2,924
edits
Houghton le Spring, Durham Genealogy (view source)
Revision as of 14:21, 22 July 2013
, 22 July 2013no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Durham Parishes]] | ||
<br> [[Image:Houghton le Spring St Michael & All Angels Co Durham.jpg|thumb|right]] | <br> [[Image:Houghton le Spring St Michael & All Angels Co Durham.jpg|thumb|right|Houghton le Spring St Michael & All Angels Co Durham.jpg]] | ||
== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING (St. Michael), a town and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 6½ miles (N. E.) from Durham, and 266 (N. N. W.) from London. There are meeting-houses for Baptists, Independents, and Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51049#s11 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 562-566. Date accessed: 22 July 2013.</ref> | HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING (St. Michael), a '''town''' and '''parish''', and the '''head of a union''', in the N. division of Easington ward and of the county of Durham, 6½ miles (N. E.) from Durham, and 266 (N. N. W.) from London. There are meeting-houses for Baptists, Independents, and Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51049#s11 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 562-566. Date accessed: 22 July 2013.</ref> | ||
<br> St Michael Houghton-le-Spring is an ancient parish and parts of the church are Norman the remainder thirteenth century. | <br> St Michael Houghton-le-Spring is an ancient parish and parts of the church are Norman the remainder thirteenth century. | ||