Cold Higham is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

, England. Cold Higham Parish, also includes Fosters Booth (West),

Grimscote Grimscote is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cold Higham, in the West Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. Grimscote is one of 4 settlements (Cold Higham, Fosters Booth (West) and Potcote) that make up Cold Higham parish. A ...

, and Potcote. It is adjacent to

Weedon Bec Weedon Bec, usually just Weedon, is a village and parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is close to the source of the River Nene. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,706. Geography Weedon is around southeast of ...

Pattishall Pattishall, also known in antiquity as Pateshull, is a village and Parish in West Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Astcote, Dalscote and Eastcote, Northamptonshire, Eastcote) was 1,4 ...

Eastcote Eastcote is a suburban area in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in northwest Greater London, London. In the Middle Ages, Eastcote was one of the three areas that made up the parish of Ruislip, under the name of Ascot. The name came from its p ...

and

Astcote Astcote is a hamlet near the town of Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Pattishall. The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" ...

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

Watling Street Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...

, a former

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. The parish had a population of 289 at the time of the 2001 census (the 2010 estimated population is 321: 80 in Cold Higham, 241 in Grimscote). The civil parish population had risen to 290 at the 2011 census. The villages name means 'High homestead/village' or 'high hemmed-in land'. 'Cold' for its exposed situation. The village of Grimscote, which is in this parish, means "Grim's Cott", Grim being another name for Woden. One branch of the Higham family has been associated with the village. Thomas Higham is referred to as

Squire In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire served as a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might come to be known as a ...

in the early to mid 18th century. Both

Edward Higham Edward Henry Higham (26 July 1846 – 20 April 1885) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1880 to 1884. Life The son of a baker, Edward Higham was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England (one source says Oxfordshi ...

the

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Politician and Tim Higham, also known as

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are from this branch of the family.

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