Icomb is a village in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, near to Stow on the Wold. The population taken at the 2011 census was 202.[1]
| Icomb | |
|---|---|
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  Icomb Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 202 (2011 Census) |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cheltenham |
| Postcode district | GL54 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The village appears as Iacumbe in the Domesday Book.
Parish Church
editThe Church of St Mary is the parish church which has a Norman north doorway and an Early English south porch and doorway dating from around 1249. It is a grade I listed building.[2]
Icomb Place
editThe Grade 1 Listed building Icomb Place on edge of the village was significantly altered by Sir John Blaket in 1421, a knight who fought with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt and died in 1431, whose tomb is in the church.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Foster, Graham E. (2005). The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin Icomb (church guide).
External links
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Media related to Icomb at Wikimedia Commons
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