In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ickwell like this:

ICKWELL, a hamlet in Northill parish, Beds; 3 miles W by N of Biggleswade. Pop., 206. Ickwell-Bury is the seat of John Harvey, Esq.; and Ickwell-Green is a meet for the Cambridgeshire hounds.

Ickwell through time

Ickwell is now part of CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ickwell itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ickwell, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31045

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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