Bickerton, Cheshire

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Bickerton appears in the Domesday survey as Bicretone. It was owned by Drogo from Robert FitzHugh, baron of Malpas, and was found waste at the time of the survey. Woodland extending to half a league (about ¾ mile or 1.2 km) was recorded.[http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/cheshire1.html The Domesday Book Online: Cheshire A–K] (accessed 29 April 2010)Husain BMC. Cheshire under the Norman Earls: 1066–1237, A History of Cheshire Vol. 4 (JJ Bagley, ed.), pp. 12–13, 26 (Cheshire Community Council) The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and relates to bees.Phillips ADM, Phillips CB (eds). A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire p. 24, (Cheshire County Council & Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust; 2002) A proposal to build a wind farm at Bickerton was abandoned in 2010 after the company responsible decided the proposed site did not receive enough wind.Ellams B. [http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2010/01/07/bickerton-wind-farm-proposals-withdrawn-by-developer-59067-25541791/ Bickerton ‘wind farm' proposals withdrawn by developer], Cheshire Chronicle. 7 January 2010 (accessed 9 May 2012)

Bickerton is administered jointly with Egerton by the Bickerton & Egerton Parish Council.{{citation |url=http://moderngov.cheshireeast.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=592 |title=Bickerton & Egerton Parish Council |publisher=Cheshire East Council |access-date=1 October 2016 }} From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the unitary authority of Cheshire East.[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517000027/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080634_en_2#pt2-l1g3 |date=17 May 2009 }} Bickerton falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury,[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=359474&n=353173&mpp=50&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=20 Cheshire East Council & Cheshire West and Chester Council: Interactive Mapping: Eddisbury] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003171950/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=359474&n=353173&mpp=50&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.WCON&hLayer=WCON&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=20 |date=3 October 2016 }} (accessed 30 September 2016) which has been represented by Edward Timpson since 2019,{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000686 |title= Eddisbury Parliamentary constituency |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 December 2019}} after being represented by Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19).

The majority of the two Bickerton Hills falls within the civil parish, although the parts of the hills are in the Duckington, Larkton and Harthill parishes. Raw Head ({{gbmappingsmall|SJ508548}}; 227 metres) lies north of the A534, while the southerly hill (212 m) lies south of the road, immediately northwest of Bickerton village.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=350993&n=353354&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR&hLayer=PAR&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=62 Cheshire East Council & Cheshire West and Chester Council: Interactive Mapping: Bickerton CP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406064750/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=350993&n=353354&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR&hLayer=PAR&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=62 |date=6 April 2012 }} (accessed 28 May 2008) The area around Raw Head and much of the southerly hill are designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest.[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/unitlist.cfm?sssi_id=1003503 Natural England: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Raw Head] (accessed 28 May 2008)[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1002397 Natural England: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Bickerton Hill] (accessed 28 May 2008) A wider area covering much of the north and west of the civil parish is also designated an Area of Special County Value.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=350988&n=353594&mpp=5&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.ASCV&hLayer=&hField=&hValue= Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Areas of Special County Value: Beeston/Peckforton/Bolesworth/Bickerton Hills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406064837/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=350988&n=353594&mpp=5&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.ASCV&hLayer=&hField=&hValue= |date=6 April 2012 }} (accessed 28 May 2008) Around {{convert|300|acre|km2}} of the southerly hill are managed by the National Trust."Bickerton Hill", National Trust sign, Bickerton Hill carpark

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According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 234, in 90 households.[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792559&c=bickerton&d=16&e=15&g=428282&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1203561922276&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics: Bickerton CP] (accessed 26 May 2008) In the 2011 Census, the population of Bickerton and adjacent Egerton was assessed as 278.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120673&c=Bickerton&d=16&e=62&g=6407807&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1458125257015&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=16 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The population has fallen since the nineteenth century; the historical population figures were 270 (1801), 398 (1851), 323 (1901) and 256 (1951).

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The Church of the Holy Trinity in Bickerton village dates from 1839, and became a parish church in 1869. Built of red sandstone, with Edmund Sharpe as the architect, it is listed at grade II.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1138611 Images of England: Church of the Holy Trinity] (accessed 21 February 2008) A war memorial stands in the adjacent graveyard, overlooking the crossroads of Goldford Lane and Long Lane.[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.53320/fromUkniwmSearch/1 United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials: Men of Bickerton WW1 and WW2] (accessed 13 March 2008)

A disused copper mine chimney in red sandstone is located near Gallantry Bank, adjacent to the A534. Dating from the early 19th century, it is a rare remnant of the copper mining industry in this area. The copper mine was owned by the Egerton family of Oulton, and is thought to have been operational in 1697.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1330096 Images of England: Sandstone chimney to former Copper Mine] (accessed 21 February 2008)

The Bickerton Poacher public house stands on the A534 by the junction with Stone House Lane.

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The A534 runs east–west through the parish. Other major through routes include Long Lane running south from the A534 towards Malpas, and a lane running southeast from Long Lane to Cholmondeley which connects with the A49. The Sandstone Trail runs east from the summit of the southerly Bickerton Hill, crosses the A534, runs northwest to the summit of Raw Head and then turns south east to climb Bulkeley Hill.

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Bickerton Holy Trinity CE Primary School stands on Long Lane.[https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20090318201007/http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/SchoolsSearch/Details.aspx?DfES=3142 Cheshire County Council: Bickerton Holy Trinity CE Primary School] (accessed 21 February 2008) It serves Bickerton as well as the nearby civil parishes of Bulkeley, Cholmondeley, Chorley, Egerton, Ridley and part of Duckington.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=353980&n=353065&mpp=25&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.PSCA&hLayer=PSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=596 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Bickerton Holy Trinity CE Primary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603174433/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=353980&n=353065&mpp=25&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.PSCA&hLayer=PSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=596 |date=3 June 2008 }} (accessed 25 May 2008)

Bickerton civil parish falls within the catchment area of Bishop Heber High School in Malpas.[http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=351180&n=353295&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.SSCA&hLayer=SSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=96 Cheshire County Council: Interactive Mapping: Bishop Heber High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603174410/http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/cheshirecc.interactivemapping.web.internet/Default.aspx?e=351180&n=353295&mpp=10&layers=BOU.PLA.PLO.PAR.SSCA&hLayer=SSCA&hField=OBJECTID&hValue=96 |date=3 June 2008 }} (accessed 25 May 2008)

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