Cold Higham is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

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, England. It is adjacent to Weedon Bec

Weedon Bec

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, Pattishall

Pattishall

Pattishall, also known in antiquity as Pateshull, is a village and Parish in South Northamptonshire, England. The village lies adjacent to the Roman road Watling Street and Banbury Lane, an ancient drove way, 4 miles north of Towcester and 7 miles south of Northampton.The civil parish of...

, Eastcote

Eastcote, Northamptonshire

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 and Astcote

Astcote

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. The A5 runs along the eastern boundary of the parish, along the route of Watling Street

Watling Street

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, a former Roman road

Roman road

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. The parish had a population of 289 at the time of the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

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 (the 2010 estimated population is 321, 80 in Cold Higham, 241 in Grimscote).

The village of Grimscote, which is in this parish, means "Grim's Cott", Grim being another name for Woden. One branch of the Higham

Higham

Higham is the name of several places in England:*Higham, Derbyshire*Higham, Kent*Higham, Lancashire*Higham, South Yorkshire*Higham, Babergh, Suffolk*Higham, Forest Heath, Suffolk*Cold Higham, Northamptonshire*Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire...

 family has been associated with the village. Thomas Higham is referred to as Squire

Squire

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 in the early to mid 18th century. Both Edward Higham

Edward Higham

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 the Australian Politician and Tim Higham, also known as Tim FitzHigham

Tim FitzHigham

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are from this branch of the family.