Hoghton
| Hoghton | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | PRESTON | |
| Postcode district | PR5 | |
| Dialling code | 01254 | |
| Police | Lancashire | |
| Fire | Lancashire | |
| Ambulance | North West | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Hoghton is a small village and
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
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]
See also
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ISBN 9780340165973.
- ^ "Country Gastro Pub Preston - Gastro Pub Blackburn - The Boars Head". The Boars Head Hoghton. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/food-drink-news/lancashire-pubs-burnt-down-whats-20954954
- ^ https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/8807794.award-winning-hoghton-restaurant-closes/
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoghton.
- Hoghton at chorley.gov.uk
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