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to the west of the A17/B1181 junction at Bank House, named after the former sea bank of Bicker Haven. It follows the A17 to the west, and meets Swineshead at Bolle Hall, following the west of the A17. About 110 yards (100 m) of the A17 is in the parish, including the Bicker Bar roundabout at the
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of 400 kV pylons is the Bicker Fen windfarm consisting of 13 turbines producing 26 MW (2 MW each), enough for 14,000 homes. The construction of the windfarm met some local objection. The windmills sit north from Poplartree Farm and were built in June 2008 by
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for about 330 yards (300 m), then at Ferry Farm borders Little Hale. Near Eau End Farm (on the other side of the drain), it meets South Holland om Middle Fen then passes close to the line of the
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The A52 previously ran through the village, but it is now bypassed to the south. The Bicker Bar roundabout is part of the Swineshead bypass which opened in 1985.
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at Donington follows the Old Eau to the south-east, passing the northern edge of Rabbit Hills Farm. To the south it meets the parish of Wigtoft. It
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services. The boundary with Swineshead follows to the north-west along a drain south of East Low Grounds, and includes
564:. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of 1 April 1974, which resulted from the 493: 1769: 621: 602: 505:, Bicker Haven, which is now a village, took its name from the town of Bicker. It originally formed the outlet of the 1816: 1773: 1411: 1239: 195: 68: 1638: 1568: 1563: 1453: 565: 420: 1593: 1361: 1087: 982: 301: 529:-up, whereby Bicker ceased to be a port and became a farming village. This process had already begun with the 1765: 1737: 1623: 1528: 1376: 1277: 1173: 598: 530: 46: 586:
The civil parish has an area of around 3,800 acres (15 km), and includes the hamlet of Hoffleet Stow.
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boundary. The boundary follows to the south of the B1181, north of Donington Eaudike. To the west is
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is on Donington Road. The village has a post office with a shop, and a parish church dedicated to
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Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the
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of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.
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