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Rh ICKHAM. 331 IDA, IGIUN, AND IBERCRON. nd 16 S.W. of Aylesbury, its post town. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Ickford. The nd is chiefly pasture. It is supposed to have been the ace where the treaty was signed in 907 between Ed- irard and the Danes. The living is a rect. in the dioc. Oxford, val. 392. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a email ancient edifice with a tower. In he interior is a piscina with projecting basin in good rvation. The parochial charities produce about 10
 * annum. There is a free school. The Baptists have

> chapel. T. Phillips, who wrote the " Life of Cardinal Pole," was a native of this place. Thomas Jacombs, Esq., is lord of the manor. Archbishop Sheldon, of Canter- bury, was once rector of this parish, and presented part of the communion plate. ICKHASl, a par. in the hund. of Downhamford, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 5 miles E. of Canterbury, its post town, and 2i from the Beuksbourne station, on the London, Chatham, and Dover railway. It is situated on the river Stour, and contains the hmlt. of Well Street. It was anciently named Yeclitim. The land is princi- pally arable and meadow, with about 90 acres of hop- grounds. The tithes have been commuted for a rent- charge of 1,000. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 997, in the patron, of the archbishop. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, has a square tower, and has recently been restored. The parochial charities produce 15 per annum. There is a parochial school. The principal residence is Leigh Priory, situated in the midst of a park. It was in 1785 the property of Thomas Barrett, Esq., from whom it passed to its present owner, F. Phillips, Esq., who has had it recently enlarged. Well Court, the manor house, is situated near the river, and was formerly.in the posses- sion of the Cliffords. The Roman road from Canterbury to Richborough passed through this parish. ICKLEFORD, a par. in the hund. of Hitchin, co. Herts, 2 miles N.E. of Hitchin, its post town and rail- way station. The village, which is small, is situated near the ancient Icknield Street, at the ford of the Ivel, under the Wilbury hills. The women are employed in the manufacture of the straw-plait. The living is a . * in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 280. The church, dedicated to St. Catherine, has a square tower containing five bells. It has been thoroughly repaired at the expense of the Hon. Mrs. Ryder, and contains a tomb to lioswell, the gipsy king. The register dates from 1749. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Here is a Na- tional school, founded and supported by the Hon. Mrs. Eydcr. Ickleford House is the seat of T. Cockayne, Esq. ICKLES, a vil. in the tnshp. of Brinsworth and par. of liotherham, West Riding co. York, 2 miles S.W. of Kotherham. ICKLESHAM, a par. in the hund. of Guestling, rape of Hastings, co. Sussex, 1^ mile S.W. of Winchelsea. IJye is its post town. It is situated on the river Brede and the Grand Military canal, and is bounded on the E. by the English Channel and the mouth of Rye harbour. The land is partly in hops. The site of the new town of AViuchelsea was formerly a part of this parish, called Petit lligham, but was purchased by the inhabitants of Old Winchelsea, which is now covered by the sea. The ins of Camber Castle, erected by Henry VIII. for the defence of the coast, stand within the limits of this ii. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Rye liar- annexed, in the dioc. of Chichester, val. i'715, in '!. of the lord chancellor. The church, dedi- I to St. Nicholas, is an ancient structure with a re embattled tower. The register dates from 1598. i haritiea produce 3 per annum. There are en- (1 almshonses, and the Wesleyans have a place of worship. The vicarage-house has recently been rcliuilt. K'KLETON, a par. in the hund. of Whittlesford, co. Bridge, 11 miles S. of Cambridge, 6 from Saffron Walden, its post town, and 1J mile from the Chesterton ii, on the Cambridge section of the Great Eastern ay. The old Roman road Icknield Street traversed ! many Roman coins and remains of a villa, &c., have been found. The parish is partly bounded by a branch of the river Cam, which separates it from the county of Essex. It was formerly a market town, and the site of a Benedictine nunnery, founded in the reign of Henry II. by the Do Veres, or Cante- lupes. At the Dissolution its revenues were returned at 80 Is. IQd. The village is considerable, but wholly agricultural. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1810. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 85, in the patron, of the Bishop of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a lofty tower containing six bells. It is supposed to have been built before the Norman Conquest. The parochial charities produce about 69 per annum. The Hon. Mrs. Algernon Herbert is lady of the manor. 1CKLINGHAM, ALL SAINTS AND ST. JAMES, a par. in the hund. of Lackfurd, co. Suifolk, 8 miles N.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, and 4 J S.E. of Mildenhall, its post town. It formerly formed two distinct parishes, which are now united for ecclesiastical purposes. The village is situated on the river Lark, a branch of the Ouse. The soil is light and sandy, and there are some largo rabbit-warrens in the neighbourhood. The parish is traversed by the old Roman road Icknield Street, and there is a Roman camp called KenUield, which occupies about 25 acres. Many relics have been found, including a leaden cistern, urns, &c. Gun-flints were formerly made here, but since the introduction of percussion-caps tho trade has entirely ceased. There is an agate powder and ornamental flint manufactory, which affords employment to many of the inhabitants. The tithes of All Saints have been commuted for a rent-charge of 320 2s., and those of St. James for i'239 18s. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 504. There are two churches in the parish, situated about half a mile from each other. They are both ancient edifices, and are dedicated to St. James and All Saints respectively. In the former are several monuments to the family of Gwilt, lords of the manor ; and in the floor of the chancel is some tesselated pave- ment found in tho ruins of a Roman villa, supposed by some antiquaries to be that of Faustina. There is a chapel for Dissenters and a National school for both sexes. Tho charities produce about 45 per annum, arising from land given for tho poor. ICKORNSHAW, a hmlt, in the tnshp. of Cowling, and par. of Kildwick, Wust Riding co. York, 6 miles N.W. of Keighlcy. ICKWELL, a hmlt. in the par. of Northill, hund. of Wixamtree, co. Bedford, 3 miles N.W. of Biggleswade. Ickwell Green is a meet for tho Cambridgeshire hounds. 1CKWORTH, a. par. in the hund. of Thiugoe, co. Suffolk, 3 miles S.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, its post town and railway station. The manor was given by Bishop Theodred to Buiy Abbey. There is no village, the whole of tho parish being comprised within the park. The surface is varied, and the lower grounds are watered by a rivulet which expands into a broad lake. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Ely. The church is a small edifice, with a tower recently rebuilt. It stands in Ickworth Park, the seat of tho Marquis of Bristol. This park is 1 1 miles round, and is stocked with upwards of 700 head of deer, and has gardens occupying nearly 6 acres. The mansion, which was begun in 1795 by tho late marquis, who was Bishop of Deny, is a brick build- ing upwards of 600 feet in length. It is in the Italian stylo of architecture, and consists of a circular centre connected with wings by extensive corridors. It con- tains some basso-relievos from Homer, after Flaxman. IDA, IGRIN, AND IBERCRON, a bar. in co. Kil- kenny, prov. of Munster, Ireland. Its length is over 16 miles, and its greatest breadth over 6. It is bounded by the bar. of Gowran on the N., the river Barrow on the E., that of the Suir on tho S., and the bars, of Iverk and Knocktopher on the W. The united bar. contains tho pars, of Ballygurrin, Cluin, Dysertmoon, Dunkit, Gaulskill, Kilbride, Kilcoan, Kilcolm, Kilmakevogo, Rathpatrick, Rossbercon, Rower, and Shambo, and part of tho pnrs. of Jcrpoint, West Listerling, Rossinan, and