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. 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
Gregson Lane is a village in Lancashire, England. It is situated between Bamber Bridge, Higher Walton, Coupe Green and Brindle, and is within four miles of the city of Preston.
Most of the village is in an unparished area of South Ribble boro ...
and
Coupe Green
Coupe Green or Coup Green is a village in Lancashire, England. It is located on the A675 between Higher Walton and Hoghton. The village is in the borough of South Ribble and the Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency. The village has a prima ...
are sometimes described as in Hoghton, although they are outside the parish, forming the ward of Coupe Green and Gregson Lane in the
South Ribble
South Ribble is a borough in the county of Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Leyland. The population, at the 2011 Census, was 109,057. Notable towns and villages include Walton le Dale, Bamber Bridge, Leyland and Penwortham. It ...
district.
A local folk tale tells that two Hoghton poachers once raided a rabbit warren inhabited by
fairies
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, o ...
. When they heard the fairies' voices coming from the sacks they were carrying, they fled in terror.
The village has two public houses: the Sirloin, which is reputed to be haunted, and 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.
See also
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Listed buildings in Hoghton
Hoghton is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. It contains 16 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highes ...
References
External links
Hoghtonat chorley.gov.uk
Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of Chorley
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