In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cold Higham like this:
COLD-HIGHAM, a parish in Towcester district, Northampton; 4 miles NNW of Towcester r. station, and 5 W of Blisworth. It includes the hamlet of Grimscote, and part of Fosters-Booth and Potcote; and its post town is Pattishall, under Towcester. Acres, 1, 660. Real property, £2, 767. Pop., 349. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £467.* Patron, J. B. Howes, Esq. The church is good.
Cold Higham through time
Cold Higham is now part of South Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cold Higham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cold Higham in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8015
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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