Icklingham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Bury St Edmunds, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Mildenhall and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Thetford in Norfolk. The village is on the A1101 road between Bury St Edmunds and Mildenhall in the north-west of the county. The area around the village, characterised by a sandy gravel-laden soil, is known as Breckland, though an arm of the fen-like peat follows the River Lark past the village.
The village straddles the River Lark, a tributary to the Great Ouse. It was once navigable up to Bury St Edmunds, with locks installed; these are now redundant, the remains of at least one lock being visible near Icklingham. The river is the reason for the siting of Icklingham's most prominent industry, the local flour mill. There are two churches in the village: St. James, and All Saints Church, Icklingham, which is of Norman in origin and a Grade I listed building.[1]
The village is characterised by flint and pale brick cottages. There were two thriving public houses, including the magnificent thatched Red Lion, in the village, but they both closed. However, in October 2019, the Red Lion was re-opened as the Guinness Arms. A village shop no longer exists, and the village hall, the former School House, is now in private hands.
The village contains 11 listed buildings.[2]
The Guinness Arms pub, IcklinghamSt James Church, Icklingham
^Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Icklingham (1351332)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
Icklingham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of...
suggested as derived from the name of Icel or the Iclingas, including Icklingham, Ickleford, Ickleton and Ixworth. Norman Scarfe noted that the Icknield...
acquisition by the Great Ouse Catchment Board, locks at Barton Mills and Icklingham were rebuilt in the 1960s, but were isolated when the A11 road bridge...
Silchester and baptismal fonts have been found at Icklingham and the Saxon Shore Fort at Richborough. The Icklingham font is made of lead, and visible in the British...
dead. It is situated at the meeting of the three parishes of Eriswell, Icklingham and Elveden to which the monument honours. The names of the dead of each...
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jointly undertook. He died in East Preston, Sussex. St James’s Church, Icklingham, Suffolk (1865) Church of the Sacred Heart, Caterham (1881) St Joseph’s...
Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire. It can also be found at the Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Suffolk. "Colony...
that lived in Cambridge region) Ikelgas (Anglian tribe that lived in Icklingham region) Norfolk (Anglian tribe – "North folk" of East Anglia that lived...
A1066 in the early 1920s. 4.2 mi (6.8 km) B1112 Stoke Ferry, Norfolk Icklingham 20.9 mi (33.6 km) B1113 Sproughton Norwich B1114 (defunct) Stowmarket...
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