An Old Market Town

So I thought as we can't currently travel I would do a little blog about my home town Higham Ferrers which is located in Northamptonshire.

We moved to this gorgeous market town in 2000 and its a place we will now always call home, its full of character and charm with a population of just over 7000, The town centre contains many historic buildings around the Market Square and College Street.

The first Charter of 1251 was due to the lord of the Lord of the Manor, William de Ferrers, who created the Borough in order to promote a prosperous community at the gates of his castle, where people begun to settle in numbers and to trade in the ancient market. Today the Market town still thrives with a monthly traditional farmers market .

At Christmas the town is turned into a Victorian Christmas market with the buildings giving the town a picture postcard backdrop, in years gone by the smell of roasting Chestnuts makes it one of the best markets around for those wishing to turn back time.

Higham also boosts a magnificent church The spire and part of the tower collapsed in 1630 but were reconstructed immediately with the original stone and a crocheted spire, and a tablet high up on the West side of the tower commemorates this. The spire was extensively renovated and restored again in 2006 and work is ongoing today in 2021 to keep this magnificent historical church in pristine condition.

Chichele College
​The College founded by Henry Chichele in 1422 was for 8 chaplains, one of whom was to be the Master or Warden, 4 Clerks and 6 choristers. Today the restored parts of the college is used for public exhibitions and is open to the public to enjoy the grounds and continues to be a big part of the towns history.

If you ever get chance to visit the splendid market town be sure to bring you'r camera!

Below is a short film showing some of its glory.