HIDCOTE-BOYCE. 260 HIGIIAM-GOBION. HIDCOTE-BOYCE, a hmlt. in tho par. of Ebrington, upper div. of the hund. of Kiftsgate, co. Gloucester, 1J mile N. of Ebrington. HIDDEN, a tythg. in tho par. of Hungerford, co. Berks, 1 mile M.E. of Hungerford. It is joined to Edington. HIDDLE, a hmlt. in the par. of Barwick-in-Elmet, wap. of Skyrack, West Riding co. York, 5 miles N.E. of Leeds. HIDE, a tnshp. in the par. of Leominster, co. Here- ford, 3 miles S.W. of Leominster. It is joined to Wintercott. HIDE, WEST, a parochial cliplry. in the par. of Stoke Edith, co. Hereford, 5 miles N.E. of Hereford. The vil. is small, and wholly agricultural. The living is a cur. annexed to Stoke. HIENDLEY, COLD, a tnshp. in the par. of Felkirk, wap. of Staincross, West Hiding co. York, 5 miles S.E. of Wakefield. It is united with Havercroft. HIENDLEY, SOUTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Felkirk, wap. of Staincross, West Eiding co. York, 7 miles S.E. of Wakefield, and 6 N.E. of Barnsley. The village, which is small, is situated on rising ground. The tnshp. con- tains the hmlt. of Upper Hiendley. The land is chiefly arable, and the soil various. G. S. Foljambe, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Hodroyd Hall, the ancient seat of the viscounts Galway, is now a farmhouse. HIGH ABBOTSIDE, co. York. See ABBOTSIDE, HIGH ; and all places having a similar distinguishing prefix, not occurring in their alphabetical order, will bo found under the proper name. HIGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Shamwell, lathe of Aylesford, co. Kent, 4 miles N.W. of Rochester, and 5 E. of Gravesend. It is a station on the North Kent railway. The par., which is bounded on the N. by the Thames, is mentioned in Domesday Book as Heckham. It has the remains of a Benedictine nunnery, or abbey, founded in 1151 by King Stephen, and subsequently given to St. John's College, Cambridge. There is a barrow near the railway station, and an ancient cause- way across the marshes to the Thames. Here are numerous market gardens and orchards, and about 20 acres of hop-grounds. Gad's Hill, mentioned by Shak- speare in his play of " Henry IV.," is in this parish. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. i'518, in the patron, of St. John's College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient flint struc- ture, with a tower containing two bells. A few years back it was thoroughly restored. In the interior are an old font, some singular tiles, and the tomb of tho prioress, Joan, bearing date 1328. A new church has recently been erected. The charities produce about 4 per annum. Here is a National school for both sexes. HIGHAM, a hmlt. in the par. of Shirland, hund. of Scarsdale, co. Derby, 3 miles N.W. of Alfreton, 7 from Chesterfield, and 1^ mile from Stretton railway station. It is a large ancient village, situated on the Roman Icknield Street, and was formerly a market town, but has considerably decreased of late. Many of the inhabi- tants are employed in stocking weaving and in the adjoining bleach-grounds. There is an old cross in the centre of the market-place. The Wesleyans hare a chapel with an infant school attached. A fair is held on the first Wednesday after New- Year's Day. HIGHAM, a par. in the hund. of Samford, co. Suffolk, 4 miles E. of Naylaud, 8 N.N.E. of Colchester, and 22 from Cambridge by the Cambridge and Bury branch of tho Great Eastern Railway, on which it is a station. It is situated at the junction of the rivers Bret and Stour ; over the former is a bridge built in 1837. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 206. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 238, in the patron, of trustees. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is situated near the junction of the two rivers. There is a parochial school. HIGHAM, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Barugh, par. of Darton, West Riding co. York, 2 milesN.W. of Barnsley. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the neighbouring factories. HIGHAM. See HEIGHAM, co. Norfolk. HIGHAM-BOOTH, a tnshp. in the par. of Whalley, higher div. of the hund. of Blackburn, co. Lancaster, 4 miles N.W. of Burnley railway station. There is a cotton manufactory in the neighbourhood. The soil is clay and subsoil rock. The inhabitants frequent the church of Fence. The Wesleyans have a chapel at Higham, also a National school. The Duke of Bucclcuch is lord of the manor. HIGHAM, COLD. See COLD HIGHAM, co. North- ampton. HIGHAM-DYKES, a tnshp. in the par. of Pontelani W. div. of Castle ward, co. Northumberland, 3 mi" N.W. of Ponteland, and 6 S.W. of Morpeth. Here a: day and Sunday schools, erected at the expense of Mi Mary Cook Bell, who is owner of the township resides at Higham House. HIGHAM-FERRERS, a hund. in co. Northampton, contains the pars, of Bozeat, Chelveston, Easton Maudit, Hargrave, Higham-Ferrcrs, Irchester, Newton Broms- hold, Raunds, Ringstead, Rushden, Stanwick, Strixton, Wollaston, and part of Farndish, with the ext par. place of Higham Park, comprising about 30,430 acres. It gives names to a deanery in the archdeac. of North- ampton, and dioc. of Peterborough. HIGHAM-FERRERS, a par., but formerly a re- presentative borough and market town, exercising separate jurisdiction, though locally in the hund. of Higham-Ferrers, co. Northampton, 14 miles E.N.E. of Northampton, and 65 N.N.W. of London. It is it station on the Peterborough and Blisworth branch of the London and North- Western railway. The town derives its distinguishing appellation from the ancient family of Ferrers, who were its lords, and had a casf here, some traces of which remain. It is built on a eminence, abounding with springs, about half a mi from the north-eastern bank of the navigable ri' Nen, and was anciently of more importance than present, returning one member to parliament till dis- franchised by the Reform Act. It was originally a borough by prescription, and its privileges were con- firmed by a charter granted by Charles II., under which it is nominally governed by a mayor, recorder, 7 alder- men, and 1 3 burgesses. The greater part of the town ii ancient, consisting of two streets and a market stead, where stands the old market cross and the townhall, re- built by the corporation in 1812. The tithes have been commuted for land and money payments under an En- closure Act. The chief business of the town consists in making boots, shoes, and bobbin-lace. The living is a vie.* with Chelveston, in the dioc. of Peterborough, vaL 365. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a spacious structure, with a lofty embattled tower, from which rises an hexagonal crockcted spire of 99 feet, rebuilt in 1632. The W. porch is much ornamented with bas- reliefs, and in the interior is a richly carved scrcm and ten stalls decorated with curious emblematical devices. The church contains ten ancient brasses, the earliest a large one of a priest, canopied, bearing date 1337, and several ancient monuments. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans, also a school founded by Archbishop Chichele in 1420, who left an endowment of 10 per annum. The parochial charities produce about 7-' por annum. Archbishop Chichele, founder of All Souls' College, Oxford, and patron of learning in the reign of Henry V., and Mr. Britton, the musical small-coal man, were born here. The Hon. G. Fitzwilliam is lord of the manor. Fairs are held on the 7th March, 28th June, Thursday before 5th August, llth October and 6th December. HIGHAM-GOBION.a par. in the hund. of Flitt, co. Beds, 6 miles S.E. of Ampthill, and 7 W. of Hiichin. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 300. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely, val. 350. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. It contains a monument to Dr. E. Castell, the Orientalist, and author
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