HOUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of HURSTINGSTONE,
county of HUNTINGDON, 2 miles (W. by N.)
from St. Ives, containing 427 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory with the curacy of Witton, in the archdeaconry
of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £34. 17. 8. Mrs. Peck was patroness
in 1811. The church is dedicated-to St. Mary.