A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BICKLEY, a township in Malpas parish, Cheshire: near Cholmondeley Castle, 3 ¼. miles NE of Malpas. Acres, 2,096. Real property, £2,790. Pop., 397. Houses, 73. About a quarter of an acre of the surface, covered with trees, sank suddenly with a thundering noise, on 18 June 1657, into a deep subterranean flood, long since dried up, leaving a chasm, called the Barrel Fall. Two metal tablets, inscribed with a decree of the Emperor Trajan, were found in 1812, and conveyed to the British museum. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bickley CP/Tn Malpas AP/Tn/CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Bickley |
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