- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Houghton on the Hill is a village lying six miles to the east of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 UK census was 1,524.
An entry for Houghton on the Hill is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Houghton on the Hill from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL, a village and a parish in Billesdon [registration] district, Leicestershire. The village stands 2¾ miles WNW of Billesdon, and 6 E by S of Leicester [railway] station; and has a post office, of the name of Houghton, under Leicester. The parish comprises 2,450 acres. Real property: £3,672. Population: 449. Houses: 100. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to H. L. Keek, Esq. There is a mineral spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value: £262. Patron: W. Freer, Esq. The church is old; was recently restored; and has a spire, open seats, and an old font. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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