Bickerstaffe, a township in Lancashire. It lies on the Ormskirk and St Helen's railway, 1 mile from Skelmersdale station, 3 1/2 miles SE of Ormskirk, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Skelmersdale. Acreage, 6444; population, 2178. The township gives the title of Baron to the Earl of Derby. Many of the inhabitants are employed in an extensive colliery. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Liverpool; gross value, £300. Patron, the Earl of Derby. The church is good.
