Ickham and Well

Ickham and Well is a mostly rural civil parish east of Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

Ickham and Well
The Street, Ickham
Ickham and Well Location within Kent
Area	9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Population	437 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR221581
Civil parish	Ickham and Well
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT3
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places UK England Kent 51.27°N 1.19°E / 51.27; 1.19

The parish covers the villages of Ickham and Bramling just off the A257 Sandwich Road. It has several listed buildings in architecture of old, well-preserved houses, with the 13th-century parish church of St John the Evangelist in the midst. A recent archaeological excavation at Ickham has revealed evidence of Roman metalwork and copper brooches.^[2]

Geography

Ickham centres on a single road.

The Rivers Little Stour and Wingham flow through the parish before joining with the Great Stour to become the River Stour.

Ickham Village hall

Notable people

• Edward Isaac (16th-century), English Protestant and Marian exile.
• J. G. Robertson (1859–1940), British singer and actor died in Ickham.