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| Name: | Historic settlement core of Houghton on the Hill |
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| HER Ref: | MLE16325 |
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| Parish: | Houghton on the Hill, Harborough, Leicestershire |
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| Grid Reference: | SK 678 034 |
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| Map: | Coming soon |
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Monument Types
- VILLAGE (Late Anglo Saxon to Late Post-medieval - 850 AD to 1899 AD)
Summary
Medieval and post-medieval historic settlement core, deduced using historic maps, etc.
Additional Information
<1> Bourne, Jill, 2003, Understanding Leicestershire & Rutland Place Names, p53 (Bibliographic reference). SLE220.
Known as Hohtone in 1086 (Domesday Book). OE hoh 'a heel a hill spur' + OE tun 'farmstead, village, small estate'. 'The settlement on the spur of the hill'.
Sources
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Bourne, Jill. 2003. Understanding Leicestershire & Rutland Place Names. p53. |
Associated Finds
Designations
- Conservation Area: Houghton on the Hill
Images
 Ridge and furrow round Houghton © LCC |  Houghton on the Hill © LCC |
 Houghton on the Hill © LCC |  Houghton on the Hill © LCC |
 Pond earthworks S of the church © LCC |  Ridge and furrow around Houghton on the Hill © Leicestershire County Council |
 Ridge and furrow around Houghton on the Hill © Leicestershire County Council | |
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