| Display title | Houghton le Spring, Durham Poor Law Union |
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| Page creator | CliveJ (talk | contribs) |
| Date of page creation | 07:08, 24 March 2011 |
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| Date of latest edit | 11:58, 15 September 2023 |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | An hospital originally founded by Bernard Gilpin, for six aged people, was rebuilt and endowed by George Lilburne, Esq., and the Rev. George Davenport, formerly rector of the parish; the buildings are situated near the grammar school, and consist of a centre and two wings, each containing two tenements. The union workhouse is a substantial stone building: the union comprises 15 townships in the parish, and the township of Silksworth in the adjoining parish of Bishop-Wearmouth, and contains a population of 16,067. |