail. They were subsequently given substantial prison terms.[3][failed verification]
