18-564: Bickerton may refer to: Places [ edit ] Bickerton, Cheshire , village and civil parish in England, United Kingdom Bickerton Hill , Cheshire Bickerton, Devon , England, United Kingdom Bickerton, North Yorkshire , England, United Kingdom Bickerton Island , small island off Australia Cape Bickerton , Adélie Land, Antarctica People [ edit ] Bickerton (surname) Bickerton baronets , an extinct title in
36-539: Is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire , England, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Whitchurch in Shropshire . The parish also includes the small settlement of Gallantry Bank, with a total population of over 200. The two Bickerton Hills also lie partly within the civil parish. Bickerton appears in the Domesday survey as Bicretone . It
54-545: Is administered jointly with Egerton by the Bickerton & Egerton Parish Council. 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 . Bickerton falls in the parliamentary constituency of Eddisbury , which has been represented by Edward Timpson since 2019, after being represented by Stephen O'Brien (1999–2015) and Antoinette Sandbach (2015–19). The majority of
72-576: 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. The Bickerton Poacher public house stands on the A534 by the junction with Stone House Lane. The A534 runs east–west through the parish. Other major through routes include Long Lane running south from
90-403: The 2009 structural changes to local government in England . The decision to merge the boroughs of Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton and Macclesfield to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected. The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was abolished on 1 April 2009, when
108-456: 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 . Bickerton Holy Trinity CE Primary School stands on Long Lane. It serves Bickerton as well as
126-721: The Baronetage of Great Britain Derek Bickerton , linguist Other [ edit ] HMS Bickerton (K466) , a British Captain-class frigate of the Second World War Bickerton (bicycle) , a folding bicycle manufactured in the UK between 1971 and 1991 See also [ edit ] Port Bickerton, Nova Scotia , Canada, a small community Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
144-464: The former Crewe Borough Council in 1905. The main administrative offices were at Delamere House on Delamere Street in Crewe, which was built as a joint facility for both the new Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and Cheshire County Council, being completed in 1974 just before local government reorganisation took effect. Delamere House was later supplemented with additional offices in a large extension to
162-512: The historical population figures were 270 (1801), 398 (1851), 323 (1901) and 256 (1951). 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 . A war memorial stands in the adjacent graveyard, overlooking the crossroads of Goldford Lane and Long Lane. A disused copper mine chimney in red sandstone
180-577: The nearby civil parishes of Bulkeley , Cholmondeley , Chorley , Egerton , Ridley and part of Duckington . Bickerton civil parish falls within the catchment area of Bishop Heber High School in Malpas . Crewe and Nantwich Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire , England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 civil parishes and one unparished area:
198-428: The new Cheshire East unitary authority was formed. The former Crewe Municipal Borough was unparished , but the rest of the Crewe and Nantwich district included the following civil parishes: The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2009
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#1732802575019216-479: The north and west of the civil parish is also designated an Area of Special County Value. Around 300 acres (1.2 km ) of the southerly hill are managed by the National Trust . According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 234, in 90 households. In the 2011 Census, the population of Bickerton and adjacent Egerton was assessed as 278. The population has fallen since the nineteenth century;
234-526: The shadow authority elected in 1973 to oversee the transition to the new system successfully petitioned the government to change the name to "Crewe and Nantwich" before the district came into being. The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of
252-506: The title Bickerton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bickerton&oldid=1124842052 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bickerton, Cheshire Bickerton
270-475: The town of Crewe . It now forms part of the unitary authority of Cheshire East . The Borough of Crewe and Nantwich was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by the merger of the borough of Crewe (an industrial town), the urban district of Nantwich (a smaller market town), and Nantwich Rural District . The new district was proposed to be called just "Crewe", but
288-563: 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 ( SJ508548 ; 227 metres) lies north of the A534 , while the southerly hill (212 m) lies south of the road, immediately northwest of Bickerton village. The area around Raw Head and much of the southerly hill are designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest . A wider area covering much of
306-549: Was held by the following parties: The leaders of the council from 1974 were: On 4 May 2006 a referendum was held to decide whether the "Leader and Cabinet" form of local government would be replaced by an elected mayor . The proposal was rejected by 18,768 (60.8%) votes to 11,808 (38.2%) on a 35.3% turnout. The council met at the Municipal Buildings in Earle Street, Crewe, which had been completed for
324-412: 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. The name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and relates to bees. 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. Bickerton
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