Hough-on-the-Hill
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| Hough on the Hill | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Hough-on-the-Hill, with its circular Saxon stair tower in front | |
  Hough on the Hill Location within Lincolnshire | |
| Population | 399 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK9246 |
| • London | 105 mi (169 km) S |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Dialling code | 01400 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
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.[1] It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) due north from the market town of Grantham. The hamlets of Gelston and Brandon are part of the parish. Hough-on-the-Hill is on a significant rise, hence the name.
The name Hough is Old English "haga", or 'enclosure'.[2]
The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Hag" and "Hache", comprising 45 households, four mills and a church.[3] It is not clear when the 'le Hill' or 'on the Hill' suffix was added.
An extensive Anglo-Saxon cemetery including both burials and cremations has been excavated on Lovedon Hill.[4]
There was also a medieval motte-and-bailey castle situated on a natural mound, known as Castle Hill, on which the church of All Saints was later built. It is an ancient scheduled monument.[5][6]
Hough Priory was located here, dependent on the Augustinian Abbey of Notre Dame du Voeu in Cherbourg; it was founded about 1164 and dissolved in about 1414. In 1432 it was granted to the Carthusian order of Mountgrace.[7] There are no remains.[8]
