In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bickenhall like this:
BICKENHALL, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; near the Chard canal and the Chard and Taunton railway, 5 miles SE of Taunton. Post Town, Staple-Fitzpaine, under Taunton. Acres, 1,004. Real property, £1,475. Pop., 229. Houses, 44. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory, united to the rectory of Staple-Fitzpaine, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is good.
Bickenhall through time
Bickenhall is now part of Taunton Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Taunton Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bickenhall itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bickenhall, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12459
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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