Ickleton, Cambridgeshire

Description
Ickleton, a village and a parish in Cambridgeshire. The village stands on Icknield Street, adjacent to the G.E.R., near the boundary with Essex, 1 1/2 mile NNW of Great Ches-terford station, and 6 miles WSW from Linton, and was once a market-town. It has a post office under Saffron Walden; money order and telegraph office, Great Chester-ford (S.O.) The parish comprises 2700 acres; population, 604. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here in the time of Henry II. by the De Veres or the Cantelupes, and was given at the dissolution, in exchange for other property, to the bishops of Ely. Roman coins and remains of a Roman villa, together with other Roman relics, were found in 1848. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net value, £287 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, a fine building of stone in the Early Norman style, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a lofty tower. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.