Ickworth is a small civil parish, almost coextensive with the estate of the National Trust's Ickworth House, in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, eastern England, south-west of Bury St Edmunds.Grid Reference Finder distance tools The population of the parish was only minimal at the 2011 Census and is included in the civil parish of Lawshall.
Landmarks Ickworth has three main clusters of the 12 listed structures in the Grade II* listed park and garden which are:The Park and Garden: NameGradeNotesIckworth HouseGrade INational TrustSir John Hervey's SummerhouseGrade IISir John Hervey's Summerhouse St Mary's ChurchGrade II*St Mary's Church White HouseGrade IIWhite House Mordaboys CottagesGrade IIThatched 17th century.Thatched terraced cottages, early C17 with early C19 alterations with converted attics: Garden walling by summerhouseGrade IIGarden walling Coach HouseGrade IICoach House Garden wall by churchGrade IIGarden wall 100 yards south of church Ha-haGrade IIHa ha Stable BlockGrade IIStable Block Balustrading by entranceGrade IIBalustrading
The main park also had the only vineyard on National Trust land, until 2015 when it was grubbed up to allow the walled garden to be reinstated. An orchard of historic fruit trees was planted as the first stage of this plan.
History Early history Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having 12 heads of household (nine of which villagers (villeins), three as smallholders) and four tied serfs (slaves), Ickworth rendered £3 and a small vill-tax to its overlords and was valued as being worth £4 per year.Domesday map
Modern history Samuel Lewis's overview of 1848 reads:
The bulk of the land formed Lord Bristol's main freehold estate which was sold for public benefit to the National Trust to pay the precursor to inheritance tax in 1956.
In 2005 its population was estimated at 30.
Demography The 2011 census does not provide a population (see above) although Ickworth is part of the west of Census Output Area E00153548, which had 275 inhabitants of which 185 lived in a detached dwelling, 16 lived in a purpose-built block of flats or tenement, five in part of a converted or bed-sit and one in a commercial building.2011 Census E00153548 as parish facility is faulty or publicly prohibited for postcode IP29 5QE. Retrieved April 2013
Transport
To the east is the A143 which is linked to the A14 by the shortest route via a turning onto a minor straight road in Horringer, Westley Lane, immediately to the north. The A14 is a main East-West route in England which then leads west to: The A11, its south spur onto the M11 The M11 at Cambridge The A1 at Huntingdon The M1/M6 junction at Swinford, Leicestershire
Listed buildings
References
External links
Neighbouring substantive village website: Horringer