Monument record 7196/98 - Medieval vicarage

A vicarage had been instituted at Higham by 1254. From 1422 onwards the warden of the College was presented to the vicarage by the College of Leicester and in 1535 the profits arising from the vicarage belonged to the College of Higham. This may indicate that a separate vicarage property was not in use during the 15th century, although the vicarage house which lay adjacent to the churchyard, attached to the Bede House is said possibly to have been of late medieval origin, though this work was heavily obscured by later addition and alteration. The vicarage house was demolished in the mid 20th century and now only a single fragment of walling survives, from the north west corner of the house, built into the churchyard wall. In circa 1720 it certainly lay immediately to the south west of the Bede House and according to Cole, in 1838, the vicarage house still retained a 'portion of its ancient woodwork' which was the chamber window described by Bridges. (1) (2)

<1> Foard G.; Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Higham Ferrers (Medieval - Industrial), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100543.

<2> COLBECK J., 1737, Higham Ferrers, 1737 (NRO Map 1004), (unchecked) (Map). SNN100548.

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