Ickwell
Sign in to saveIckwell is a small, rural village in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England about south-east of the county town of Bedford. Ickwell is part of the civil parish of Northill. The 2011 census shows its population as 298. The village is known for its maypole and for being the birthplace of Thomas Tompion, the "Father of English Clockmaking".
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- UK place.country
- England
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- Ickwell village sign
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- Ickwell
- UK place.civil_parish
- Northill
- UK place.unitary_england
- Central Bedfordshire
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- Bedfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
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- Northill
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- Ickwell Village Green. - geograph.org.uk - 120329.jpg
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Ickwell is a small, rural village in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England about south-east of the county town of Bedford. Ickwell is part of the civil parish of Northill. The 2011 census shows its population as 298. The village is known for its maypole and for being the birthplace of Thomas Tompion, the "Father of English Clockmaking".
==History== Ickwell is not mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086. Its name is first documented in the thirteenth century, as 'Ikewelle'. Variations in the name's spelling (including Chikewelle, Geykewelle, Gigewel, Yekewell; Yikewell; Zekewekk and Zykwell) suggest that its origin is an Anglo-Saxon toponym meaning 'Gicca's spring'.