Bickley, Cheshire Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 Census: Bickley CP. Office for National Statistics. 20 September 2008.
  2. Web site: Parish population 2011. 29 May 2011.
  3. Web site: History of Bickley, in Chester and Cheshire. A Vision of Britain through Time. 29 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Relationships and changes Bickley Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 29 August 2023.
  5. Web site: BICKLEY. GENUKI. 24 March 2018.
  6. Web site: Cheshire West and Chester Registration District. UKBMD. 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)