In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ickford like this:
ICKFORD, a village in Bucks, and a parish partly also in Oxfordshire, but all in Thame district. The village stands near the river Thame, 4 miles WNW of Thame r. station; has a post office under Thame; and disputes with Itchingford being the place where Edward the Elder, in 907, treated with the Danes. ...
The part of the parish within Oxfordshire is Draycott hamlet. Acres, of the entire parish, 1, 249. Real property, £2, 728. Pop., 436. Houses, 98. The property is chiefly divided among four. The manor belongs to T. Jacomb, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £434.* Patron, the Rev. J.Townshend. The church is of different dates, but chiefly early English; consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with W tower; and contains an early English piscina. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £10. T. Phillips, the author of a " Life of Cardinal Pole, '' was a native.
Ickford through time
Ickford is now part of Aylesbury Vale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aylesbury Vale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ickford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ickford, in Aylesbury Vale and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3695
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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