Higham on the Hill

Higham on the Hill
Higham on the Hill
	Parish church of Saint Peter
	Higham on the Hill Location within Leicestershire
Population	840 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP383954
District	Hinckley and Bosworth;
Shire county	Leicestershire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NUNEATON
Postcode district	CV13
Dialling code	01455
Police	Leicestershire
Fire	Leicestershire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bosworth;
	List of places UK England Leicestershire 52°33′20″N 1°26′08″W / 52.55569°N 1.43569°W

Higham on the Hill is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.^[1] The population at the 2011 census was 840.^[2]

Geography

The village is about three miles away from both Hinckley and Nuneaton. The parish (and the boundary between the East and West Midlands) is bounded by Warwickshire and the A5 to the south-west.

The parish includes the deserted village of Lindley that was mentioned in the Domesday Book and gave its name to RAF Lindley the site of which was acquired by the automotive research institute MIRA Ltd for its proving ground opened on 22 May 1954.

The Ashby Canal passes through the east of the parish, and the parish boundary runs along it near Stoke Golding.

The Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway used to pass through the parish, with a railway station for the village, the route is now the Weddington Country Walk.

Geographical centre of England

The geographical centre of England as defined by the Ordnance Survey lies within the parish at latitude 52°33'N, longitude 01°27'W, just north of Watling Street.

Amenities

The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.

The village has no pubs

The village has a local corner shop

The village also has a local primary school

Notable residents

Robert Burton, author of The Anatomy of Melancholy, was born in Lindley
Geoffrey Fisher, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury from 1944 to 1961, was born in the village in 1887 and lived in the rectory
George Burdett, born here February 1793

External links

References

^ OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46404 0
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

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[EX240-1] OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46404 0

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistice. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

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