Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Higham

Higham, par. and vil. with ry. sta., mid. Kent, 5 miles E. of Gravesend and 28 SE. of London, 2974 ac., pop. 1344; P.O., T.O.; has remains of an abbey founded 1151.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Higham AP/CP       Kent AncC
Place: Higham

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