Icklesham, Sussex

Historical Description

Icklesham, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands 8 miles SW of Wiuchelsea station on the S.E.R., and has a post office under Rye; money order and telegraph office, Winchelsea. The parish extends to the coast, includes Rye Harbour, and comprises 5147 acres of land and 646 of tidal water and foreshore; population of the civil parish, 1524; of the ecclesiastical, 954. Striking views are obtained over Rye toward Dover. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Rye Harbour, in the diocese of Chichester; value, £590 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is mainly Norman, shows interesting features, has an Early Decorated window, and has been carefully restored. There are a Bible Christian chapel and almshouses.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Icklesham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Icklesham (St. Nicholas))

Maps

Online maps of Icklesham are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer