Higham, Babergh

Higham
Higham
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLCHESTER
Postcode district	CO7
Dialling code	01206
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South Suffolk;
	List of places UK England Suffolk 51°58′57″N 0°57′42″E / 51.98252°N 0.96172°E

Higham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the eastern bank of the River Brett (which defines the parish's western boundary), around 400 metres (440 yd) north of the point at which it joins the River Stour, it is part of Babergh district. In 2005 it had a population of 140,^[1] including Shelley and increasing to 203 at the census 2011.^[2]

The village itself is a designated

point to point

racecourse which is home to the Waveney Harriers.

St Mary's Church

A church stood in Higham at the time of the

stonemason from Occold, called Hawes, who also worked at the churches in Bildeston, Debenham and Otley

.

The interior has a

chancel arch and stalls are also Victorian. The oldest memorial, likely of John Mannock of Giffords Hall in Shimpling who died in 1476, was found during a restoration in 2005. The timber roof beams have carved wooden corbels with various facial expressions.^[3]^[4] The monument to Robert Hoy (d.1811) is by the London sculptor, Charles Regnart.^[5]

Higham Hall

Higham Hall is a Grade II

English bond. The roof is of slate. The house has two storeys and an attic, with a five bay façade. The porch has Doric columns.^[6] The garden has a notable giant redwood tree/^[7]

Cedric Morris

Early in 1929 the artist Cedric Morris and his partner rented Pound Farm in the village, which he subsequently inherited. Many artistic friends visited, including Frances Hodgkins, Barbara Hepworth and John Skeaping and Pound became known for the gardens he developed and the parties he gave.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Estimates of Total Population of Areas of Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
^ "Higham, Suffolk, St Mary's Church - History, Travel, and accommodation information".
^ "Higham St Mary". Suffolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "Suffolk Churches".
^ Historic England. "Higham Hall, Higham, Suffolk (Grade II) (1036957)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ Sequoia. "Higham - Higham Hall (Suffolk)". Redwood World. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

External links

Higham racecourse Point-to-point East Anglia

[1] Estimates of Total Population of Areas of Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council

[2] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.

[3] "Higham, Suffolk, St Mary's Church - History, Travel, and accommodation information".

[4] "Higham St Mary". Suffolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[5] "Suffolk Churches".

[6] Historic England. "Higham Hall, Higham, Suffolk (Grade II) (1036957)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[7] Sequoia. "Higham - Higham Hall (Suffolk)". Redwood World. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

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v t e Babergh
Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Hadleigh Hamlet Naughton Nayland Nedging Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St Bartholomew Sudbury St Gregory Sudbury St Peter Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Ash Street Brundon Bures Bury Road Drakestone Green Erwarton Fenstead End Flatford Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Lambs Lane Lawshall Green Little Wenham Lower Layham Nedging Tye Oldhall Green Pin Mill Rooksey Green Shotley Gate The Street Thorington Street Upper Layham Windsor Green Withermarsh Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall Bridge Cottage St Mary's Church, Chilton Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Freston Tower Gainsborough's House Giffords Hall Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham Lavenham Guildhall Lavenham Priory Lavenham Wool Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Lawshall Hall St James' Chapel, Lindsey All Saints Church, Little Wenham Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford Melford Hall Milden Castle All Saints Church, Newton Green Smallbridge Hall St Mary's Church, Stoke-by-Nayland St Gregory's Church, Sudbury St Peter's Church, Sudbury Tattingstone Wonder Thorington Hall St Mary's Church, Washbrook Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall