Bickley, Cheshire

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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,[1] that reduced to 481 at the 2011 census.[2] The parish included the villages of Bickley Town and Bickley Moss. Bickley was a township in the parish of Malpas.[3] In 1866 Bickley became a civil parish[4] and on 1 April 2015 it was abolished to form "No Mans Heath and District".[5][6]

The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and relates to bees.[7]

The parish church is St Wenefrede's, a grade-II-listed sandstone building designed by John Douglas and Daniel Porter Fordham.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2001 Census: Bickley CP". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ^ "History of Bickley, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Bickley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "BICKLEY". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  7. ^ Phillips ADM, Phillips CB (eds). A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire p. 24, (Cheshire County Council & Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust; 2002)
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Wenefrede, Bickley (1130617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
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