St. Nicholas Church
St Nicholas Church *  Vicar: Laura Wilford
        The Rectory, 32a, The Avenue, Worminghall. 01844 338839.
* Churchwardens:
        Claire Hennessy (63 Bridge Road)
        Stephen Johns (6 Bridge Road)

A Church Near you site.

History
Ickford has a lovely old church, dedicated to St Nicholas. The date of the first church here is not known but it was probably of wooden structure built in the Saxon times. The earliest part of the present church is the chancel, the centre aisle of the nave and lower part of the tower from about 1170 to 1190. Ickford church escaped the wholesale restoration inflicted on so many medieval parish churches in the 19th century. In this case, poverty proved a blessing! Between 1902-1911, it was sensitvely and carefully restored under the direction of Mr. Oldrid Scott, who managed to preserve most of the genuine medieval features.

Gilbert Sheldon (1598 to 1677) was Rector of Ickford and later became Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1663 to 1677. He gave a lovely chalice and platter, which we have on show at Christ Church, Ocford, as we thought it better to let people see how lovely it is.

Nice & informative extract from The Buckinghamshire Village Book, ISBN 0-905392-80-9

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