- Abbots Bickington
Abbots Bickington is a village in the English county of
Devon .The village was held by Goda in the time of King Edward before the Norman Conquest of 1066 and is recorded in the "
Domesday Book " of 1086-7 as "Bichetone", when it was held by Gerald the Chaplain. [cite book| last =Williams | first =Ann | authorlink = | coauthors =G H Martin | title =Domesday Book: A Complete Translation | publisher = Penguin| date =2002 | location =London | pages =pp. 334; 1303 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =9780141439945 ]The village is located in the
Torridge local authority area. Historically it formed part of Black Torrington Hundred. It falls within Holsworthy Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. A parish history file is held in Holsworthy Library.The population was 68 in 1801 and 61 in 1901.
The village church has thirteenth century
lancet window s and fifteenth centurystained glass , featuring St Anthony andSt Christopher . There is also a monument toThomas Pollard . [Mee, A. "The King's England:Devon" (Hodder and Stoughton 1965), P.16]References
External links
* [http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100033/1.html Abbots Bickington Community Page on the Devon Local Studies website]
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