While no major historical events have taken place in Ickenham, settlements dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain have been discovered during archaeological surveys, and the area appears in the Domesday Book.

[6]The Domesday Book describes the land as being predominantly flat and composed of London clay with the exception of alluvium along the banks of the River Pinn.

Of the few archaeological surveys of Ickenham carried out, one in 1994 by the Museum of London found a system of Roman fields dating back to the 1st and 2nd centuries, along with pottery fragments.

The victor of the battle, Henry VII, named him in his Act of Attainder, though he granted Sir Richard's wife Elizabeth a life interest in the manor.

The Earl granted a licence to control Swakeleys to Sir William Fitzwilliam in 1531, who was acting as trustee for Ralph Pexall.

Bingley later sold the estate to Sir Edmund Wright, a future Lord Mayor of London, in 1629, and the current house was built of brick in 1638.

[12] A church in Ickenham is not mentioned in the Domesday Book and it is likely that residents travelled to nearby Harefield for services.

Next to the pump stands the Coach & Horses public house, first licensed for the sale of alcohol in 1759 but of 16th-century origin.

[17] On 25 September 1905, following lobbying by Ickenham Parish Council, the Metropolitan Railway opened a small halt on their line between Harrow and Uxbridge.

The railway company had been reluctant to open a station in the area due to a perceived lack of demand, and so a compromise was reached with the construction of the halt.

[1] The parish council later requested shelters for passengers on the platforms, which were built in December 1905, followed by a booking hut in 1910.

[20] The marathon event of the 1908 Summer Olympics in London passed through Ickenham and Uxbridge on its way to the White City Stadium.

Older children were moved to the village hall in 1928 under the name Ickenham Temporary Council School.

The road was widened in 1934 necessitating demolition of the school building along with the original Fox & Geese public house.

[27] The village pump remained in use until December 1914, while the handle was removed in 1921 by the local council for safe keeping but was never returned.

The pump was restored in 2004 in partnership with a local building company,[28] and a similar handle was fitted during the works.

Delays in building work meant the first intake of pupils were taught at St Mary's Grammar School in Northwood Hills from 9 September 1959.

Opened by Princess Victoria, as well as becoming the temporary village school the hall also became a restaurant during the Second World War and went on to be used as a bank and a polling station.

[4] Middlesex County Council bought Ickenham Hall and its grounds in 1948 in order to convert it into a youth centre.

[38] Uxbridge Borough Council installed a three-sided clock commemorating the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II in the library's tower, having been persuaded not to add it to the eight-sided village pump.

[41] Nearby, many buildings on the RAF station were demolished to make way for a new housing estate named Brackenbury Village.

[43] The site was cleared in 2007 and is currently undergoing redevelopment as residential housing under the "Ickenham Park" name.

[45] A garden commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II was opened in September 2012 in Swakeleys Park.

[46] The garden, featuring a landscaped area and benches around a stone obelisk, was designed by the local council's Green Spaces Team.

The opening had been scheduled for 26 May 2012, although this was postponed after vandals destroyed the stone obelisk overnight shortly after it had been installed.

[68] The Pynchester Moat is a Scheduled Ancient Monument on the River Pinn just east of Copthall Road West.

[70] It is believed the manor house at the centre of the moat was "Pynchester", a building owned by the Hastings family in the 16th century.

[71] The moat is a point of interest on the Celandine Route, a 12-mile (19 km) walk along the River Pinn from Pinner to the Grand Union Canal at Cowley.

[72] Built between 1629 and 1638 for Sir Edmund Wright, the house replaced an existing structure dating back to the 14th century.

[75] The biennial Ickenham Festival has taken place in the town since 1976, originally with the aim of highlighting the variety of societies and groups in the area.