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British early heavy bomber aircraft
Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers' chief designer. Only a handful of Vickers Vimy aircraft had entered service by
Vickers_Vimy
First non-stop transatlantic flight (June 1919)
non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland
Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown
Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown
Biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force
The Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the Vickers Vimy, and was the mainstay of the interwar
Vickers_Virginia
British biplane troop carrier (1921–1927)
RAF. The Vernon was a development of the Vickers Vimy Commercial, a passenger variant of the famous Vickers Vimy bomber, and was powered by twin Napier
Vickers_Vernon
1919 air race
kilometres (8,917 mi; 7,748 nmi) from London to Adelaide in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber. One other entrant reached Australia; the other four crashed en
1919 England to Australia flight
1919_England_to_Australia_flight
Airport in Adelaide, South Australia
Aerodrome to Darwin via Singapore and Batavia on 10 December 1919. Their Vickers Vimy aircraft, affectionately known as "God 'Elp All Of Us", is preserved
Adelaide_Airport
English aircraft designer (1891–1948)
designer and chief designer at Vickers Limited later Vickers-Armstrongs Aircraft Ltd. He was responsible for the Vickers Vimy, a heavy bomber designed during
Rex_Pierson
12-cylinder vee liquid cooled aircraft engine
Swan Van Berkel W-B Vickers F.B.11 Vickers Valparaiso Vickers Vernon Vickers Viking Vickers Vulcan Vickers Vulture Vickers Vimy Wight Converted Seaplane
Rolls-Royce_Eagle
British former engineering company
Vickers E.F.B.8 Vickers F.B.11 Vickers F.B.12 Vickers F.B.14 Vickers F.B.16 Vickers F.B.19 Vickers F.B.24 Vickers F.B.25 Vickers Vampire Vickers Vimy
Vickers-Armstrongs
Capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight, by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber, in June 1919, departing from Lester's Field in St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St._John's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Fighter aircraft; first operational purpose-built fighter
culminated in the Vickers F.B.26 Vampire of 1917–18, but the F.B.5 remained their only significant production aircraft until the Vickers Vimy bomber, which
Vickers_F.B.5
Bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity
were larger than the standard Luftwaffe bombers of World War II. The Vickers Vimy, a long-range heavy bomber powered by two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines,
Heavy_bomber
Vickers airliner
The Vickers Vulcan was a British single-engine biplane airliner of the 1920s built by Vickers Limited at Brooklands Aerodrome, Surrey. It carried eight
Vickers_Vulcan
British engineering conglomerate
Metropolitan-Vickers, then merging the remaining bulk of the original business with Armstrong Whitworth to form Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vickers name resurfaced
Vickers_Limited
Flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean
the war, he approached the Vickers engineering and aviation firm at Weybridge, which had considered entering its Vickers Vimy IV twin-engined bomber in
Transatlantic_flight
Australian aviator (1892–1922)
flew from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, England on 12 November 1919 in a Vickers Vimy, eventually landing in Darwin Australia on 10 December, taking less than
Ross_Macpherson_Smith
non-stop transatlantic aircraft flight, by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber, in June 1919, departing from Lester's Field in St. John's
Timeline of St. John's history
Timeline_of_St._John's_history
Aviation and motoring museum in Surrey, England
and also in the post-war years with Vickers and later the British Aircraft Corporation and British Aerospace. Vickers purchased the site in 1946 for £330
Brooklands_Museum
British four-engined narrow-body jet airliner
The Vickers VC10 is a retired mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first
Vickers_VC10
1906–1987 UK automobile and aerospace manufacturer
non-stop trans-Atlantic crossing by aeroplane mounted on their converted Vickers Vimy bomber.[citation needed] In 1921, Rolls-Royce opened a new factory in
Rolls-Royce_Limited
British four-jet high-altitude bomber
with the letter "V". Vickers' submission had initially been rejected as not being as advanced as the Victor and the Vulcan, but Vickers' chief designer George
Vickers_Valiant
British aviator
generally known as "Captain Cockerell". On 21 August 1919, Cockerell flew a Vickers Vimy from London to Amsterdam loaded with copies of The Times, which were
Stanley_Cockerell
Means of calculating position
Brown took off from Lester's Field in St. John's, Newfoundland in a Vickers Vimy. They navigated across the Atlantic Ocean by dead reckoning and landed
Dead_reckoning
American businessman, aviator, sailor, and adventurer (1944–2007)
in a Vickers Vimy biplane. Their flight from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland in the open cockpit Vickers Vimy replica
Steve_Fossett
British four-engined medium-range turboprop airliner, 1948
The Vickers Viscount is a retired British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon
Vickers_Viscount
British WWI Heavy-Bomber
Transatlantic flight. However, the prize was won by Alcock and Brown in a Vickers Vimy in June 1919. The crew departed for New York City but was forced to land
Handley_Page_V/1500
1923 bomber aircraft by Handley Page
The Hyderabad was produced as a replacement night bomber for the RAF's Vickers Vimy and Airco DH.10 Amiens bombers. It was a derivative of the Handley Page
Handley_Page_Hyderabad
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1893-1968)
aviators to blaze this trail, and subsequently authorised the purchase of a Vickers Vimy, G-UABA named Silver Queen at a cost of £4,500. Pilots Lieutenant Colonel
Quintin_Brand
Type of aircraft finish
moonlit night. It was applied to aircraft from 1918 and was used on the Vickers Virginia, Handley Page Hyderabad, Handley Page Hinaidi, Handley Page Heyfords
NIVO
South African military commander
South African Air Force (SAAF). He flew back home, across Africa, in a Vickers Vimy – a pioneering feat for which he and his co-pilot Quintin Brand were
Pierre_van_Ryneveld
Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia
home of the Port Darwin FC and a monument to Ross Smith, captain of the Vickers Vimy, that on 10 December 1919, was the first aircraft to fly from England
Fannie_Bay
British medium bomber
Duke of Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley. In October 1932, the British Air Ministry invited Vickers to tender for the recently issued Specification
Vickers_Wellington
British airliner with 2 piston engines, 1945
The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited
Vickers_VC.1_Viking
British flying squadron
7 Squadron re-formed at RAF Bircham Newton on 1 June 1923 with the Vickers Vimy as a night heavy bomber squadron, continuing in this role with a succession
No._7_Squadron_RAF
First non–stop transatlantic flight: John Alcock and Arthur Brown flew a Vickers Vimy from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, on June 14–15, 1919
List_of_firsts_in_aviation
Defunct motorsport venue in England
representative images of Brooklands' pre-1940 history namely the Napier-Railton, Vickers Vimy and the two former Clubhouses. In 1993, Prince Michael of Kent officially
Brooklands
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
operating the Vickers Vimy bomber. After transferring to RAF Hinaidi, Iraq in December 1921, the squadron was re-equipped with Vickers Vernons and subsequently
No._70_Squadron_RAF
State-run high school in Northfield, South Australia, Australia
oval of the school, thought to have been planted on the site where the Vickers Vimy came to a stop marking the end of the first flight from England to Australia
Ross_Smith_Secondary_School
Topics referred to by the same term
First World War Vickers Vimy, British heavy bomber aircraft of the First World War and post-First World War era Canadian National Vimy Memorial, a memorial
Vimy_(disambiguation)
Long-range airline of the United Kingdom (1924–1939)
"Wings of Peace (Vickers Vulcan)". Aeroplane Monthly. Kelsey. pp. 609–612. Stroud, John (February 1984). "Wings of Peace (Vickers Vimy Commercial)". Aeroplane
Imperial_Airways
Piston engine with 12 cylinders in V-configuration
Liberty L-12 engines), the first non-stop transatlantic crossing in a Vickers Vimy (using two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines) and the first transatlantic crossing
V12_engine
1933 medium bomber aircraft
Air Force since the First World War, starting with the likes of the Vickers Vimy and Handley Page Type O. The Overstrand was also the first aircraft to
Boulton_Paul_Overstrand
Capital city of Northern Territory, Australia
from London to Australia in under 30 days. Smith and his crew flew a Vickers Vimy, G-EAOU, and landed on an airstrip that has become Ross Smith Avenue
Darwin,_Northern_Territory
British heavy bomber aircraft in service 1916-1922
After the war, O/400s remained in squadron service until replaced by the Vickers Vimy toward the end of 1919. War-surplus aircraft were converted for civilian
Handley_Page_Type_O
Flights between Britain and Australia over the Eastern Hemisphere
kilometres (8,917 mi; 7,748 nmi) from London to Adelaide in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber. One other entrant reached Australia; the other four crashed en
Kangaroo_Route
British multi-purpose twin-engined military aircraft of the Second World War
designed and manufactured by Vickers-Armstrongs during the late 1930s. It was intended to serve as a larger counterpart to the Vickers Wellington bomber. The
Vickers_Warwick
Italian heavy bomber of World War I
role, configuration, and era Handley Page Type O Sikorsky Ilya Muromets Vickers Vimy Related lists List of bomber aircraft List of World War I Entente aircraft
Caproni_Ca.5
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Lincolnshire in February 1922, and converted to bombing, this time with Vickers Vimys and DH9As. In May 1924, the unit was re-equipped with the Fairey Fawn
No._100_Squadron_RAF
Airplane transporting passengers and cargo
Meanwhile, the competing Vickers converted its successful First World War era bomber, the Vickers Vimy, into a civilian version, the Vimy Commercial. It was
Airliner
Rutland Group. It is also home to a number of aircraft including the Vickers Vimy replica, NX71MY, which was retired to Brooklands Museum in November 2009
Wings_and_Wheels
Squadron of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Air Force. Between the two World Wars the squadron used Vickers Vimy, Vickers Victoria and Vickers Type 264 Valentia aircraft on transport duties around
No._216_Squadron_RAF
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
the Vickers Vimy. Less than a year later, the squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Virginia heavy bomber, occasionally supplemented by Vickers Victoria
No._9_Squadron_RAF
Mural by William Kempster in London, England
in-built lavatory and it first flew in November 1919. Next is the blue Vickers Vimy Commercial, City of London. Although it has an open cockpit for the pilot
British Air Transport (painting)
British_Air_Transport_(painting)
Former Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England
First World War and Inter war years No. 7 Squadron RAF 1923–1927 Vickers Vimy, Vickers Virginia. No. 11 Squadron RAF 1923–1924 de Havilland DH.9A, Fairey
RAF_Bircham_Newton
Aircraft configured specifically to transport cargo
newly occupied territories of the Middle East. The Vickers Vernon, a development of the Vickers Vimy Commercial, entered service with the Royal Air Force
Cargo_aircraft
British aviator (1892–1919)
recovered Vimy aircraft was presented to the nation. On 18 December 1919, Alcock was piloting a new Vickers amphibious aircraft, the Vickers Viking, to
John_Alcock_(RAF_officer)
Airport in Somerset, England
Havilland designed Airco DH.4, Airco DH.9 and Airco DH.9A and the Vickers Vimy. For the Vimy the company built a new erecting shop which had an unsupported
Yeovil/Westland_Airport
French airline
bomber into a luxury cabin aircraft. They also purchased a ten-passenger Vickers Vimy Commercial, also a converted bomber design. On 8 October 1921, A Farman
Grands_Express_Aériens
Nature reserve in London, England
of neglect, commemorating the first flight to Australia, a modified Vickers Vimy bomber G-EAOU, flown by Australian brothers Keith and Ross Smith, which
Hounslow_Heath
Airport in Queensland, Australia
the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. In December 1919, a Vickers Vimy landed, piloted by Ross and Keith Smith, who were en route to Melbourne
Longreach_Airport
Dismantled Vickers Vimy on its way to Joyce Green outside "The Bear and Ragged Staff", Crayford Ditch boards at Joyce Green, with a Vickers Vimy Pay parade
RAF_Joyce_Green
Arthur Whitten Brown who flew from St. John's to Clifden, Ireland in a Vickers Vimy on 14–15 June 1919. Harry Hawker however won a prize of £5,000 for the
Sopwith_Atlantic
British engineer (1885-1974)
responsible for allowing Alcock and Brown to fly the Atlantic in their Vickers Vimy bombers adapted with his modifications. In 1919 Ricardo was studying
Harry_Ricardo
Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital Landing ground of Ross Smith & Keith Smith's Vickers Vimy, 23 March 1920 Ross Smith Secondary School (formerly Northfield High
Northfield,_South_Australia
Australian Aeronautical Engineer (born 1944)
developed and certified to FAR 23. In production. Flying replica of the Vickers Vimy - The replica aircraft was used to re-enact the first flights from England
C._W._"Bill"_Whitney
Australian aviator (1890–1955)
Wally Shiers, departed from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, England, in a Vickers Vimy aeroplane, eventually landing in Darwin, Australia on 10 December, having
Keith_Macpherson_Smith
Tupolev Tu-144 Tupolev Tu-154 VFW-Fokker 614 Vickers VC.1 Viking Vickers Vanguard Vickers Viscount Vickers VC-10 Yakovlev Yak-40 Boeing 720 ATR 42 ATR
List of aircraft by date and usage category
List_of_aircraft_by_date_and_usage_category
Frozen water; the solid state of water
times to remove ice which was covering the engine air intakes of the Vickers Vimy aircraft they were flying. One vulnerability effected by icing that is
Ice
Hanriot HD.3 Hanriot H.26 Latécoère 3 Salmson 2 Berline Salmson 2A2 Vickers Vimy prototype Voisin Triplane Salmson 2M7 Kennedy Giant Sopwith type C Sopwith
Salmson water-cooled aero-engines
Salmson_water-cooled_aero-engines
Messerschmitt M 18d Avro 624 Six Friesley Falcon Handley Page Type O/7 Vickers Vimy Commercial Curtiss HS-2L Curtiss Robin Fleet Model 7 Fleet Model 10 Fokker
List of aircraft used in China before 1937
List_of_aircraft_used_in_China_before_1937
Town in County Galway, Ireland
green bog he thought it was a meadow where he could safely land his Vickers Vimy biplane. The aircraft's landing gear sank into the soft bog and was destroyed
Clifden
Prototype British twin-engined fighter of the First World War
armed Vickers E.F.B.7. This design, which was assigned to Rex Pierson was for a smaller, machine gun armed fighter. With twice the power of Vickers' single-engined
Vickers_E.F.B.8
British single-engined medium bomber
The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge
Vickers_Wellesley
Passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean
cross the Atlantic (but in multiple stages). Later that year, a British Vickers Vimy piloted by Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Transatlantic_crossing
British aircraft manufacturer
de Havilland designed Airco DH.4, Airco DH.9 and Airco DH.9A and the Vickers Vimy. The name "Westland" was chosen by Mrs Petter as new land purchased as
Westland_Aircraft
Heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings generating aerodynamic lift
liquid-cooled aviation engines, and longer and longer flights – as with a Vickers Vimy in 1919, followed months later by the U.S. Navy's NC-4 transatlantic
Fixed-wing_aircraft
various types of aircraft, from the Sopwith Pup single-seat fighter to the Vickers Vimy twin-engined heavy bomber, in which he flew a prototype Westland Weasel
John_Wallwork_(aviator)
1920s British piston aircraft engine
Supermarine Southampton Svenska Aero Jaktfalken (SA-11) Vickers Vellore Vickers Vespa Vickers Viastra Vickers Vimy Trainer (Type 156) Westland Wapiti Westland Weasel
Armstrong_Siddeley_Jaguar
Class of British rigid airships within the Royal Naval Air Service during WWI
Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown in a modified First World War Vickers Vimy. The return journey to RNAS Pulham took place from 10 to 13 July and
R33-class_airship
Chairman of Rolls-Royce Ltd.
Experimental Department. In 1919 the Eagle powered the twin-engined Vickers Vimy bomber on the first direct flight across the Atlantic. In 1920 Hives
Ernest_Hives,_1st_Baron_Hives
May 1919 and 1 February 1920 with the Handley Page Type O/400 and the Vickers Vimy No. 64 Squadron RAF between 1 March and 9 April 1936 with the Hawker
RAF_Heliopolis
1910s Italian piston aircraft engine
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Savoia-Pomilio SP.2 Savoia-Pomilio SP.3 SIA 7 SIA 9 SIAI S.16 Vickers Vimy (third prototype) There is a Fiat A.12 on display at the New England
Fiat_A.12
his flight commander in 151 Squadron) took off from Brooklands in a Vickers Vimy on a pioneering flight to South Africa in an attempt to test the air
Frank_Broome_(pilot)
Scottish pilot (1886–1948)
after flying 1,980 miles (3,168 km). The flight was made in a modified Vickers Vimy bomber, and won a £10,000 prize offered by London's Daily Mail newspaper
Arthur_Whitten_Brown
Closed-circuit record 1919 June 14–15, 1919 3,040 km John Alcock and Arthur Brown Vickers Vimy Flew non-stop from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, in
List of flight distance records
List_of_flight_distance_records
R-12 christian school in Australia
the historic Vickers Vimy aircraft flown by Sir Keith and Ross Smith from England to Australia in 1919, landing in the nearby Vickers Vimy Reserve. The
Cedar_College
Aircraft type
Bourges; and its contemporaries; the Airco DH.10 Amiens and Vickers Vimy (Bourges, Amiens and Vimy all being in France). Heavy bombers received the names of
British military aircraft designation systems
British_military_aircraft_designation_systems
Calendar year
Eastern Front: The Red army recaptures the city of Ufa June 14–15 – A Vickers Vimy piloted by British aviator John Alcock, with navigator Arthur Whitten
1919
applied to commercial aircraft as well, two being the de Havilland Comet and Vickers Viscount. During the period, over 800 specifications were issued. Each
List of Air Ministry specifications
List_of_Air_Ministry_specifications
Planning Area and HDB Town in Central Region, Singapore
when Captain Ross Smith and three other crew members touched down in a Vickers Vimy en route to Darwin, Australia. This event kickstarted Singapore's aviation
Kallang
British nine-cylinder radial engine family
Vellox Vickers Vespa Vickers Viastra Vickers Victoria Vickers Vildebeest Vickers Vimy Vickers Vimy Trainer Vickers Wibault Scout Villiers 26 Westland Interceptor
Bristol_Jupiter
June 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Brown co-piloted a Vickers Vimy non-stop from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, winning the
History_of_aviation
Museum in Kensington, London
aeroplanes and helicopters, including Alcock and Brown's transatlantic Vickers Vimy (1919), Spitfire and Hurricane fighters, as well as numerous aero-engines
Science_Museum,_London
Historical French aircraft manufacturer
Mureaux building aircraft under license. Significant products included Vickers Vimys and Breguet 14s during the 1920s. Under head designer André Brunet,
ANF_Les_Mureaux
Military airfield/former airport (Egypt)
RAF between 11 July 1921 and 14 March 1922 with the Airco DH.9, Vickers Vimy & Vickers Vernon No. 78 Squadron RAF between 20 September 1945 and 19 September
Almaza_Air_Base
Naval attack aircraft
1916 but when the war ended only 90 Cuckoos had been completed. The Vickers Vimy twin-engine heavy bomber was designed to bomb German cities in retribution
Torpedo_bomber
Canadian photographer
Holloway's photograph of Captain John Alcock stowing provisions aboard Vickers Vimy aircraft before its trans-Atlantic flight on 14 June 1919
Elsie_Holloway
single-engine flying boat Vickers Vimy Commercial twin-engine biplane airliner Vickers Vulcan single-engine biplane airliner Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner
List_of_civil_aircraft
English journalist and politician (1858–1939)
detailed planning for a proposed transatlantic flight using a F.B.27. Vickers Vimy. This planning included the route to be flown, the hangar facilities
Sir_Henry_Norman,_1st_Baronet
United States Navy flying boat, First aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean
nonstop transatlantic flight by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in a Vickers Vimy biplane, when they flew from Newfoundland to Ireland nonstop on 14–15
Curtiss_NC-4
VICKERS VIMY
VICKERS VIMY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wicken, with the addition of the Middle English plural or genitive suffix -s.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Vicker, from the Middle English variant vicarie, derived directly from Latin vicarius. The English surname is also established in Cork, Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic for the son of a vicar or, perhaps in most cases, an occupational name for the servant of a vicar (see Vicker). In many cases it may represent an elliptical form of a topographic name. Compare Parsons.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who used a pick, from Middle English pi(c)k ‘pick’ (see Pick) + the agent suffix -er.English : occupational name for someone who caught or sold pike, from Middle English pike ‘pike’ + the agent suffix -er.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a pointed hill (see Pike 1), the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.German : occupational name for someone who used a pick or pickaxe, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bicken ‘to prick or stab’.Dutch : occupational name for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower, from Middle Dutch picker, pecker.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname for a big eater or a glutton, from Yiddish pikn ‘to eat’ with the noun suffix -er.
Boy/Male
British, English, German
Surname
Surname or Lastname
German
German : occupational name from Middle High German, Middle Low German wicker ‘soothsayer’, ‘magician’.German : from an Old High German personal name composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’, ‘war’ + heri ‘army’.English : topographic name for someone who lived or worked in an outlying settlement, from a derivative of Old English wīc (see Wick).
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and northern French
English (of Norman origin) and northern French : habitational name from any of the numerous places in France named Viller(s) or Villier(s), from Late Latin villare ‘outlying farm’, ‘dependent settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Richard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Bicker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Vickers.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : patronymic from Wicker 2.English : variant of Wicker.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest)
English (southwest) : occupational name for a digger of ditches or a builder of dikes, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike, from an agent derivative of Middle English diche, dike (see Dyke).English : regional name from an area of East Sussex, near Hellingly, called ‘the Dicker’ (hence also the hamlets of Upper and Lower Dicker), from Middle English dyker unit of ten (Latin decuria, from decem ‘ten’); the reason for the place being so named is not clear. It has been suggested that the reference is to a bundle of iron rods, in which sense dicras appears in Domesday Book. Such a bundle could have been the rent for property in this iron-working area. Surname forms such as atte dicker occur in the surrounding region in the 13th and 14th centuries.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Dick 2, from an inflected form.North German : variant of Low German Dieker, a topographic or an occupational name for someone who lived or worked at a dike (see Dieck).Americanized spelling of French Decaire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Wick 2, or variant of the habitational name Wick, with genitive or plural -s. There has been much confusion between this name and Weeks.In 1638 Richard Wickes (also known as Richard Atwick), of Staines, Middlesex, England, died, leaving a bequest to “my son John Wickes now living in New England.†This John Wickes came from London, England, to Plymouth, MA, in 1635, and subsequently settled at Portsmouth, RI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Vickery.
Boy/Male
French, German
Dominant Ruler; Powerful; Brave
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German
Dutch and German : occupational name for a stonemason or someone who used or made pickaxes or chisel, from bicke ‘pickaxe’, ‘chisel’ + the agent suffix -er. Compare Bick.English : occupational name for a beekeeper, Middle English biker (from Old English bīcere). Bees were important in medieval England because their honey provided the only means of sweetening food (sugar being a more recent importation); honey was also used in preserving.English : habitational name from Bicker in Lincolnshire or Byker in Tyne and Wear, both named with the Old English preposition bī ‘by’, ‘beside’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘wet ground’, ‘brushwood’.Cars Bicker was a wealthy merchant and one of the commissioners to New Netherland under the West India Company’s 1621 charter.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : patronymic from the personal name Dicken.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Richard.North German and Frisian form of Richard.Probably an Americanized spelling of cognates in other languages, for example German Reichert or Dutch Rickaert.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a parish priest, Middle English vica(i)re, vikere (Old French vicaire, from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’, ‘deputy’). The word was originally used to denote someone who carried out pastoral duties on behalf of the absentee holder of a benefice. It became a regular word for a parish priest because in practice most benefice holders were absentees.Irish and Scottish : reduced form of McVicker, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac áBhiocair (Scottish) or Mac an Bhiocaire (Irish) ‘son of the vicar’.
Male
German
Low German form of Old High German Ricohard, RICKERT means "powerful ruler."
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