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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 is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bickenhall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bickenhall in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12459
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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