Monument record 7196/135 - Tenement group, High Street

For full details of tenements see section 10 Historical Topography in main report.
The expansion of the town in the 12th and 13th centuries will have occurred to some degree through subdivision in of tenements and by encroachments, but there is also good evidence of expansion. The clearest example is the development along the road running south from the market place in an area known as Newland in 1720. This almost certainly represents encroachment in four separate blocks, defined by the side roads which relate to adjacent furlong boundaries, over parts of four furlongs running parallel to the main road. The greatest concentration of burgage tenements in the 18th century, after the market place, is in the Newlands. (1) (2) (3)

<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.

<3> Bainbridge T., 1789, Higham Ferrers, 1789 (NRO Map 1000), (unchecked) (Map). SNN100544.

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