About Highnam
Click here for a map of Highnam, drawn up in 1987 (but updated!) by the Junior classes of Highnam School.
Click here for details of next year's Highnam Court Spring Fair
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Walking Around Highnam - a leaflet covering all the permissive paths in Highnam is available for sale at various locations around the parish, including the village shop and the parish office, at a price of £2.
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Village Link - is the Magazine for Highnam, Rudford, Tibberton & Taynton which is delivered free to all houses in the Benefice. If you want to place an advertisement, advertise an event or have an item of news, please contact the Editor: Carole Bevan, 4 Old Court Drive, Tibberton GL19 3AS 01452 790424 or e-mail: familybevan@talk21.com
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THE
WILLIAM ANDREWS FOUNDATION
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The following was a letter delivered to all new residents as they moved into the Bovis houses from June 1977 onwards. It was written by the then Rector, John Sayer, and welcomed us all to Highnam
"At long last, human faces and voices are replacing mounds of bricks and the sound of the bulldozers. It is a time of joy for us all and we extend a very warm welcome to you. Everything must seem very new and strange as you begin to convert houses into homes and to form new relationships in new surroundings. Try not to place too much emphasis, however, on 'newness'. Highnam itself is a relatively recent community.
Let me give you a brief introduction. Before 1851 Highnam was just a hamlet, part of the ancient parish of Churcham, although we have our own special little niche in our national history. In 1851 our Church, the gift of Thomas Gambier Parry of Highnam Court, was consecrated and dedicated and a new ecclesiastical parish came into being, comprising of the hamlets of Highnam, Over and Linton. A school, also the gift of Parry, was built and still provides for the primary education of our children. In 1928 the Parish of Lassington was added, the vicarage became a rectory, and much later in 1955 the Parish of Rudford with Highleadon was joined to form a united benefice.
The development of Maidenhall was begun prior to 1939 as part of a much larger scheme but the war, and subsequent crises, brought the project to a standstill and building was restricted to Maidenhall when restrictions were eased. With the extension of the dual-carriageway and the building of the new bridges at Westgate and Over just over three years ago, further development on a much larger scale, became inevitable. You know the rest of the story, now you can understand that you are part of a continuous growth.
Under the recent reorganisation of Local Government, Highnam has become part of the newly formed Tewkesbury District Council. Our own local affairs are the province of our Parish Council, to whose concern for the community we owe a great debt; it ensured, as far as it was able, the harmonious integration of the new housing into the environment.
We are very fortunate indeed to have the dual benefits of town and countryside; both are easily accessible from your home. Over the years a community spirit, consistent with a growing population, has been fostered so that today, within our parish boundaries, there is something to cater for most tastes and age-groups. With your help and your talents this process will continue until all the gaps are filled.
Our school, in its delightful setting, is now a Church of England controlled school with very high standards. As you know, a new and larger school is planned and it is currently included in the 1979-82 LEA programme.
We are fortunate too in the field of the arts, for The Courtyard Arts Trust has its headquarters here in Highnam, and has in recent years staged several outstanding events, some of them in our church. The Arts Trust can do much to enrich our life here. Add to all this a very flourishing range parish activities - a vital Women's Institute, Scouts and Cubs, a cricket club, a youth club, keep fit classes for ladies, flower arranging classes, badminton, painting and a playgroup (starting in January 1978).
Our Parish Church is a lovely building, not old, but worthy of Sir John Betjeman's adoration. There is a Women's Fellowship meeting once a month at the The Rectory and a fortnightly Embroidery Guild session in member's home.
The future is very bright for Highnam, and your coming to live with us will make a very great contribution to our community life.
Yours very sincerely
John Sayer, Rector."
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