Bickley | |
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![]() St. Wenefrede's Church, Bickley | |
Location withinCheshire | |
Population | 481 (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SJ5348 |
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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 | |
53°01′57″N2°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 inCheshire West and Chester andCheshire, England. According to the2001 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 atownship in the parish ofMalpas.[3] In 1866 Bickley became acivil parish[4] and on 1 April 2015 it was abolished to form "No Mans Heath and District".[5][6]
The name isAnglo-Saxon in origin, and relates to bees.[7]
The parish church isSt Wenefrede's, a grade-II-listed sandstone building designed byJohn Douglas and Daniel Porter Fordham.[8]