Habrough is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book, with 28 households, a mill and a saltern.[3] There was a manor house here, of which only earthworks remain south east from the church. It belonged during the 13th and 14th centuries to the de Saltfletby family, and later the Skipwith family. The manor was reputedly abandoned when the Skipwith line died out.[4] Today the village has land owned by the Earl of Yarborough and is situated less than 1 mile (1.6 km) away from the Brocklesby House Estate of the Earl of Yarborough.
Habrough Parish Council is made up of seven elected members and holds its meetings in the rear room of Habrough Village Hall at 7.30 pm on the first Monday of each month. If the Monday is a bank holiday, then the meeting is moved back a week to the following Monday.