The name Hough is Old English 'haga', or 'enclosure'.
The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Hag' and 'Hache', comprising 45 households, four mills and a church. 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.
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.
Hough Priory was located here, dependent on the Augustinian Abbey of Notre Dame du Voeu Cherburg; it was founded about 1164 and dissolved in about 1414. In 1432 it was granted to the Carthusian order of Mountgrace. There are no remains.
Grade I listed All Saints, is built of ironstone and limestone and dates back to the C11th. It was restored in 1845. It contains monuments to the Payne family and is notable for its Saxon tower with an unusual circular stairway. The top storey of the tower was added during the C15th
The former post office (closed 11 Oct 2000) is a Grade II listed C17th shop with house attached, built of ironstone and red brick.
The Grade II listed pub was built in 1852 of ironstone and limestone.
The old school and schoolhouse were built in 1867 on the site of the medieval castle but they are outside of the present scheduled area.
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THE CACHE
Underneath the village sign are two dates. They are ABCD and EFGH.
The cache can be found at:
N 53 00. (G+H) B A
W 000 37. (C+D) (E+A) (B-D)
About Village Sign Caches
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This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
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More information, bookmarks and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website
If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk
so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.