Bickenhill
Sign in to saveBickenhill is a small village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands county, England, on the eastern fringe of the West Midlands conurbation. Bickenhill is also a ward and was within the historic county of Warwickshire. Birmingham Airport is also located within the civil parish.
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Place details
- Locality
- Solihull
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP1882
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Peter's church, Bickenhill - geograph.org.uk - 3747568.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Peter's Church in the village
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.official_name
- Bickenhill
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bickenhill and Marston Green
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Solihull
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Meriden and Solihull East
- UK place.post_town
- SOLIHULL
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ward
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Official website
- www.bickenhillparishcouncil.org.uk
- Image
- Bickenhill Community Fire Station, West Midlands, England-21May2009.jpg
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- Ebro Barbel
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Parish
- Village
- Governance
- References
- Further reading
Bickenhill is a small village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands county, England, on the eastern fringe of the West Midlands conurbation. Bickenhill is also a ward and was within the historic county of Warwickshire. Birmingham Airport is also located within the civil parish.
==History== The settlement is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and historically the parish included the manors of Church Bickenhill, Hill Bickenhill, Middle Bickenhill, Marston Culy (now Marston Green), and Wavers Marston.