Human settlement in England
Bickley | |
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St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
BickleyLocation within Cheshire | |
Population | 481 (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SJ5348 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MALPAS |
Postcode district | SY14 |
Dialling code | 01948 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
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53°01′57″N 2°42′02″W / 53.0324°N 02.7006°W / 53.0324; -02.7006 |
Bickley is a village in the parish of No Man's Heath and District in Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 498, that reduced to 481 at the 2011 census. The parish included the villages of Bickley Town and Bickley Moss. Bickley was a township in the parish of Malpas. In 1866 Bickley became a civil parish and on 1 April 2015 it was abolished to form "No Mans Heath and District".
The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and relates to bees.
The parish church is St Wenefrede's, a grade-II-listed sandstone building designed by John Douglas and Daniel Porter Fordham.
See also
References
- "2001 Census: Bickley CP". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- "History of Bickley, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- "Relationships and changes Bickley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- "BICKLEY". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- Phillips ADM, Phillips CB (eds). A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire p. 24, (Cheshire County Council & Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust; 2002)
- Historic England. "Church of St Wenefrede, Bickley (1130617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
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