IKEN, a parish in the hundred of PLOMESGATE, county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Orford, containing 363 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 6. 13. 4. Thomas Syer, Esq. was patron in 1793. The church is dedicated to St. Botolph. The navigable river Aide runs on the north of this parish, which on the east is bounded by the North sea.