 From the 14th century there was an additional settlement, known as Mill End, around the mill site.The settlement grew, particularly when the road became a turnpike and two alehouses, the Ship and the Chequers, opened in the late 18th century.Listed as "Hafucestune" in the 10th century and "Hauochestun" in the Domesday Book, the name Hauxton means "Farmstead of a man called Hafoc".