Place:Bickmarsh, Warwickshire, England

Bickmarsh is located very much on the border of Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. It was created from part of Welford-on-Avon parish in 1894 and located in Evesham Rural District until 1931 (which infers it was considered to be in Worcestershire). However, in a list of parishes in Stratford-upon-Avon Registration District it is described as the part of the parish of Welford-on-Avon which was in Warwickshire (the remainder of Welford-on-Avon was in Gloucestershire until 1931) and which took on the name Bickmarsh at that time.

According to the registration district details Bickmarsh was re-located to Worcestershire in 1932.

A 19th century description

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bickmarsh from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BICKMARSH and LITTLE DORSINGTON, a hamlet in Welford parish, Warwick; on Icknield-street, 6 miles SSE of Alcester. Acres: 1,340. Real property: £1,256. Population: 50. Houses: 11."

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Bickmarsh is a village and civil parish since 1974 in the Wychavon District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 65. The village is on the Warwickshire border, and is about eight miles north-east of Evesham.

Registration Districts

• Stratford-upon-Avon Registration District (1837 - 1931) (while part of Welford-on-Avon)
• Stratford-upon-Avon Registration District (1931 - 1932) (as Bickmarsh)
• Evesham Registration District (1932 - 1974)
• Hereford and Worcester Registration District (1974- 1998)
• Evesham Registration District (1998 - 2006)
• Worcestershire Registration District (2006 - )

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