Higham, Lancashire

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Higham
Higham shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD805365
District	Pendle
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BURNLEY
Postcode district	BB12
Dialling code	01282
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Pendle
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°49′26″N 2°17′42″W / 53.824, -2.295

Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England.

Its amenities include a post office / general store, and a pub (the Four Alls Inn, est. 1792).

A natural spring bubbling up near the pub provides water which is safe to drink and tastes good. Also nearby is the historic site of a pinfold or poundfield, a walled area with grass and running water which was used to temporarily impound animals.

Pinfold near centre of Higham

Until 2004 a mill stood at the centre of the village, functioning as a cotton mill and latterly as a furniture factory. The demolition was completed in 2006 to enable a housing development to be built on the site.

Higham's most famous citizen was Jonas Moore, co-founder of the Greenwich Observatory.

There is a minor connection with the story of the Pendle Witches - in Alizon Device's confession she told that "anne whittle, alias chattox, was suspected for bewitching the drinke of john moore of higham gentleman"^[1] and for causing one of his sons to die. The suspected witches were held at Ashlar House, near Higham.