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Higham (Hadleigh), Suffolk

Historical Description

Higham, a village and a parish in Suffolk, at the confluence of the rivers Bret and Stour, about 4½ miles respectively S, WNW, and NNW of Hadleigh, Manningtree, and Ardleigh stations on the G.E.R. There is a post office under Stratford St Mary (S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Stratford St Mary. Acreage, 900; population, 194. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £198. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Perpendicular style. Higham House, Higham Hall, and The Lodge are among the chief residences.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySuffolk 
Ecclesiastical parishHigham St. Mary 
HundredSamford 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

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