Ickworth House
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Wimpole Estate
Ickworth House is a close visit from Belchamp Walter.
The Hervey Family
Ickworth’s early years
Ickworth’s origins can be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was recorded as a settlement of 16 households belonging to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds.
Nearly 200 years later, in 1254, the Crown granted Thomas de Ickworth land here to create a deer park. It’s reckoned that he might have been responsible for founding the 13th-century church, sections of which form part of the existing St Mary’s Church.
Thomas de Ickworth and the Drury Family
Thomas Hervey acquires Ickworth
When Thomas died in 1432, the Ickworth estate – which by this time also included a manor house – passed into the hands of the Drury family. It didn’t stay there for long, though. When Jane Drury married Thomas Hervey in around 1460, he acquired the site. Ickworth remained home to the Hervey family for the next five centuries.
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John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol
The Hervey family are local to the area despite the Bristol title.
