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BICKER, a parish in Boston district, Lincoln; 1½ mile SW of Swineshead r. station, and 8 WSW of Boston. It includes the hamlets of Frist and Gauntlet, and part of the tract of Copping-Syke; and has a post office under Spalding. Acres, inclusive of the extra-parochial tract of Ferry-Corner, 3,720. Real property, £8,002. Pop., 832. Houses, 166. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £440.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church was once cruciform; has a transition Norman nave, and a central tower: and contains a Norman font. There are two Methodist chapels, a free school, and charities £116.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bicker Parish Boston Poor Law Union/Registration District Lincolnshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bicker |
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