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Higham

  • /ˈhaɪ.əm/
  • /ˈhɪk.əm/
  • /ˈhɪɡ.əm/

Where it comes from

From Old English hēah (“high”) + hām (“homestead”).

proper noun Highams

  1. countable, uncountable A village in Shirland and Higham parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3959).
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Gravesham district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ715715).
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD805365).
  4. countable, uncountable A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE311071).
  5. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM034357).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL744646).
  7. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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"Higham." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/higham. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Higham. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/higham

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@misc{higham_2026,
  title = {Higham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/higham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}