Ickham

Other current and historical names

Yecham
Gecham
Seaton
Wickhambreaux

Parish/Community: Ickham and Well
District/Borough: Canterbury
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°16'37"N 1°11'8"E
Eastings/Northings: 622280, 157917
OS Grid: TR222579
Mapcode Local: GBR VZK.SP6
Mapcode Global: VHLGP.H5ND

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ickham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ickham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ickham, par. and vil., E. Kent, on river Little Stour, 4½ miles E. of Canterbury, 2465 ac., pop. 570.

Ickham in the Domesday Book

A village in Downhamford hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William of Adisham (subinfeudated); Archbishop of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £22 in 1066; £22 in 1070; £39 in 1086
- Households: 29 villagers; 60 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 16 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 35 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 4, value £5

British Place Names

Ickham, Kent

Ickham is a village in Kent

Ickham in historic gazetteers

Ickham in the Domesday Book