Good morning all...
I'm new to the forum but not to family history, I have been researching my Bickerdike family for the past ten years.
My oldest ancestor is William BICKERDIKE b 1801 married to Elizabeth B(R)IGGS and lived in Brayshaw Fold, Low Moor, Bradford from at least 1839. Most Bickerdikes were in the Leeds andeast of Leeds area very few were in Bradford
Two of his sons moved to Wortley in Leeds to work in the iron foundry there where I think they helped populate the area though William Jnr moved to Churwell to get some fresh air as a market gardener at Lincroft Farm. One of his sons, Early Bickerdike, moved to Morley where he and his wife had three children one of which was my grandfather Amos William Bickerdike. The family moved into Batley where Amos married Nelly Clayton. They had two sons John and my father Allan, my father was a merchant seaman and later a pub landlord in Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury.
I was born in Thornhill Lees but have lived most of my life in Ravensthorpe.
I'd love to hear from any Bickerdike researchers as we are few and far between.
