Higham on the Hill

Not to be confused with Higham Hill.

Higham on the Hill
Parish church of Saint Peter
Higham on the Hill Location within Leicestershire
Population	840 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP383954
District	Hinckley and Bosworth
Shire county	Leicestershire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NUNEATON
Postcode district	CV13
Dialling code	01455
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Hinckley and Bosworth
List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°33′20″N1°26′08″W / 52.55569°N 1.43569°W / 52.55569; -1.43569

Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. ^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 840. ^[2]

The village's name means 'homestead/village which is high'. ^[3]

Geography

The village is about three miles away from both Hinckley and Nuneaton. The parish (and the boundary between the East and West Midlands) is bounded by Warwickshire and the A5 to the south-west.

The parish includes the deserted village of Lindley that was mentioned in the Domesday Book and gave its name to RAF Lindley the site of which was acquired by the automotive research institute MIRA Ltd for its proving ground opened on 22 May 1954.

The Ashby Canal passes through the east of the parish, and the parish boundary runs along it near Stoke Golding.

The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway used to pass through the parish, with its own dedicated railway station, which has since been demolished, Higham-on-the-Hill railway station. ^{[4] [5]}

Geographical centre of England

Lindley Hall Farm, the geographical centre of England as defined by the Ordnance Survey, lies within the parish at latitude 52°33'N, longitude 01°27'W, just north of Watling Street.

Amenities

The village is home to St Peter's Church, a Grade II* listed parish church dedicated to St Peter. ^{[6] [7]}

Historically, Higham on the Hill had three pubs: The Barley Sheaf Inn, which was demolished to make way for houses on the land, The Fox Inn, which has since been converted into a house, and The Oddfellows Arms, which closed down in August 2018. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

There is only one retailer in the village, a local independent corner shop, Sehmbi Stores.

In the village, there is the Higham on the Hill Church of England primary school, which has received the rating of "Good" by Ofsted in their 2020 inspection. ^{[13] [14]}

Notable residents

• Robert Burton, author of The Anatomy of Melancholy , was born in Lindley
• Geoffrey Fisher, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury from 1944 to 1961, born in 1887 and lived in the rectory ^[15]
• Graeme Hawley (born 1975), who plays John Stape in Coronation Street, grew up in the village ^[16]

References

1. OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : ISBN   0 319 46404 0
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
3. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
4. Moore, Mason (16 May 2020). "Remembering Higham on the Hill railway station". Hinckley Free Press. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
5. "Higham on the Hill". Shackerstone Festival. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
6. "Church of St Peter, Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
7. "Leicestershire War Memorials". Leicestershire County Council War Memorials Project. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
8. Orton, Amy (24 February 2020). "Historic pub could be demolished to make way for 8 homes". The Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
9. Moore, Mason (24 May 2020). "Former Higham on the Hill pubs now". Hinckley Free Press. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
10. Tomlin, Arthur (6 November 2016). "Past Times: A history of Higham on the Hill". The Hinckley Times . Hinckley: Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
11. Ashe, Isaac (3 November 2016). "Higham on the Hill history". The Hinckley Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
12. "Oddfellows Arms, Higham on the Hill". Whatpub. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
13. Live, Leicestershire (1 January 2020). "Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School". LeicestershireLive. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
14. "Ofsted | Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School". Ofsted . 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
15. "Lord Fisher, Ex-Archbishop of Canterbury, Dead". The New York Times . No. 16 September 1972. New York City, United States. 16 September 1972. p. 32. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021. Dr. Fisher, whose names were Geoffrey Francis, was born May 5, 1887, the son of the Rev. Henry Fisher, rector of Higham‐on‐the Hill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
16. Laws, Roz (9 November 2008). "Supermarket abuse and Coventry City terrace heckles for Corrie star Graeme Hawley". Birmingham Mail . Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2024. Graeme spent his early years in the village of Higham-on-the-Hill near Nuneaton, then moved to Hinckley.

External links

• Primary school
• Leicestershire villages
• Former Lindley Hall