The Higham Village History Group was formed in 1997. We hold our meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month in January, March, May, July, September and November. Meetings are held in St John’s Church Hall at 8pm.
Information on meetings and programme.
Higham is a large village situated between Gravesend and the Medway Towns in north-west Kent; for a location map, please click here.
Charles Dickens’ Higham
Explore the village in Kent where Charles Dickens spent his last years.
Charles Dickens purchased Gads Hill Place, his “little Kentish freehold”, in Upper Higham in 1856 and the hamlet was his principal residence for the last ten years of his life. Higham grew up around the medieval church and priory of St Mary’s. In the 19th century development moved southward toward the London Road and a new parish church, St John’s, was built in 1862 in what became known as Upper Higham, or Higham Upshire. The original village became known as Lower Higham.
Clickable map of Charles Dickens’ Higham in Kent. Select a location (
) to learn more about it and any Dickens associations.
https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/charles-dickens-higham-map.html
Higham Village History Group 