
Surname
origins |
Location
Derived from the location where an ancestor originated
or
Nickname
Derived from the nickname of an ancestor, describing their personality
or appearance
|
Meaning |
'Dweller
by the enclosure'
or
'High, tall'
|
Geographic
origins |
n/a |
Language |
Old
English |
Sources |
Reaney
& Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1958) |
My
line of the Heighes family can be traced back to a yeoman Edward Heighes
who lived in the East Worldham area of Hampshire towards the end of
the 17th century. Several generations of the Heighes family are buried
at the church in the village.
My line of the Heighes family - at least two generations who were
agricultural labourers - were later connected with the nearby villages
of Selborne
and Empshott
and the Sussex village of Northchapel before moving to Chiddingfold
in Surrey where in 1935 my grandmother married a Bradley. |
Do
you have a Heighes ancestor with a connection to one of the
following places? |
|
Selborne,
Hampshire |
|
1740-50s |
Empshott,
Hampshire |
|
1760-1900s |
Northchapel,
Sussex |
|
1850s |
Ramsnest
Common, Surrey |
|
1860-80s |
Chiddingfold,
Surrey |
|
1890-1930s |
|
Do
you have any information on the following people? |
|
Thomas
Heighes |
|
1748/49-1812 |
Thomas
Heighes |
|
d.
1847 |
Thomas
Heighes |
|
b.
1826/27 (in Empshott, Hampshire) |
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