English Heritage sites near Icklingham Parish
MOULTON PACKHORSE BRIDGE
7 miles from Icklingham Parish
A pretty four-arched late medieval bridge, spanning the River Kennett on the old route from Cambridge to Bury St Edmunds.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
8 miles from Icklingham Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
8 miles from Icklingham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
ISLEHAM PRIORY CHURCH
8 miles from Icklingham Parish
Isleham Priory Church is the best example in England of a small Norman Benedictine priory church, surviving in a surprisingly unaltered state despite later conversion into a barn.
THETFORD, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
8 miles from Icklingham Parish
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
THETFORD PRIORY
8 miles from Icklingham Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
Churches in Icklingham Parish
Icklingham, St James
The Street
Icklingham
Bury St Edmunds
07879 857015
St James' Icklingham is home to a friendly and growing congregation and wider fellowship.
As well as regular worship, the church offers a lively calendar of social events alongside special celebration services throughout the year.
Worship is relaxed and joyful in tone with music and liturgy inclusive in emphasis.
With money raised over a number of years for the church's kitchen and toilet facilities, St James' has developed as a popular social hub for the village of Icklingham providing opportunities for Christian fellowship throughout the year to families and all members community.
The Icklingham Flower Club, based in St James', attracts a growing number of members at regular meetings and demonstrations.
In addition, monthly coffee mornings also bring the community together in fellowship.
The 13th century building, consisting of chancel and nave, is maintained with the support of Project St James, a fund raising group, which is active within the community to aid church funding.
St. James' likes to be hospitable without being intrusive. The congregation keep the community in prayer, especially those ill or bereaved.
All are welcome.
Pubs in Icklingham Parish
Guinness Arms
The St (A1101), Icklingham, IP28 6PS
(01638) 597547
guinnessarms.com/
Plough Inn
Flint faced cottages were converted into the current pub. Moorings to rear dealt with river traffic on its way to Bury. Today the pub is well established for food. Photographs of this pub and more historical information about it can be foun...