HIGHAM FERRERS, a market town and municipal borough of Northamptonshire, England, on the Nene, 63 m. N.N.W. from London, on branches of the L.M.S. railway. Pop. (1931) 2,928. Higham (Hecham, Heccam, Hegham Ferers) was a large village before the Domesday survey. It was then held by William Peverel of the king, but passed to the families of Ferrers and later to de Valence and then to the crown. The castle, which may have been built before Henry III. visited Higham in 1229, is mentioned in 1322, but had been destroyed by 154o. To the Early English chancel of the church of St. Mary a very wide north aisle, resem bling a second nave, was added in the Decorated period, and the general appearance of the chancel, with its north aisle and Lady chapel, is Decorated. The west front was partially rebuilt in the I7th century. Close to the church stands a beautiful Perpendicular building, the school-house founded in 1422. The Bede House is a somewhat similar structure. In the town are remains of Chichele's college. Higham Ferrers, now almost continuous with Rushden (q.v.), makes boots and shoes.