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Bickerstaffe
Bickerstaffe shown within Lancashire |
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| Population | 1,196 (Parish)[1] 2,013 (Ward)[2] (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | SD445045 |
| Parish | Bickerstaffe |
| District | West Lancashire |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ORMSKIRK |
| Postcode district | L39 |
| Dialling code | 01695 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | West Lancashire |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Bickerstaffe is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 Census the population of the civil parish was 1,196,[1] although the population of the electoral ward was slightly greater at 2,013.[2] The village is near junction 3 of the M58 motorway, and is about four miles west of Skelmersdale.
Its name may come from Anglo-Saxon bïcera stæþ = "the beekeepers' landing-place".
In the seventeenth century, Bickerstaffe was an important local centre of the Quakers in West Lancashire.
The local church is Holy Trinity.
Public houses and restaurants in the area include The Stanley Gate, The Sandpiper, Quattros and My Elephant.
The grounds of Bickerstaffe AFC are at Hall Lane next to Bickerstaffe C.E school.
An annual music festival, Bickerstock, takes place in the summer season, featuring local and international artists, and drawing in increasingly large crowds.
Bickerstaffe is the home of a listed building, namely stocks which are of historical importance to the village.[3]
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