Ickham, Kent

Historical Description

Ickham, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the Little Stour river, 2½ miles NE of Bekesbourne station on the L.C. & D.R., and 4½ E of Canterbury, and was anciently called Yecham. The post town is Dover. The parish contains also Well hamlet. Acreage, 2219; population, 588. Lee Priory belonged formerly to the Barrets, and had a monastic appearance; but belongs now to the Philips family, and has been altered and enlarged in the Domestic Pointed style. Well Court belonged formerly to the Cliffords. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury, gross value,, £810 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church consists of nave and aisles, with a cross septiment and a tower, and has been repaired and beautified. The chief residences are Bramling House, Lee Priory, and Hawletts.

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 Ickham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ickham (St. John the Evangelist))

Maps

Online maps of Ickham 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 Kent newspapers online:

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.