In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ickworth like this:
ICKWORTH, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 3 miles SW of Bury-St. Edmunds r. station. Post town, Bury-ST. Edmunds. Acres, 1,259. Real property, £1,678. Pop., 65. Houses, 11. The manor was given, by Bishop Theodred, to Bury abbey; and belongs now to the Marquis of Bristol. Ickworth House is the Marquis's seat; was founded, in 1792, by the Earl of Bristol; is 625 feet long and 120 feet deep; comprises centre, quadrant corridors, and wings; presents, in the centre, Ionic and Corinthian decorations, with surmounting dome 105 feet high; includes basso-relievos, from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, after designs by Flaxman; and stands in a park of about 11 miles in circuit, stocked with upwards of 700 head of deer. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; and was annexed in 1868 to the rectory of Horningsheath. The church stands in the park, and has a recently rebuilt tower.
Ickworth through time
Ickworth is now part of St Edmundsbury district. Click here for graphs and data of how St Edmundsbury has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ickworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ickworth, in St Edmundsbury and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7305
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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