Bickley, Cheshire

Bickley

St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley
Bickley
Bickley shown within Cheshire
Population 481 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SJ5348
Civil parish
  • No Man's Heath and District
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
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Bickley is a former civil parish, now in the parish of No Man's Heath and District, 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 Bickley Town and Bickley Moss. 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]

See also

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)
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