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Icklesham
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(Paul McCartney's Recording Studio)
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General Details
Icklesham is located about 6 miles to the east of Hastings, on
the main A259 Hastings to Rye road.
In 1282 the King's treasurer had been sent to Old Winchelsea to
investigate the danger to the town from the sea, the report was
to abandon the town and create a new town on the heights of
Petit Ihamme nowadays Icklesham .
Icklesham was one of the few villages recording evacuation plans
in the event of the feared invasion of Napoleon. In 1798 precise
livestock records were made, and everyone give instructions on
where they were supposed to go. Captain Lamb of the Yeomanry and
Provisional Cavalry in Sussex was to be in charge. (See also
the Peasmarsh pages.)
On Hogs Hill stands the old smock windmill, it has been restored,
and in the last quarter of the 20th century it has found a new
use as the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney.
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Services
 Icklesham is a small village with a few shops and public houses.
The Hastings to Rye hourly bus passes through the village.
The nearest station is at Doleham Halt near Guestling , or at
Winchelsea both on the Ashford to Hastings line, which has an
hourly service.
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Views
 Icklesham is on the main A259 which runs along the ridge between
the coast and the river Brede .
From the main road, looking south you can see the hills at Fairlight ,
and if you carry on throught the village towards Rye, to your left
is the Brede valley.
If you travel up to the windmill, the view to the sea is stunning,
and the back road going east takes you through to one of the old Medieval
gates into Winchelsea . The 1066 Country Walk runs through the village.
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Name Derivation
Icklesham is probably derived from the Anglo Saxon Iclingas Ham (the homstead of the Iclas family)
The first record of Icklesham was in 772, when it appeared as
'Icoleshamme', in a land charter signed by Offa, the King of
Mercia. In early days it dominated the River Brede in the
valley to the north, and was undoubtably a prime target to the
Normans in 1066 , when they landed.
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Nearby Villages (within 6 miles)
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| Old Winchelsea | (Abandoned after the Great Storm) | 0.4 miles |
| Pett | (End of the Royal Military Canal) | 1.4 miles |
| Udimore | (Angels move the Church) | 1.6 miles |
| Winchelsea | (Inland Cinque Port !!) | 1.7 miles |
| Guestling | (Changing guards at Buckingham Palace) | 2.2 miles |
| Winchelsea Beach | (Holidaymakers and Henry VIIIs Fort) | 2.2 miles |
| Fairlight | (Firehills and Views) | 3.1 miles |
| Brede | (Edward I inspects the Channel Fleet) | 3.3 miles |
| Broad Oak | (Smallpox at the Academy) | 3.7 miles |
| Broad Oak Brede | (On the Crossroads) | 3.7 miles |
| Rye | (On the Island) | 3.7 miles |
| Playden | (Saltcote and fish) | 3.8 miles |
| Peasmarsh | (Black Death moves village) | 4.2 miles |
| Rye Harbour | (Nature Reserve and unspoilt beaches) | 4.2 miles |
| Westfield | (Bonfire Boys under suspicion) | 4.4 miles |
| East Guldeford | (Barn-like Church) | 4.8 miles |
| Iden | (Sheriff of Kent and Jack Cade) | 4.9 miles |
| Beckley | (Alfred the Great and Guns !) | 5.0 miles |
| Hastings East Cliff | () | 5.7 miles |
| Hastings Harbour | () | 5.7 miles |
| Hastings Ore | () | 5.7 miles |
| Hastings West Hill | () | 5.7 miles |
| Northiam | (Prime Ministers D Day inspection) | 5.7 miles |
| Camber | (Sands and Holidays) | 5.8 miles |
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