Visit Hough-on-the-Hill Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hough-on-the-Hill

  

Hough-on-the-Hill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hough-on-the-Hill

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Hough-on-the-Hill history

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The name Hough is Old English “haga”, or ‘enclosure’ The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Hag” and “Hache” 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.

Hough-on-the-Hill landmarks

The Grade I listed church is dedicated to All Saints and dates back to the 11th century. It contains monuments to the Payne family and is notable for its Saxon tower with an unusual circular stairway. The Brownlow Arms public house was built in 1852 of ironstone and limestone.

You can visit Hough-on-the-Hill places with Walkfo Hough-on-the-Hill to hear history at Hough-on-the-Hill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hough-on-the-Hill has 12 places to visit in our interactive Hough-on-the-Hill map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Hough-on-the-Hill, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Hough-on-the-Hill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hough-on-the-Hill & the surrounding areas.

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12 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Hough-on-the-Hill tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hough-on-the-Hill

  

Best Hough-on-the-Hill places to visit

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Hough-on-the-Hill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hough-on-the-Hill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hough-on-the-Hill’s information audio spots:

Caythorpe Court Caythorpe Court was built in 1901 for Edgar Lubbock, a brewer and banker, to the designs of Sir Reginald Blomfield. In 1946 it became the Kesteven Agricultural College, which was renamed the Lincolnshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture. The college became the De Montfort School of Agriculture, but the site was closed in 2002. It was acquired by PGL who now operate it as a centre for adventure based holidays.

Frieston Frieston is situated just west of the A607 road, and 7 miles (11 km) north from Grantham. It is conjoined to the southern part of the village of Caythorpe. ‘Frieston’ is a name which belongs to the 5th-century settlement of Britain by Anglo-Saxons, in this area mainly Angles, but in this case Frisians.

St Nicholas Church, Normanton St Nicholas Church is a redundant Anglican church in Normanton-on-Cliffe, Lincolnshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It stands beside the road between Grantham and Lincoln.

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