Bickley, Cheshire

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Bickley
St Wenefredes Church, Bickley (geograph 4299647).jpg
St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley
Bickley is located in Cheshire
Bickley
Bickley
Location within Cheshire
Population481 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ5348
Civil parish
Unitary authority
  • Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county
  • Cheshire
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMALPAS
Postcode districtSY14
Dialling code01948
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°01′57″N 2°42′02″W / 53.0324°N 02.7006°W / 53.0324; -02.7006Coordinates: 53°01′57″N 2°42′02″W / 53.0324°N 02.7006°W / 53.0324; -02.7006

Bickley is a former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 498,[1] reducing slightly to 481 at the 2011 census.[2] The parish included the villages of and . The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form No Man's Heath and District.[3]

The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and relates to bees.[4]

The parish church is St Wenefrede's, a grade-II-listed sandstone building designed by John Douglas and Daniel Porter Fordham.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ "2001 Census: Bickley CP". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ^ "BICKLEY". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ^ Phillips ADM, Phillips CB (eds). A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire p. 24, (Cheshire County Council & Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust; 2002)
  5. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Wenefrede, Bickley (1130617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2013.


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