Idlicote is a small settlement and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the English county of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

, about north-east of

Shipston-on-Stour Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is located on the banks of the River Stour, Warwickshire, River Stour, points of the compass, south-southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 ...

and south-east of Stratford-upon-Avon. Population details can be found under Honington. The best known feature is Idlicote House, a grade II listed country house, on a site once owned by St Mary's Abbey. The most notable building is the

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Saint James the Great James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...

, which has surviving features from the 13th and 14th centuries and a 17th-century

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added to house tombs of members of the Underhill family of Idlicote. Apart from these two, there are several other

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, including Badger's Cottage and Badger's Farm, the Old Rectory, the Whitehouse and Nineveh farmhouses, and the

dovecote A dovecote or dovecot , doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pige ...

at Idlicote House. The

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is considered too small for a parish council and instead has a

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. It also forms part of the Brailes ward of the Stratford-on-Avon District.Idlicote Parish Meeting
at democracy.stratford.gov.uk, accessed 3 January 2014 In 1868 ''The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland'' said of Idlicote:

Notable people

* Fulke Underhill (1578–1598), of Idlicote House * Sir Hercules Underhill (1581–1650), of Idlicote House * Felix Ladbroke (1771–1840), a banker and cricketer, was born here * Geoffrey Howe, Lord Howe,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

politician, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary, Peer *

Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote Elspeth Rosamund Morton Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, (; 8 February 1932 – 22 March 2022) was a British life peer and crossbench member of the House of Lords (2001–2020) who served in many capacities in public life. As the widow of Geo ...

, life peer, the Old Rectory, Idlicote, widow of Geoffrey.

References

External links

Idlicote map
at streetmap.co.uk {{authority control Villages in Warwickshire