Bickley | |
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St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
Location within
Cheshire | |
Population | 481 ( 2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SJ5348 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MALPAS |
Postcode district | SY14 |
Dialling code | 01948 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
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]
Bickley | |
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St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
Location within
Cheshire | |
Population | 481 ( 2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SJ5348 |
Civil parish |
|
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MALPAS |
Postcode district | SY14 |
Dialling code | 01948 |
Police | Cheshire |
Fire | Cheshire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
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]