BICKMARSH

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
BICKMERSH, a hamlet in that part of the parish of WELFORD which is in the Stratford division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 5¾ miles (S. by E.) from Alcester, containing, with Little Dorsington, 61 inhabitants. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Civil Parish [25]
Created in 1894 from that part of Welford Ancient Parish in Warwickshire. Welford was previously in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire, but was thereafter entirely Gloucestershire. Part of Bickmarsh transferred in 1931 to Dorsington Ancient Parish, as that Gloucestershire parish was transferred to be in Warwickshire. The remainder was transferred to be "Bickmarsh" parish in Worcestershire.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP106498
2 miles S.S.E. of Bidford-on-Avon

Poor Law Union:
Stratford on Avon [25]

Census Records:
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Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:1841 61 71 81 Stratford Upon Avon Library
1841 – 91 1901 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

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