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ID: 7027364
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7027364
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Higham (inhabited place)  Higham (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 000 28 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 0.4667  decimal degrees

Note: At Gads Hill; notorious in the 17th & 18th cen. for highwaymen; Charles Dickens bought Gads Hill Place in 1856.

Names:
Higham (preferred,C,V)
Hecham (H,V)  ............ recorded in 1086

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Kent (county)  ................  Kent (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Higham (inhabited place)  ....................  Higham (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Hecham..........  [VP]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 148
Higham..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Domesday Book (1985) 148
.................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 349
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Domesday Book (1985) 148
..................  Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) 349
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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