Bickerton, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Malpas parish, Cheshire. The township lies 2 1/2 miles W of Cholmondeley, 2 SE of Broxton station on the L. & N.W.R., and 4 NE of Malpas, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Broxton. Acreage of the township, 1694; population, 335. Bickerton Hill commands a fine view, and has yielded some Roman coins. The ecclesiastical parish is more extensive than the township, as it includes the townships of Broxton, Bulkeley, Duckington, Egerton, and Larkton. Population, 1274. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £286 with residence. The church is small and plain. There is also a mission room at Bulkeley, opened in 1893.
