Bickley, Cheshire

Bickley
St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley
Bickley is located in Cheshire
Bickley
Bickley
Location within Cheshire
Population481 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSJ5348
Civil parish
  • No Man's Heath and District
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
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; -02.7006

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]

  1. ^ "2001 Census: Bickley CP". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. ^ "History of Bickley, in Chester and Cheshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Bickley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "BICKLEY". GENUKI. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Cheshire West and Chester Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 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)
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Wenefrede, Bickley (1130617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2013.