Английская Википедия:Bickerton, North Yorkshire
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK place 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]
History
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 Шаблон:Convert west of York, and Шаблон:Convert 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] From 1974 to 2023 it was in the Harrogate district.
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]
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