Bicker

In medieval times this village was a small port on an arm of the Wash.  Now, since the land reclamation of the mid sixteenth century, it is 9 miles from salt water.  It lies on the busy holiday route to the Lincolnshire Coast, beside which is the Old Red Lion Inn, parts of which dated from 1655.  At the time of the Domesday survey Bicker had twenty-two salt pans and much of the village land was used for grazing cattle.  Now it is rich arable land.

A quiet stroll through the village along the banks of the two streams that once flowed into Bicker Haven is well worth while.  These are lined with trees and with comfortable houses in dark red brick.  St Swithin’s Church has a find but short Norman nave with a central tower, which is similar to other churches in the area.  There are some blocks of Anglo-Saxon interlaced carvings in the aisles and porch.