Higham Ferrers
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| Higham Ferrers | |
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| Population | 6,086 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | East Northamptonshire |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WELLINGBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | NN10 |
| Dial code | 01933 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Wellingborough |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
Higham Ferrers is a market town in east Northamptonshire, adjacent to (and forming a single urban area with) Rushden to the south. The De Ferrers family (also spelled "De Ferrer") were former Lords of the Manor. The town was one of the rotten boroughs and sent one MP to the unreformed House of Commons until it was stripped of its representation by the Reform Act 1832.
Higham Ferrers is also the birthplace of Henry Chichele.
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[edit] Transport
Higham Ferrers was the terminus of a short railway branch line on the Midland Railway from Wellingborough. There was an intermediate station at Rushden. Nowadays, the nearest operational railway station is at Wellingborough about four miles away, but there is no bus route connected Higham Ferrers to Wellingborough Station. Historically, the town was at the crossroads of the A45 east-west route from Northampton to Cambridge, and the A6 north-south road from London to Leicester. It was a busy junction as both were long-distance transport corridors. The A45 bypassed the town in the early 1990s with a dual-carriageway, and the former route (through the narrow, but beautiful streets of Kimbolton) is now the B645, and the A5028 towards Wellingborough. As the A6 carried less traffic, a bypass came later and opened on August 14th, 2003 for Rushden as well.
[edit] Local economy
There is a Co-op on the High Street.
[edit] Education
The Ferrers School is on Queensway. The library is on Midland Road.
