Bickerton, North Yorkshire
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| Bickerton | |
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| Village | |
.jpg) Main Street in Bickerton | |
.svg)  Bickerton Location within North Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE450506 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WETHERBY |
| Postcode district | LS22 |
| Dialling code | 01423 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Bickerton is a village on the B1224 road, in the civil parish of Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton, in North Yorkshire, England. The nearest town is Wetherby. There is a plantation nearby called Bickerton Plantation.[1]
Bickerton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Gospatric and having four villagers.[2] The name of the village derives from the Old English of bīcere and tūn; the town of the bee-keepers.[3][4] Historically, the village was in the wapentake of Ainsty, in what was the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is some 9 miles (14 km) west of York, and 3.75 miles (6.04 km) north-east of Wetherby.[5][6] The road to the immediate south of the village was part of the Bickerton and Rufforth Turnpike trust, and in the 1820s, Bickerton was a stop on the coaching route between Leeds and York.[7][8][9] The modern day designation of the road is the B1224, which runs between York and Wetherby.[10][11]
Bickerton was formerly a township in the parish of Bilton,[12] in 1866 Bickerton became a separate civil parish,[13] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Bilton.[14] In 1931 the parish had a population of 140.[15]
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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