Fox House, 81 Main Street, Higham on the Hill
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Fox House, 81 Main Street, Higham on the Hill
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 4 Aug 2021
Formally the Fox Inn that stopped operating as a public house in 2012 when planning permission was submitted and successfully granted for one new dwelling and to become a house. Possibly dating back to the 1820s or before it was rebuilt in the 1930s. A search of local directories found the following landlords, Pigot's directory given as 1822,1828 and 1835 Chas Ball, 1846 not found, 1854 John Ensor, 1861 George Deeming, 1863 Abraham Elson, 1870-1880 William Kendall (also wheelwright), 1887-1892 Josiah Good (also a blacksmith), 1895-1899 Thomas Taylor (also a blacksmith) and 1908 Frank Wells.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.555736
Longitude
-1.438001