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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Higham like this:
HIGHAM, a village in Shirland parish, Derby; on Icknield Street, 2½ miles NNW of Alfreton. It is an ancient place; was once a market town; has still a market cross in the centre of the market place; and has a post office under Alfreton, a Wesleyan chapel, and a cattle fair on the first Wednesday after 1 Jan. Pop., 378. Houses, 78.
Higham is now part of NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Higham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Higham, in North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25955
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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