Ickford, Buckinghamshire

Description
Ickford, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village is 1 1/2 mile from Tiddington station on the G.W.R., and 4 miles NW from Thame. It has a post office under Thame; money order office, Worminghall; telegraph office, Thame. It is asserted by some historians that it was at Ickford that Edward the Elder in 907 treated with the Danes, but others assign the place of meeting to Itchingford. Acreage of the entire parish, 1025; population, 345. The manor belongs to the Stephenson family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; gross value, £330 with residence. The church is of different dates, but chiefly Early English; consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with W tower; and contains an Early English piscina. There is a Baptist chapel. T. Phillips, the author of a " Life of Cardinal Pole," was a native.