Difference between revisions of "Church Icomb"
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{{Infobox town | {{Infobox town | ||
| − | |name= | + | |name=Church Icomb |
| − | |county=Gloucestershire | + | |county 1=Gloucestershire |
| + | |county 2=Worcestershire | ||
|picture=IcombCottages(PhilipHallling)Apr2006.jpg | |picture=IcombCottages(PhilipHallling)Apr2006.jpg | ||
|picture caption=Cottages in Icomb | |picture caption=Cottages in Icomb | ||
| − | |os grid ref= | + | |os grid ref= SP213226 |
| − | |latitude=51. | + | |latitude=51.902078 |
| − | |longitude=-1. | + | |longitude=-1.691329 |
|population=202 | |population=202 | ||
|census year=2011 | |census year=2011 | ||
|post town= | |post town= | ||
| − | |postcode= | + | |postcode=GL54 |
|dialling code= | |dialling code= | ||
|LG district= | |LG district= | ||
|constituency= | |constituency= | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''Icomb''' is a village in the [[ | + | '''Church Icomb''', also know just as '''Icomb''', is a village in the [[Cotswolds]], in [[Gloucestershire]] or perhaps technically in a small, detached part of [[Worcestershire]]. Of all the scattered parcels of Worcestershire, this is the furthest flung in the south-east, seven miles form the nearest point of that county's main body. |
| − | + | Icomb sits just four miles to the southeast of [[Stow on the Wold]] and just a mile from Gloucestershire's border with [[Oxfordshire]]. It is a place of typical, pretty Cotswold stone cottages. Its 2011 recorded population was 202. | |
| + | The parish church is the Church of St Mary the Virgin and was built in the mid 13th century. The tomb of Sir John Blaket, a knight who fought with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, lies within the church. | ||
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| + | [[File:Icomb church tower viewed from the village - geograph.org.uk - 150267.jpg|right|thumb|200px|St Mary's, Church Icomb]] | ||
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
| − | {{ | + | {{Commons|Icomb}} |
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 21:23, 11 December 2015
| Church Icomb | |
| Gloucestershire, Worcestershire | |
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Apr2006.jpg) Cottages in Icomb | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP213226 |
| Location: | 51°54’7"N, 1°41’29"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 202 (2011) |
| Postcode: | GL54 |
| Local Government | |
Church Icomb, also know just as Icomb, is a village in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire or perhaps technically in a small, detached part of Worcestershire. Of all the scattered parcels of Worcestershire, this is the furthest flung in the south-east, seven miles form the nearest point of that county's main body.
Icomb sits just four miles to the southeast of Stow on the Wold and just a mile from Gloucestershire's border with Oxfordshire. It is a place of typical, pretty Cotswold stone cottages. Its 2011 recorded population was 202.
The parish church is the Church of St Mary the Virgin and was built in the mid 13th century. The tomb of Sir John Blaket, a knight who fought with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, lies within the church.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Church Icomb) |
