ICKHAM, a parish in the hundred of DOWNHAMFORD, lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, If mile (N.W. by W.) from Wingham, containing 521 inhabitants. The living is a rectory with the curacy of Weld, in the exempt deanery of Shoreham, which is in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £29. 13. 4,, and in the patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, is principally in the early style of English architecture, with insertions in the decorated style.