Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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Icknield is a ward in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The area takes its name from the Icknield Way, a pre-Roman road which passes through Luton. Situated towards the northeast of Luton, the area is mainly built up residential, but there is a protected area of marshland next to the high school that serves this area and the surrounding areas, Icknield High School.
Usage examples of "icknield".
And in this humor he had come into Dunstable by way of the Icknield Street, and by chance had chosen the very inn Humphrey had selected.
William himself and the cavalry went right up to Wallingford, the crossing of the Icknield Way, nearly fifty miles from London and only thirteen from Oxford.
William marched on along the Icknield Way to the north-east, still keeping his distance.