| Name | Higham Dykes |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 55.073°N 1.791°W |
| Located in | Northumberland, England |
| See also | Ponteland, Northumberland, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Castle Ward, Northumberland, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Castle Ward Rural, Northumberland, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1955 | | Ponteland, Northumberland, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1955 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Higham Dykes from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "HIGHAM-DYKES, a township in Ponteland parish, Northumberland; 7 miles SSW of Morpeth. Acres: 219. Population: 26. Houses: 5."
Higham Dykes was a township in the ancient parish of Ponteland and became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1955 the civil parish was abolished and the area was absorbed back into the parish of Ponteland.
Research Tips
- Northumberland Archives previously known as Northumberland Collections Service and Northumberland County Record Office. Now based within Woodhorn Museum in Ashington and providing free access to numerous records for local and family historians alike.
- Full postal address: Museum and Northumberland Archives, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF; Phone: 01670 624455
- There is a branch office in Berwick upon Tweed.
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