ICKLESHAM, a parish in the hundred of GUESTLING, rape of HASTINGS, county of SUSSEX, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Winchelsea, containing 585 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Cbichester, rated in the king's books at £13. 1. S., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chichester. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is in the early style of English architecture. The manorial courts are held at Icklesham Place house. The Brede canal passes on the north side of this parish.