Bickleigh, Mid Devon

Bickleigh is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about four miles south of Tiverton. It is in the former hundred of Hayridge. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 239.

Not to be confused with Bickleigh, South Hams, a village near Plymouth, also in Devon..

Bickleigh
Bickleigh Court before 1851 by John White Abbott
Bickleigh
Location within Devon
Population239 (2001 census)
Civil parish
  • Bickleigh
District
  • Mid Devon
Shire county
Region
  • South West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom

The village lies in the valley of the River Exe and there is an attractive medieval stone bridge across the River.

Bickleigh, as Bicanleag, is recorded as the location of a charter issued in 904 during the reign of King Edward the Elder.

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Bichelei, meaning "Bicca's meadow".

Bickleigh Castle, the village manor house formerly known as Bickleigh Court, has a Norman chapel and baptismal font.

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