Bickley, Cheshire

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]

Bickley
St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley
Bickley Location within Cheshire
Population	481 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ5348
Civil parish	No Man's Heath and District
Unitary authority	Cheshire West and Chester
Ceremonial county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MALPAS
Postcode district	SY14
Dialling code	01948
Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Eddisbury

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]

See also

• Listed buildings in Bickley, Cheshire

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.