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A History of Higham. Higham is situated in the Borough of Pendle in East Lancashire, on the south side of Pendle Hill, between the towns of Nelson and Padiham. Over the years Higham has changed from an agricultural village into an industrial village and now is largely a commuter village.
22 de may. de 2024 · It was from the reign of king Stephen till about the reign of king Edward III. frequently called Lillechurch, alias Higham; the former of which names it took from a manor or ville in this parish, where a priory was built, but in later times it seems to have been called by its former name of Higham only, that of Lillechurch being ...
Higham has developed as two parts, the original Saxon village of Higham to the north (now Lower Higham), and a more recent settlement to the south around the main road linking Gravesend to Rochester (Upper Higham), which grew in size and importance during the 1800s.
28 de nov. de 2023 · Guide to Higham, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
View Larger Map. History of Higham. Higham comes from the Anglian word ‘hēh’ meaning ‘high, tall, important’ with the Old English ‘hām’ as a ‘village, an estate, homestead’; therefore a ‘high (or chief) homestead/village’. The Domesday Book records Higham as Hecham.
29 de oct. de 2022 · For more information on the history of the Parish of Higham, visit the Higham Village History group’s website: https://highamvillagehistory.org.uk/ The Higham Village History Group...
Early history. St Mary's was founded in the Saxon era, and a church was in existence on the site before the Norman Conquest. The present church was rebuilt after the Conquest, and still contains some Norman features, despite later additions and alterations.
