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HIGHNAM, a hamlet and a chapelry in Churcham parish, Gloucestershire. The hamlet lies near the river Severn, 2 miles WNW of Gloucester r. station. Pop., 218. Houses, 45. Highnam Court was built after a design by Inigo Jones; belonged formerly to the Cookes and to the baronet family of Guise; and belongs now to T. G. Parry, Esq. The chapelry was constituted in 1851; and its post town is Gloucester. Pop., 357. Houses, 70. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £130.* Patron, T. G. Parry, Esq. The church is modern and elegant; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and lofty spire.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Churcham Parish Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Highnam |
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