Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | St Wenefredes Church, Bickley (geograph 4299647).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley |
Coordinates: | 53.0324°N -2.7006°W |
Official Name: | Bickley |
Population: | 481 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
Civil Parish: | No Man's Heath and District |
Unitary England: | Cheshire West and Chester |
Lieutenancy England: | Cheshire |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Eddisbury |
Post Town: | MALPAS |
Postcode District: | SY14 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Dial Code: | 01948 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ5348 |
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.