Hough may refer to: *

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, or severing the Achilles tendon of an animal * the leg or shin of an animal (in the Scots language), from which the dish potted hough is made * Hough (surname)

Communities

United Kingdom

* Hough, Alderley Edge, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

in Cheshire * Hough, Argyll and Bute, a location on the island of

Tiree Tiree (; gd, Tiriodh, ) is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The low-lying island, southwest of Coll, has an area of and a population of around 650. The land is highly fertile, and crofting, alongside tourism, an ...

, Scotland *

Hough, Cheshire Hough () is a village (at ) and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is south of Crewe and east of Nantwich. The parish also includes part of the settlement of Gooda ...

, a village near Crewe in north-west England * Hough End, an area of

Chorlton-cum-Hardy Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburban area of Manchester, England, southwest of the city centre. Chorlton ward had a population of 14,138 at the 2011 census, and Chorlton Park 15,147. By the 9th century, there was an Anglo-Saxon settlement her ...

, Manchester, England **location of

Hough End Hall Hough End Hall is a historic house now in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, (originally in Withington), Manchester, North West England. It was built in 1596 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I by Sir Nicholas Mosley (''ca.'' 1527–1612), when he became Lord ...

Hough Green Hough Green is a residential area of the town of Widnes, within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Historically, it was part of Lancashire until 1974. From 2014, Hough Green became a part of the Liverpool City R ...

, a residential area of the town of Widnes, England **

Hough Green railway station Hough Green railway station is a railway station to the west of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade listed building. The station is on the Liverpool–Warrington� ...

Hough-on-the-Hill Hough-on-the-Hill is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish including Brandon was 399 at the 2011 census. It is situated approximately due north from the market ...

, a village in Lincolnshire, north-east England *

Thornton Hough Thornton Hough () is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in Merseyside, England, of pre-Conquest origins. The village grew during the ownership of Joseph Hirst into a small model village and was later acquired by William Lever, founder of Lever ...

, a village in Merseyside, England

United States

''alphabetically by state'' *

Hough Springs, California Hough Springs (formerly, Hough's Mineral Springs) is a set of springs that was turned into a resort in the 19th century in Lake County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With n ...

, an unincorporated community in Lake County *

Hough, Cleveland Hough (pronounced ) is a neighborhood situated on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. Roughly two square miles, the neighborhood is bounded to Superior and Euclid Avenue between East 55th and East 105th streets. Placed between Downtown Cleveland a ...

, a neighborhood in Ohio **location of the Hough Riots * Hough, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in Texas County

Geographical features

* Hough Glacier, in Antarctica * Hough Peak, in Essex County, New York, U.S. * Houghs Creek (Delaware River tributary), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S. *

Houghs Neck Houghs Neck is a one-square-mile (2.6 km2) peninsula in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is surrounded by Quincy Bay, Hingham Bay and Rock Island Cove. It is lined by Perry Beach, which runs along Manet Avenue; Nut Island, which is just beyond Great ...

, a peninsula in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.

Schools

Hough Graduate School of Business The Hough Graduate School of Business is the home to the graduate business programs of the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. All programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Willi ...

, part of the University of Florida *

Thistley Hough Academy Thistley Hough Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The school was built in 1938 as a girls' grammar school, housed in a classical Art Deco building. The old b ...

, in Staffordshire, England

Other

* Hough Priory, in Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, England * Hough transform, a technique in digital image processing * Hough Windmill, in Swannington, Leicestershire, England {{disambiguation, geo