Bicknoller

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 51.149135
longitude= -3.272445
official_name= Bicknoller
population= 394
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civil_parish= Bicknoller
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
Ambulance= South Western
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os_grid_reference= ST110396

Bicknoller is a village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in the English county of Somerset.

Administratively, the civil parish falls within the West Somerset local government district within the Somerset shire county, with administrative tasks shared between county, district and parish councils. In 2002, the parish was estimated to have a population of 394.cite web|url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030B4/West_Som02_mye%20.pdf|title=West Somerset|work=Parish Population Estimates for 2002|publisher=Somerset County Council|accessdate=2008-10-08]

Part of the Church of St George, a grade I listed building, [cite web | title=Church of St George | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265050|accessdate=2006-08-18] dates from the 12th century and it is dominated by a huge elm tree in its grounds. The church is decorated with a collection of carved angels and nightmarish animal heads. There is a memorial to William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury who spent his holidays in the villages from 1933-1944.cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709111584 |pages= ]

The village is on the route of the Coleridge Way. Above the village lies Trendle Ring, an Iron Age settlement.

Bicknoller was the birthplace of the Somerset and England cricketer Harold Gimblett.

References

External links

* [http://www.bicknoller.com www.bicknoller.com] Bicknoller Community Website.