Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hoghton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Hoghton, township and vil. with ry. sta., Leyland par., N. Lancashire, on river Darwen, 5 miles SW. of Blackburn, 2224 ac. (30 water), pop. 871; P.O.; the ruins of Hoghton Tower, in which James I. was entertained in 1617, stand on a rock to N. of vil.