Houghton-le-Spring, Market Place

HER Number:
3593

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Market Place

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:
Market

Site Type: Specific:
Market Place

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1850. This was the core of Houghton-le-Spring two-row medieval village. The original street arrangement can still be discerned to an extent.

Easting:
3469

Northing:
4994

Grid Reference:
NZ34694994

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey first edition 1850