Town Hall

The Town Hall, erected in 1808, is a small building of stone, in a very plain style; petty sessions are held on the second Monday in each month, and occasional courts as required. The municipal insignia comprise one mace and a borough seal: the mace, of silvergilt, is 3 feet 3 inches in length, and has a slender shaft divided by knops into three sections, the head, supported on three plain scrolls, is elongated, and has four oval panels filled with various devices, and around it an inscription recording its gift to the borough in 1791 by John Lee esq M P for Higham: on the flat top are the royal arms, and surmounting the head an open crown with orb and cross: the donor's arms are engraved on the shaft. The circular seal exhibits a hand fesswise in the act of blessing, and below this nine heads couped at the neck, four respecting five, and around is the legend “SIGILLV . MVNICIPII . DE . HIGHAM . FERRERS."

Plaque of the town seal