Higham, Lancashire

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Higham
Higham, Lancashire (Lancashire)
Higham, Lancashire

Higham shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference SD805365
District Pendle
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BURNLEY
Postcode district BB12
Dialling code 01282
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Pendle
List of places: UKEnglandLancashire

Coordinates: 53°49′26″N 2°17′42″W / 53.824, -2.295

Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England.

Its amenities include a post office / general store, and a pub (the Four Alls Inn, est. 1792).

A natural spring bubbling up near the pub provides water which is safe to drink and tastes good. Also nearby is the historic site of a pinfold or poundfield, a walled area with grass and running water which was used to temporarily impound animals.

Pinfold near centre of Higham
Pinfold near centre of Higham

Until 2004 a mill stood at the centre of the village, functioning as a cotton mill and latterly as a furniture factory. The demolition was completed in 2006 to enable a housing development to be built on the site.

Higham's most famous citizen was Jonas Moore, co-founder of the Greenwich Observatory.

There is a minor connection with the story of the Pendle Witches - in Alizon Device's confession she told that "anne whittle, alias chattox, was suspected for bewitching the drinke of john moore of higham gentleman"[1] and for causing one of his sons to die. The suspected witches were held at Ashlar House, near Higham.

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The main road which bypasses Higham is the A6068. To the East along this road is the village of Fence, and to the South-West is the town of Padiham.

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