English Bicknor

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English Bicknor is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the population is 406. The village is close to the border with Herefordshire, opposite which is the village of Welsh Bicknor. The two towns lie on different sides of the River Wye, which forms part of the boundary between England and Wales, hence their respective epithets.

The existence of Bicknor is documented as far back as the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was known by the name Bicanofre. The second morpheme of this name, ōfer, is thought to refer to a river bank in Old English, which jibes with the towns' river-straddling site. Various hypotheses have been put forward regarding the origin of the first morpheme in the name.^{[citation needed]} Its grid reference is SO 585 155 GB.

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• English Bicknor is at coordinates 51°50′41″N 2°34′27″W / 51.844804, -2.57418 (English Bicknor)Coordinates: 51°50′41″N 2°34′27″W / 51.844804, -2.57418 (English Bicknor)