English Bicknor, Gloucestershire

Description
Bicknor, English, a village and a parish in Gloucestershire, on the verge of the county, at the river Wye, about 1 mile NE of Symonds Yat station on the Ross and Mon-mouth branch of the G.W.R., and 3 miles N of Coleford, under which there is a post office; money order and telegraph office, Lydbrook, 2 miles W. Acreage of parish, 2209 ; population of the civil parish, 623 ; of the ecclesiastical, 431. Bicknor Court stands on a cliff overhanging the Wye, and commands a fine view. The Crown is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol; net value, £210 with residence. The church is ancient, partly Norman, has a low embattled tower, and contains two ancient stone effigies. There is an almshouse for 6 aged persons.