ID plaques on garages hired from Houghton Urban District Council (HUDC)

Each and every garage in the stock of Houghton Urban District Council was identidied by a small metal plaque featuring the words HUDC RATINGS DEPT and followed by a three or four digit number to identify it. Copyright © Books of the North 2012

Until recently it was thought that only one of these plaques remained - pinned to the former garage of Gilpin Press in Pottery Yard - but following a "Where am I?" photograph competition amongst the Houghton Heritage Society members, it was revealed that many more of the plaques were still around, even though many of the garages had long since changed hands following the end of Houghton Urban District Council in 1974.

Here follows a list of the plaques and the locations.

SEDGELETCH ROAD (NEAR AVE VIVIAN), FENCEHOUSES

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Article and research by Paul Lanagan, local historian

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Thanks are extended to Annie Lee for helping with photographs and locations, and Jane Melvin, Karen Bilton and Dawn Ramshaw for encouragement.

POTTERY YARD

RAILWAY STREET, GRASSWELL

MAIDSTONE TERRACE & BROMPTON TERRACE, NEWBOTTLE

OTTERBURN CRESCENT, BURNSIDE EST

AVENUE VIVIAN (NEAR LAMBTON LANE), FENCEHOUSES

DUBMIRE COURT, HIGH DUBMIRE

STATION TERRACE, FENCEHOUSES

SEDGELETCH ROAD (NEAR AVE VIVIAN), FENCEHOUSES