HIGHNAM, Gloucestershire

Archives and Libraries

• Original source material relating to Highnam, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.

Gazetteers

• "HIGHNAM, a hamlet in the parish of Churcham, hundred of Dudstone, county Gloucester, 2 miles W. of Gloucester. The principal residence is Highnam Court, built by the Cookes, after a design by Hugo Jones. It contains a picture gallery, with an original portrait of Cromwell, a Madonna by Titian, Algernon Sydney by Lely, &c."
  [Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Historical Geography

• "Ecclesiastical parish formed from tithings of Over and Linton in Churcham, 1851."
  (Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)