Hoghton

For other uses, see Hoghton (disambiguation).

Hoghton
Holy Trinity Parish Church
Hoghton is located in the Borough of Chorley
Hoghton
Hoghton
Shown within Chorley Borough
Hoghton is located in Lancashire
Hoghton
Hoghton
Location within Lancashire
Population802 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD614263
Civil parish
  • Hoghton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPRESTON
Postcode districtPR5
Dialling code01254
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Lancashire
53°43′55″N 2°35′10″W / 53.732°N 2.586°W / 53.732; -2.586

Hoghton is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 802.[1] Brindle and Hoghton ward also includes the parish of Brindle.

Hoghton Tower is a fortified manor house, and the ancestral home of the de Hoghton family from the 12th century.

Also within the parish are the hamlets of Riley Green and Hoghton Bottoms. The villages of Gregson Lane and Coupe Green are sometimes described as lying in Hoghton, although they are outside the parish, forming the ward of Coupe Green and Gregson Lane in the South Ribble district.

A local folk tale tells that two Hoghton poachers once raided a rabbit warren inhabited by fairies. When they heard the fairies' voices coming from the sacks they were carrying, they fled in terror.[2]

The village has one public house, the Boar's Head, which claims to be one of the final overnight stops of the Pendle Witches before their eventual trials and sentencing at Lancaster in 1612.[3] The other pub in the village, The Sirloin, dating from 1617, burnt down in early February 2019. It had previously contained an award-winning restaurant. The name derived from a visit to nearby Hoghton Tower by James I in 1617.[4][5]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Hoghton Parish (E04005155)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 368. ISBN 9780340165973.
  3. ^ "Country Gastro Pub Preston - Gastro Pub Blackburn - The Boars Head". The Boars Head Hoghton. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ Earnshaw, Tom (4 July 2021). "Lancs pubs that have burnt down and what has happened to them since". Lancs Live. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  5. ^ Gee, Chris (23 January 2011). "Award-winning Hoghton restaurant closes". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2024.