Bickerton, Cheshire Family History Guide

Bickerton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1840 from Malpas Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Duckington, Egerton, Larkton, Bulkeley, and Broxton.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1847
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1847

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BICKERTON, a township and a chapelry in Malpas parish, Cheshire.

The township lies 4 miles S of Beeston r. station, and 5 NE of Malpas; and has a post office under Whitchurch. Acres, 1,755. Real property, £2,062. Pop., 379. Houses, 82. Bickerton hill commands a fine view, and has yielded some Roman coins.

The chapelry is more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1843. Pop., 1,357. Houses, 276.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patrons, the Rectors of Malpas.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BICKERTON, a township, in the parish of Malpas, union of Nantwich, Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester, 4¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Malpas; containing 401 inhabitants.

The township comprises 1755 acres, of which 600 are common or waste; the soil is light.

A church has been built, in aid of which the Incorporated Society contributed £120; 222 of the sittings are free: the living is a perpetual curacy in the gift of the Rector, with a net income of £120. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £110.

On the summit of a hill is an intrenchment called Maiden Castle.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Bickerton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bickerton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Bickerton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bickerton, 1847-1910
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickerton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of Bickerton, 1847-1960
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bickerton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Bickerton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers’ accounts, 1822-1868
Author: Bickerton (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Bickerton – Schools ( 1 )
School registers for Bickerton, 1875-1935
Author: Bickerton School (Bickerton, Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Bickerton – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Bickerton, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Broxton Hundred, 1784-1787, 1789, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Overseers’ accounts, 1822-1868
Author: Bickerton (Cheshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Nantwich
  • Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Malpas
  • Poor Law Union: Nantwich
  • Hundred: Broxton
  • Province: York