•  Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire

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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Higham on the Hill like this:

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. ...

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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.

Higham on the Hill through time

Higham on the Hill is now part of Hinckley and Bosworth district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hinckley and Bosworth has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Higham on the Hill itself, go to Units and Statistics.

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