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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ickworth CP/AP Thingoe RegD/PLU Suffolk AncC |
| Place: | Ickworth |
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