Everything about Ickford totally explained
Ickford is a
village in
Buckinghamshire,
England. It is near the border with
Oxfordshire, about four miles west of
Thame. As a result, many residents subscribe to the Thame Gazette, as well as the village paper: the Ickford Informer.
The village name is
Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Icca's ford'. In the
Domesday Book of
1086 it was recorded as
Iforde.
The
parish church dates from the 13th century and is dedicated to
Saint Nicholas.
In
2005 Ickford had 536 people on the
electoral roll and a total population of some 700, which has been growing since the
1950s. There is a church,
village hall,
shop and
post office as well as a
primary school which also serves the nearby villages of
Worminghall and
Shabbington. Ickford Combined School is a
community school, with approximately 115 children between the age of four and the age of eleven. The school was opened in September 1906 and has a well appointed sports hall, which was opened in February 2006. There is a preschool based on the school site and an After School Club until 6pm every day that the school is open. Until about
2000 Ickford was also home to two pubs, however The Royal Oak has been closed for a few years now: The remaining one (The Rising Sun) shut on account of a fire that badly damaged the building in 2006 but has now re-opened after refurbishment. It is non-smoking and four
real ales are served.
Agriculture is still practiced, although being close to
Oxford and to junction 8A of the
M40 Ickford is increasingly a
commuter village.
For over 50 years an annual
tug of war with neighbouring
Tiddington has taken place each summer across the
River Thame: it's the duty of the soaked losers to buy the victors
beer.
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