Ickleford
Sign in to saveIckleford is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies immediately north of the town of Hitchin, from which it is separated by the River Oughton. It lies west of the River Hiz and to the east of the A600 road. The village has two greens: Upper Green by the parish church of St Katharine at the centre of the village, and the larger Lower Green to the north. The population of the parish was 1,936 at the 2021 census.
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Place details
- Locality
- North Hertfordshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Ickleford
- UK place.population
- 1,936
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Hertfordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Hertfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hitchin
- UK place.post_town
- Hitchin
- UK place.postcode_district
- SG5
- UK place.postcode_area
- SG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01462
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL180316
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Hertfordshire
- Population
- +1848
- Area
- +553.57
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Image
- St Katherine, Ickleford - geograph.org.uk - 889600.jpg
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Article
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Ickleford is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies immediately north of the town of Hitchin, from which it is separated by the River Oughton. It lies west of the River Hiz and to the east of the A600 road. The village has two greens: Upper Green by the parish church of St Katharine at the centre of the village, and the larger Lower Green to the north. The population of the parish was 1,936 at the 2021 census.
==Etymology== Its name is derived from it being a ford, that is a way to cross a river, along the Icknield Way. Another village, Ickford in Buckinghamshire, shares the same etymology.