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Houghton Conquest
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A brief note about the area
A book that turns its own pages and a spectral hand |
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The village name of Houghton Conquest is derived from the Old English words hoh and tun and means 'a farmstead on or near a ridge or spur of a hill'. The name appears as Houstone in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The Conquest aspect of the name is that of an important local family in the thirteenth century. The village contains the largest parish church in Bedfordshire. In the 2001 Census the parish population was 1,299.
The Knife and Cleaver in Houghton Conquest is haunted by two ghosts, one is thought to be male and the other female. A young student barman was rather shocked when he saw the pages of the booking diary turning over of their own accord. He was deeply shocked when a spectral hand suddenly appeared over his shoulder. It is said that virtually every day you will feel a draught as if someone has walked past you but there is never anyone there.
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