Cold Higham

Cold Higham is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. Cold Higham Parish, also includes Fosters Booth (West), Grimscote, and Potcote.[1] It is adjacent to Weedon Bec, Pattishall, Eastcote and Astcote. The A5 runs along the eastern boundary of the parish, along the route of Watling Street, a former Roman road. The parish had a population of 289 at the time of the 2001 census[2] (the 2010 estimated population is 321: 80 in Cold Higham, 241 in Grimscote[3]). The civil parish population had risen to 290 at the 2011 census.[4]

Cold Higham
St Luke's, Cold Higham
Cold Higham is located in Northamptonshire
Cold Higham
Cold Higham
Location within Northamptonshire
Population290 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP6553
• London71 miles (114 km)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTowcester
Postcode districtNN12
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

The villages name means 'High homestead/village' or 'high hemmed-in land'. 'Cold' for its exposed situation.[5] The village of Grimscote, which is in this parish, means "Grim's Cott", Grim being another name for Woden.[6] One branch of the Higham family has been associated with the village. Thomas Higham is referred to as Squire in the early to mid 18th century. Both Edward Higham the Australian Politician and Tim Higham, also known as Tim FitzHigham are from this branch of the family.

References
  1. "Cold Higham Parish Council". coldhigham-pc.gov.uk. Cold Higham Parish Council. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Cold Higham CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  3. SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester. p. 39.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. "Cold Higham". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. Gelling, Margaret (1988). Signposts To The Past: Place-Names and The History of England. Phillimore. p. 149. ISBN 0-85033-649-X.

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