Population 802 (2011 Census) Civil parish Hoghton Country England Shire county Lancashire District Borough of Chorley | OS grid reference SD614263 Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01254 UK parliament constituency Chorley | |
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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.
Map of Hoghton, UK
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 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 Houghton 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.