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This hill is the last,southwesterly,tipof the Pendle range,which,falling away from the most Lancashireof all hills,throws up this last escarpment on the plain,mid-waybetween Preston and Blackburn.Crowning the hill is the house,the approach to it beginning to rise immediately behind the gateson the road,onwards and upwards in a straight half mile—fabulously long and steep it seemed in childhood,and the visitorsto whom it is new still find it so.  \nAll history is in the end local history,and the story of the greathouse on the sky-line,with its castellated front,its crowdingchimneys and gateways,has been part of the island story sincethe days of Elizabeth.The de Hoghton family was then alreadyold.In search of their origins we would have to part the mists oftime itself,when names were taken that described the essentialfeatures of the face of the earth on which men were learning tolive.Hoghton is certainly a place on a hill.The earliest pre-historic settlers,around what is now Preston,lived a semi-aquaticexistence as hunters and fishermen.After the Conquest comecrowding the early English figures,manorial officers with namesthat evoke their costumes—the reeve or bailiff who collected thelord’s leviots and quit-rents;the beadle who claimed the finesand amercements;the hayward,who had charge of the common,and various other functionaries,the herdsmen,swine-herd,woodward and surveyor of hedges.Amongst them one begins toglimpse,far off,the earliest half-legendary de Hoghtons,enteringthe long story with companions as strangely named as the manorialofficers—Alfgar,Morcar,Algitha,Corendrida,or Sybilla,directly  \ndescended from Earl Leofric and Lady Godiva,part of whoselands are still in possession of Hoghtons.Sybilla,in 1309,marriedSir Richard de Hoghton Kt.Then the tangled consonants beginto sort themselves out:de Hoghtons with more manageablenames appear,crossing and re-crossing like stage-warriors,tillthe sun breaks through,the ground clears,and at the beginningof Queen Elizabeth's reign Thomas Hoghton succeeds his fatherSir Richard,at the age of 41,and begins to replace the ancientmanor house which had for so long sheltered his forebears withthe present edifice,and to match so well the site with the styleof architecture.  \nIn Norman times the family had lived on the River Darwenbelow the hill.Their holdings were consolidated in the fourteenthcentury when Sir Richard de Hoghton married Sybilla de Leaand the heads of the family lived at Lea Hall (now a farm calledLea Old Hall)and they remained there until,in possession ofa great estate of more than 40,000 acres,including variousIancashire manors,—they entered the more spacious age of QueenElizabeth and,to match the dwelling with the age,ThomasHoghton built the house whose story is our main concern.  \nBut history did not begin again at that or any other point.Dense forest land still surrounded the house on the hill,and thehunting that had provided living in more primitive times wasincreasingly enjoyed as sport.The vast park was so full of talltimber that we are told a man could scarcely find the sun at noonand under the boughs walked boars and bulls“of a white andspangled colour\"with red deer in great plenty.The white bullat least survives in the family crest,riding the wind in the weathervane,or proclaiming on the flying standard that the master isat home.  \nOther survivors there are,however,who may claim an oldertenure than the de Hoghtons themselves—the birds,renewingtheir unbroken descent since before the dawn of history.Theyare kin to the sparrow that ","cbCaiq9LgtZ139mk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq9LgtZ139mk","pdf",2833915,44,"English","# The Great House on the Hill\n## Local History of the de Hoghtons\n## The Park, Forest Life, and Birds\n# The Catholic Period\n## Thomas Hoghton and the New House","[{\"question\":\"Why is Hoghton Tower described as hard to hide?\",\"answer\":\"Its hilltop position and the rise behind the gates allow the house to be visible for miles from whichever road approaches.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text connect Hoghton Tower to local history?\",\"answer\":\"It treats all history as local history, linking the house’s architecture and family story to the wider timeline of Lancashire and national reigns.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does the surrounding park and wildlife play in the description?\",\"answer\":\"The park and forests are portrayed as rich in timber, hunting life, and many bird species, emphasizing continuity between the estate’s environment and the family’s story.\"}]","Hoghton Tower - A Great House on a Hill Cannot Be Hid | PDF",1790691063,68]