Higham, West Suffolk

Higham village sign

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52°15′10″N 0°33′18″E / 52.25275°N 0.55502°E / 52.25275; 0.55502

Higham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in the east of England. Located midway between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket, in 2005 its population was 140.[2] Higham is split into three parts: Upper Green, Middle Green and Lower Green.

Prior to the Beeching Axe, the village was served by Higham railway station. Its church, St Stephen, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.

Geography

The Broom's Barn Experimental Station is in the village.

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council

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