Bicker
- The parish was in the Swineshead sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- We have an extract of a small portion of the 1891 Census. You may add your own findings by contacting the site coordinator.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 606 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2099 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2339 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3345 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2576 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Swithin, apparently of late Norman origin, although most of the current building dates from the Elizabethan period.
- The church was partially restored in 1876.
- The church seats 300.
- There is a photograph of St. Swithin's Church on the Wendy PARKINSON Church Photos web site.
- Geoff PICK has a photograph of St. Swithin's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2003.
- Here is a photograph St. Swithin's Church supplied by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Anglican parish registers exist from 1561.
- We have a partial parish register extract for you to search. You may add your own findings by contacting the site coordinator.
- The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Holland West Deanery to make your search easier.
- The parish once hosted a chapel for Wesleyan Methodists and Primitie Methodists. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Swineshead sub-district of the Boston Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
Bicker is both a village and parish just over 100 miles north of London and less than 2 miles north-east of Donington parish on the A52 trunk road as it heads up to Boston. The parish is bounded on the north by Swineshead parish. The Hammond Beck forms a western boundary. The area is flat fenland, about 3,770 acres, drained by many small canals.
If you are planning a visit:
- The national grid reference is TF 2237.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer #249 map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- Richard CROFT has a photograph of theWar Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2008.
From the Bicker War Memorial by John Emerson (The names have been sorted for your convenience). The spelling of the word "greatful" on the first line is how it is spelt on the memorial:
In greatful remembrance of those of Bicker who fell in the Great War Aug 1914 - Nov 1918.
- John Henry BETHWAY
- George COLES
- Jack DOWSE
- William GROSS
|
- Walter HILTON
- Herbert LANCASTER
- Richard Bloodsworth MACHIN
- Edward Henry NIX
- Fred PATTRICK
|
- Nurse Martha Jane PATTRICK
- Walter PELL
- John William PERRY
- John Joseph STEEL
|
1939 - 45:
| Alfred BETTINSON |
William Henry MASSINGHAM |
| Donald William BETTINSON |
Ralph MODD |
It is not clear in which war the following died, the inscription reads:
Died at home from the effects of the war:
| Harold CREASEY |
| Cecil John William ELKINGTON |
| Joseph William SMART |
John EMERSON, who retains the copyright, provides these photographs of the war memorial at Bicker:
- The name Bicker is from the Old Scandinavian by+kjarr, or "village marsh". In the 1086 Domesday book, the village is given as Bichere.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991]
- The parish was in the ancient Kirton Wapentake in the Boston Borough in the parts of Holland.
- Kelly's 1900 Directory of Lincolnshire places the parish, perhaps erroneously, in the North Kesteven division of the county.
- For today's district governance, visit the local Boston Borough Council.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Kirton and Skirbeck petty session hearings.
- Thomas DICKENSON left £10 in 1652 for the poor.
- William THOMPSON left £52 in 1686 for the poor.
- The CUST family left £26, undated, for the poor.
- As a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became part of the Boston Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1831 |
627 |
| 1871 |
753 |
| 1881 |
724 |
| 1891 |
661 |
| 1911 |
664 |
- The Public Elementary School (formerly a National School) was built to hold 150 children.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 30-January-2014
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