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Higham, Kent
Higham is a large village, and electoral ward bordering the Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, between Gravesend and Rochester. The civil parish〔(Higham Parish Council website )〕 of Higham is in Gravesham district and as at the 2001 UK Census, had a population of 3,938, increasing slightly to 3,962 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward/Parish population 2011 )〕
==History==
The priory dedicated to St. Mary was built on land granted to Mary, daughter of King Stephen. In 1148, the nuns of St Sulphice-la-Foret, Brittany, moved to Higham. Higham priory was also known as Lillechurch.〔(Medieval Religious Houses, p. 259).〕 On 6 July 1227, King Henry III confirmed the royal grant to the abbey of St. Mary and St. Sulpice of Lillechurch.
The original parish church, the Church of St Mary, stands to the north of the present village. Now redundant, it is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and is open to visitors on a daily basis. It contains much medieval woodwork and its pulpit is one of the oldest in Kent, dating from the 14th century.〔(photographs of St Mary's church )〕
The Higham Village History Group, founded in 1997, is devoted to assembling the history of the village〔(Higham Village History Group's website )〕
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