Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HIGHAM

HIGHAM, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; at the confluence of the rivers Bret and Stour, about 4½ miles respectively S, WNW, and NNW of Hadleigh, Manningtree, and Ardleigh r. stations. Post town, Stratford-St. Mary, under Colchester. Acres, 880. Real property, £2, 053. Pop., 229. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £238.* Patrons, Trustees. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Higham AP/CP       Samford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Higham

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