Hoghton

For other uses, see Hoghton (disambiguation).

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
Holy Trinity Parish Church
Hoghton Shown within Chorley Borough Show map of the Borough of Chorley Hoghton Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	802 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SD614263
Civil parish	Hoghton
District	Chorley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR5
Dialling code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Chorley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.732°N 2.586°W / 53.732; -2.586

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]

Notable people

Sheila Dillon, 2020

• Sir Richard Hoghton, 1st Baronet (1570–1630), landowner and politician, sat in the House of Commons, 1601 and 1611.
• Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet (1591–1648), Royalist and politician, sat in the House of Commons, 1614 and 1640.
• Sir Richard Hoghton, 3rd Baronet (c. 1616–1678), Roundhead and politician, sat in the House of Commons, 1640 and 1656.
• James Miller (1890–1916), Private in the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sheila Dillon (born c. 1955), British food journalist, presenter of the BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme

See also

• Listed buildings in Hoghton