Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HIGHAM-ON--THE-HILL

HIGHAM-ON--THE-HILL, a village and a parish in Hinckley district, Leicester. The village stands near the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, Watling street, the boundary with Warwickshire, and the Leicester and Nuneaton railway, 2½ miles NE of Nuneaton; and has a postoffice under Hinckley. The parish contains also the hamlets of Lindley and Rowden. Acres, 2, 880. Real property, £5, 245. Pop., 559. Houses, 123. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Rev. J. Fisher. Lindley Hall was occupied by John Hardwick, who led the Earl of Richmond to Bosworth field; was the residence of William Burton, the first historian of Leicestershire; and is now the seat of Vincent Eyre, Esq. Several Roman coins, three ornamental ancient rings, and a great many silver coins of Henry III. were found, in the early part of the 1 7th century, at or near Watling street. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £552. * Patron, the Rev. J. Fisher. The church is modern, with an ancient Norman tower. There are a national school, and charities £7.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Higham on the Hill AP/CP       Hinckley RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Higham on the Hill

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