[2] The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Hag" and "Hache", comprising 45 households, four mills and a church.

[5][6] Hough Priory was located here, dependent on the Augustinian Abbey of Notre Dame du Voeu in Cherbourg; it was founded about 1164 and dissolved in about 1414.

[8] The Grade I listed church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is built of ironstone and limestone and dates back to the 11th century.

[9][10] The post office is a Grade II listed 17th-century shop with house attached, built of ironstone and red brick.

[11] The Grade II listed Brownlow Arms public house was built in 1852 of ironstone and limestone.