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Street in Houghton le Spring. Street near the church in Houghton le Spring. St Michael and All Angels, Houghton le Spring. Stunning stained glass window. Stained glass in Houghton le Spring church.

The Minto Family:

The Reveley (Reaveley) Family:

The Hunter Family:

Also born in this parish:

Houghton le Spring

The Winskill Family:

WILLS

Information about transcripts of wills can be found here

Ellen REVELEY,   1874

George Henry REVELEY,   1877

Hannah REVELEY,   1863

Henry REVELEY,   1879

John REVELEY,   1868

Sarah Ann REVELEY,   1874


Ann MINTO,  Abt 1864

Annie Weir MINTO,   Abt 1860

Catherine MINTO,   1851

Elizabeth MINTO,   Abt 1869

Elizabeth Ann MINTO,   1847

Elizabeth Catherine MINTO,   Abt 1837

Elizabeth Jane MINTO,   Abt 1853

Emma MINTO,   1859

Harry MINTO,   1856

Jane Ann MINTO,   1842

Jane Weir MINTO,   Abt 1858

John MINTO,   Abt 1856

John George MINTO,   Abt 1845

Peter MINTO,   Abt 1863

Peter Ditchburn MINTO,   Abt Dec 1850

Phoebe MINTO,   1854

Sarah Jane MINTO,   1849

Thomas MINTO,   Abt 1847

Thomas MINTO,   Abt 1872

William MINTO,   Abt 1839

William MINTO,   Abt 1849

William MINTO,   Abt 1858

William MINTO,   Abt 1860


The Spottiswood Family:

Annie SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1868

Catherine  SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1865

Ellen  SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1858

Mary  SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1875

Peter  SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1878

Sarah  SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1870

Thomas  SPOTTISWOOD,   Abt 1861


Ann ALLINSON,   1863

John ALLINSON,   Abt 1865

Esther BOLTON,  Abt 1894

Margaret BROWN,   1805

Robert COLLEDGE, Abt 1828

Elizabeth COLLING,   Abt 1836

Robert DINNING,   1868

Martha DOBBINS,   27 March 1883

Thomas DOBBINS,   22 March 1880

William James DOBBINS,   12 March 1878

Thomas DODDS,   Abt 1767

Ann ERRINGTON,   1833

Elizabeth FERRIS, Abt 1845

Isabella GIBBONS, Abt 1829

Catherine GLADDERS,   1850

John HUTCHINSON,   Abt 1823

Alfred IRISH,   1903

George JACKSON,   Abt 1842

Thomas KELL,   ABT 1853

John MASON,   1826

Ann MITCHESON,   1823

Francis MITCHESON,   Abt 1828

John MITCHESON,   1818

Sarah MITCHESON,   1821

Robert MURRAY,   Abt 1843

Elizabeth Annie NICHOLSON,   11 March 1888

Emma Minto NICHOLSON,   1895

Harry Minto NICHOLSON,   1892

John William NICHOLSON,   1899

Thomas NICHOLSON,   1891

Jane PLUSE,   1839

John PLUSE,   1834

Thomas ROBINSON,   Abt 1879

Ellen SMITH,   Abt 30 Mar 1891

John Thomas TRUWICK,  1887

Mary Jane TRUWICK,  1888

Richard WATSON,   27 November 1881


Amelia WINSKILL,   Abt 1845

Charles F WINSKILL ,  Abt 1847

James L WINSKILL,   Abt 1843

Margaret A WINSKILL,   Abt 1841

Robert T B WINSKILL,   Abt 1850


Ann HUNTER,   1776

Elizabeth HUNTER,   1774

Jane HUNTER,   1778

Margaret HUNTER,   1784

Ralph HUNTER,   1787


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Roman artefacts have been found under the Church of St Michael and All Angels, as well as some from even earlier times.  The first mine was sunk here in 1823.

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