According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Haugham derives from "high or chief homestead", from the Old English 'heah' and 'ham'.

The priory of Haugham was built upon land granted by Hugh, Earl of Chester, towards the end of the eleventh century, to the Benedictine abbot and convent of St. Severus in the diocese of Coutances.

[3] In 1885 Kelly's Directory noted that the lord of the manor and sole landowner of Haugham was Henry Chaplin MP, PC.

Haugham consisted of 1,907 acres (7.7 km2), of which 450 were woodland, with agricultural production as chiefly wheat, barley and oats.

[4] The Parish Council is the level of local government in East Lindsey nearest to the people of Haugham.