| Official Name: | Bickerton |
| Type: | Village |
| Country: | England |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Static Image Name: | Main Street, Bickerton (geograph 2788721).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Main Street in Bickerton |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE450506 |
| Coordinates: | 53.9494°N -1.3141°W |
| Civil Parish: | Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton |
Bickerton is a village on the B1224 road, in the civil parish of Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton, in North Yorkshire, England. The nearest town is Wetherby. There is a plantation nearby called Bickerton Plantation.[1]
Bickerton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Gospatric and having four villagers.[2] The name of the village derives from the Old English of bīcere and tūn; the town of the bee-keepers.[3] [4] Historically, the village was in the wapentake of Ainsty, in what was the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is some west of York, and north-east of Wetherby.[5] [6] The road to the immediate south of the village was part of the Bickerton and Rufforth Turnpike trust, and in the 1820s, Bickerton was a stop on the coaching route between Leeds and York.[7] [8] [9] The modern day designation of the road is the B1224, which runs between York and Wetherby.[10] [11] From 1974 to 2023 it was in the Harrogate district.
Bickerton was formerly a township in the parish of Bilton,[12] in 1866 Bickerton became a separate civil parish,[13] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Bilton.[14] In 1931 the parish had a population of 140.[15]