Bicker, Lincolnshire Genealogy

England   Lincolnshire   Lincolnshire Parishes



Parish History
Bicker St Swithun or Swithin is an Ancient parish which includes Frist, Gauntlet, Bicker Friest, and Bicker Gauntlet within its boundaries.

The church is Norman and dates in part from the early 12th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage British Listed building

Both a Wesleyan Methodist and PrimitiveMethodist chapel were built here. The Methodist Church dates from 1908.

The village and civil parish are mainly flat drained fenland and neighbours Donington, Lincolnshire and Swineshead, Lincolnshire The civil parish is one of 18 to form part of Boston Borough since the 1974 local government reorganisation.

BICKER (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union of Boston, wapentake of Kirton, parts of Holland, county of Lincoln, 1½ mile (N. E. by N.) from Donnington. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Material deposited at Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street,Lincoln,Lincolnshire,LN2 5AB,England Enquiries: lincolnshire.archives@lincolnshire.gov.uk The website enables you to view a PDF file for all records held for each parish as part of continuing efforts to provide an online catalogue

The digitisation of parish records for the county now offers images via the Lincs to the past website (July 2011). Use advanced search terms at Search Lincs to the past to search for available images for parish registers and other records for this parish with images. Advance search terms Bicker Par 1 will identify available images.

Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
Lincolnshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Boston Poor Law Union, Lincolnshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lincolnshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain