Ickham and Well
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| Area | 9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
| Population | 437 (Civil Parish 2011)[1] |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TR221581 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CANTERBURY |
| Postcode district | CT3 |
| Dialling code | 01227 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Ickham and Well is a mostly rural civil parish east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.
The parish covers the villages of Ickham and Bramling just off the A257 Sandwich Road. It has several listed buildings in architecture of old, well-preserved houses, with the 13th-century parish church of St John the Evangelist in the midst. A recent archaeological excavation at Ickham has revealed evidence of Roman metalwork and copper brooches.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Ickham centres on a single road.
The Rivers Little Stour and Wingham flow through the parish before joining with the Great Stour to become the River Stour.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Edward Isaac (16th-century), English Protestant and Marian exile.
- J. G. Robertson (1859–1940), British singer and actor died in Ickham.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
