Bicknor, Kent
Historical Description
Bicknor (anciently Bykenore), a parish in Kent, 3½ miles SSW of Sittingbourne station on the L.C. & D.R., and 7 ENE of Maidstone. Acreage, 633; population of the civil parish, 53; of the ecclesiastical, 203. Post town, Sittingbourne; money order office, Bredgar; telegraph office, Hollingbourne. The living is a vicarage, with Huckinge, in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £210 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is small, and very Early Norman. It was thoroughly restored in 1860-61.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Bicknor St. James | |
| Hundred | Eyhorne | |
| Lathe | Aylesford | |
| Poor Law union | Hollingbourne |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1571; marriages, 1577.
Findmypast have the following online for Bicknor, St James: baptisms 1571-1912, marriages 1577-1752, burials 1572-1922
Churches
Church of England
St. James (parish church)
The church of St. James is of flint and stone in the Norman and Early English styles, and has a western tower with spire containing 4 bells: the church was restored in 1860-1 and has 120 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bicknor from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bicknor, or Church-Bicknor (St. James))
Maps
Online maps of Bicknor are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.