Ivychurch comes from the Old English ‘ifig’ meaning ‘ivy’ and ‘cirice’ as a ‘church’;
therefore, an ‘Ivy covered church’.
Ivychurch parish church is a Grade: I listed building, dedicated to Saint George.
They built it in the 13th century, with extensions and additions in the late 14th
and early 15th centuries. In 1552, there is a record of four bells in the tower,
which John Wilnar recast into a ring of five in 1624. In 1799, Edward Hasted described
St George’s church as being a ‘large handsome building of sand stone, consisting
of three isles and a chancel, none of which are ceiled, having at the west end a
tower steeple with a beacon turret. In the tower there are five bells and a clock’.
In 1890, the architect, Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield carried out a restoration
to the church.
