This hilltop village, which consists of a church, farm and small industrial unit and one or two houses, gets the second part of its name from the Gobion family, who resided in this area after the Norman invasion of 1066.

The Anglican church, dedicated to St. Margaret, dates from c.1300, but was much restored during the Victorian period.

It contains a monument to Dr. Edmund Castell, who died in 1674 and was a Professor of Arabic at Cambridge.

He was a rector at Higham during the last years of his life and lived in the adjoining (and much restored), former rectory.

[3] Additionally, the majority of this community is in the catchment area for Samuel Whitbread Academy, which has upper secondary and sixth form.