Highnam

Coordinates: 51°52′26″N 2°17′53″W / 51.874°N 02.298°W / 51.874; -02.298
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Highnam
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLOUCESTER
Postcode districtGL2
Dialling code01452
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51°52′26″N 2°17′53″W / 51.874°N 02.298°W / 51.874; -02.298

Highnam is a village and

Lassington and Over. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,014,[1] reducing to 1,916 at the 2011 census.[2]
At the 2021 census it had increased to 2,141.

Highnam was originally made up of farm land, which explains some of its street names (Brimsome Meadow, Poppy Field, Stoney Field, Long Field, Peters Field, Williams Orchard, et al.). As a village, Highnam is fairly small, containing few social amenities. These include the Church of the Holy Innocents, a school (Highnam C of E Primary[3]), a village hall, a day nursery, a village shop and a doctor's surgery.

The Arnold family were Lords of the Manor in the sixteenth century- the best known member of the family is Sir

Nicholas Arnold (died 1580), Lord Deputy of Ireland
.

The wealthy artist and collector

Hubert Parry
, learnt to play the organ in the church.

Highnam has an eighteen-hole golf course and a large business park just outside the main village. The village is home to both football and cricket teams Highnam Court Cricket Club and also has Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Brownies groups. A new feature in 2007 was the addition of a Youth Café.

Highnam Woods to the west of the village are managed by the RSPB as a nature reserve, and Lassington Wood is to the east of the village.

Holy Innocents Church

The interior of Highnam church

The church of the Holy Innocents, Highnam was constructed between 1849 and 1851 at the request of Thomas Gambier Parry in memory of his first wife and those of his children who died at an early age. The church was designed by Henry Woodyer in a Gothic style.

Gambier-Parry adorned the whole of the chancel, including the roof, and much of the nave with frescoes using a new "spirit fresco" method he adapted from his study of Italian fresco painters. The church has been described by Sir John Betjeman as "The most complete Victorian Church in this country".[6] In Simon Jenkins' book England's Thousand Best Churches, Holy Innocents was rated in the "Top 100" with four stars.[7]

A major restoration of the church and frescoes was completed in 1994. The

Grade I listed church forms an ensemble with its listed Church Lodge, Rectory, Memorial Hall and Old Schoolhouse on the edge of the park of Highnam Court.[8]

Although unringable, the tower contains the world's heaviest ring of three bells, cast by Charles & George Mears in 1850.[9]

See also

Governance

The village falls in the 'Highnam with Haw Bridge' electoral ward. This ward starts in the north at Forthampton and stretches south to Minsterworth.[10] The total ward population at the 2011 census was 4,206.[11]

References

  1. ^ ONS Census 2001 Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Home". highnam.gloucs.sch.uk.
  4. ^ DNB
  5. ^ "Home". highnamcourt.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Highnam Church - Holy Innocents". Gloucester County Council. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  7. ISBN 978-0-14-029795-9
    .
  8. ^ "Holy Innocents". English Heritage. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Dove Details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Highnam with Haw Bridge - UK Census Data 2011".
  11. ^ "Highnam and Haw Bridge ward 2011". Retrieved 1 April 2015.

External links

Media related to Highnam at Wikimedia Commons

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