In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Icomb like this:
ICCOMB, a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester; on the verge of the county, 2 miles SE of Stow-on-the-Wold r. station. It comprises the hamlets of Iccomb and Church-Iccomb, -the latter formerly in Worcestershire; and its post town is Stow-on-the-Wold, under Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres of I. ...
hamlet, 440. Real property, £874. Pop., 12. Houses, 3. Acres ofI. hamlet, 530. Real property, £858. Pop., 152. Houses, 34. The manor belonged formerly to the Cope family, and belongs now to the Rev. John Hopton. The old manor house shows interesting features, but has gone much into decay. A small Danish camp is on a hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £130. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is early English; was about to be restored in 1866; and contains a monument of the Copes.
Icomb through time
Icomb is now part of Cotswold district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cotswold has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Icomb itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Icomb, in Cotswold and Gloucestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10926
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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