1 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

1836 – The Legge & Miller’s solicitors firm was established.
1885 – John Robinson Legge, founder of the solicitors firm, died aged 75 years and was buried at Hillside Cemetery on February 27th 1885.
1914 – David Miller, solicitor, clerk to the Magistrates.
1938 – Legge & Miller solicitors, telephone number 19.
1948 – Legge & Miller, solicitors.
2000 – advert – Nicholson Martin Legge & Miller, solicitors.
2001 – advert – Nicholson Martin Legge & Miller, solicitors. We have supported the people of Houghton in all their legal requirements since 1836.
2002 - 2011 – Occupied by Springs fish and chips restaurant, which opened in December 2002.
2012 – For sale/to let.

3 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

(Post Office tbc as having been 3 Sunderland Street, but was definitely between Legge & Miller and Pallisters).
Early 1800s – Houghton’s Post Office during the days of the stagecoach;
1854 – The first Post Office in Houghton dates from 1854 when the postmaster was Robert T Burne. It was open week days from 10am until 6pm. On Sundays, callers at the Post Office window could collect their post between 9am and 10am.
1901 – Elizabeth and Christopher Plews (51) plus children Elizabeth (28), Lena (20) and William (8).
1911 – 3 Sunderland Street - A.E. Taylor, aged 32 years, sub-postmaster.
c1891 - The proprietor was Christopher Plews, who also had a successful photography business.
1914 – Albert E Taylor, sub-postmaster.
c1918 – The Post Office relocated to 48 Newbottle Street.
2009 – Occupied by Bradley Robinsons Group, mortgage brokers.
2009 – Occupied by KC Haikings, optical goods.

Pallister's, 5 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

1861 – Margaret Pallister, widow, aged 66 years, general draper, employed 15 men and 6 boys, lived at the premises with children Margret Pallister (35), William (33), Martha (25) and Alice (23).
1938 – WM Pallister & Co Ltd, linen and woollen drapers.
1944 – advert – Wm Pallister & Co Ltd, 6 – 7 Sunderland Street, general drapers and house furnishers. ‘Phone Houghton 140 and at Morpeth.
1948 – 5 Sunderland Street - Pallisters & Co, drapers.
1954 – advert – Pallister’s, Houghton’s oldest yet most modern store.
Present – Appears to have been demolished and is now the location of Broadway House, DSS offices.

7 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

1966 – Described in a County Council development plan (for the A690 dual-carriageway) as: “warehouse, former smithy yard and outbuildings at rear”.
To be confirmed as being the property next door to Pallister’s at No 5.
Double gates lead to the back yard of Pallister’s and a Methodist family lived in a house called 'Ivy Cottage' in the same grounds as the smithy.

13 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

To be confirmed as being No 13; description from 1966 suggests it was.
1911 – Alfred H. Ormston, aged 38 years, butcher.
1933 – bankruptcy notice – Bertram Douglas Heron, butcher, residing at 11 Edwin Street.
1912 – photo – Alf Ormston, butchers.
After the 1950s, this was Clifton’s butchers.
1966 – Described in a County Council development plan (for the A690 dual-carriageway) as: “shop and store, shop at rear facing onto Frederick Place”.
c1968 - The modern Buffs Social Club was built on the site and took the address of Frederick Place.
2010 – The Buffaloes Club ceased trading on September 14th 2010.
2011 – J.D Weatherpoons opened the Wild Boar on April 19th 2011 following a massive renovation of the building

15 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

To be confirmed as being No 15; description from 1966 suggests it was.
1901 – Occupied by Thomas and Hannah Burn, and children William, Elizabeth and Sarah.
1966 – Described in a County Council development plan (for the A690 dual-carriageway) as: “offices of the Sunderland Echo, veterinary surgery and yard common with Nos 13 and 17 Sunderland Street”.

17 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1914 – Thomas Burn, leather cutter.
1948 - Clark Bros, cycle dealers.
1962 – advert – W.Burns Commission Agent, horse racing, greyhounds and football.
1966 – Described in a County Council development plan (for the A690 dual-carriageway) as: “office and outbuildings”.

The Black Lion Inn, Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South East side)

One of the four lion pubs of Houghton, proprietors have included:
1824, 1827 & 1829 - George Dodgshon.
1834 – Alex Newley.
1847-1848 – Chris Harrison.
1851-1856 – Jacob Gibson.
1871-1872 – C.Binks.
1851 & 1855 - Jacob Gibson.
1858 - Thomas Hopper.
1864-1865 – Elizabeth Nowley.
1873 – Mrs Jane Binks.
1876-1877 – James Hope (September 15th 1876).
1881 & 1890 - George Bradbrook, a member of Paul Lanagan’s family tree. In 1871 he was landlord of the Beehive Pub, Sedgeletch, along with his brother, James Bradbrook. By 1881 he was recorded as being innkeeper of the Black Lion pub, Sunderland Street East. He was still there in 1890. He died in 1898 and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on May 11th 1898, abode at time of death being: Houghton Poor House.
1893-1894 - William Wilson.
1901 – Occupied by William Wilson, (55) a licensed victualler, wife Elizabeth Wilson, and grown children John (widow), William and Mary. Also living there was William’s aged sister, Elizabeth (75), his granddaughter Wanless F, and servant Mary Ann Glass.
1905 – Mrs Elizabeth Wilson (August 20th 1905).
1911 – Elizabeth Wilson, aged 62 years, innkeeper of the Black Lion.
1913 – London Gazette notice – March - The Friendly Society of Women, which held meetings at the Black Lion Inn, Sunderland Street, ceased to exist.
1923 – John Wilson (May 3rd 1923).
1930 – Ellison Spark (January 2nd 1930).
1934 – James Allin (April 19th 1934).
1938 & 1938 - Jason Farrell.
1966 – Described in a County Council development plan (for the A690 dual-carriageway) as: “The Black Lion, flat, yard, garage and outbuildings”.
Late 1960s – Managed by Robert Hardie for Vaux.
1969 – Ceased trading on January 26th 1969. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

23 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by William A Johnston, wife Violet and children James, Nora, Alexander and Isabella.
1906 – William Wilson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in December 1906.
1911 – Laura Wilson, aged 29 years, shopkeeper (widowed).
1914 – William Bassett, fried fish dealer. Fish & Chip Saloon.
1948 – Grabham Ltd, wallpaper dealers.
1954 – advert – A.Hector Grabham Retail Ltd, 23 Sunderland Street, Branches all over the North.

Primitive Methodist Chapel, 59 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring (east side)

1855 - A Primitive Methodist Chapel opened on Sunderland Street in September 1855. This was located five properties before the William Street opening on the east side of the street, directly opposite 50 Sunderland Street. It is estimated that this would make it 59 Sunderland Street.
1911 – 59 Sunderland Street was occupied by a miner.

61 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring (east side tbc)

1911 – William Richardson, aged 65 years, retired oil merchant.
1914 – William Richardson, boot repairer.
1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – R. Waite, high class boot and shoe repairer.
1966 – At the A690 dual-carriageway public enquiry, Mr RJ Waite, “the tenant of a very small property at 61 Sunderland Street” objected to the proposal because the “present premises are adequate and well placed for his trade of shoe repairing. He needs alternative accommodation but not elaborate premises at high rents. This is his only source of income and the Council outht to find a spot where he can be re-accommodated.”

63 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring (east side tbc)

1911 – James Harland, aged 68 years, shopkeeper (draper).
1914 – John Murray, shopkeeper.
1938 – Arthur Lane, grocer.

65 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring (east side tbc)

1911 – George P. Leonard, aged 46 years, assessor and collector of taxes.

67 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring (east side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a labourer.
1914 – Miss Lily McFarlane, fruiterer.

69 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring (east side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a miner.

93 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1938 – Mr Robert Lincoln Liddell, insurance agent. See also 25 Sunderland Street.
1956 – Barbara Allison (nee Liddell) was born at 93 Sunderland Street. Her father was Robert Lincoln Liddell.
2002 – London Gazette – Bankruptcy Order for S.Tatah, Recruitment Consultant.
2002 – Sold for £56,000.

?95? Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

Details to go here.

97 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1914 – Mrs Eliza Jane McLoughlin, dress maker.

?99? Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

Details to go here.

101 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Matthew Brown, aged 33 years, builder.
1914 – Matthew Brown, house decorator.
1938 – Matthew Brown & Sons, builders.
1948 – M Brown & Sons, builder.

103 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Thomas Walker, Cooperative Store Manager.

105 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – John Peel Tulip, aged 40 years, Clerk District Education Committee.
1938 – Edgar Whitfield, grocer.
1948 – W Whitfield, grocers.
1972 – Bill Graney purchased 105 Sunderland Street in 1972 for £5,000. He sold the property a year later for £7,250.

Between the Ironside Street opening and Balfour Street opening there are 6 terraced properties: 107, 109, 111, 115, 117 & 119. There is no 113 in the lineup.

107 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Ridley Richardson, aged 32 years, cashier.
2003 – Sold for £59,000.
2004 – Sold for £165,000.
2005 – Sold for £174,000.
2009 – Occupied by The Serenity Room, beauty treatments.

109 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – John Hudson, aged 66 years, builder.

111 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – William Maddisonm, aged 51 years, joiner.
1916 – Anne E Maddison died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on October 20th 1916.

115 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Margaret Harland, widow; John Davies, aged 28 years, head lodger, Office of Customs & Excise.
1914 – John Davies, customs and excise officer.

117 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Jane Bell, aged 70 years, widow.
1945 – Hannah Bell, a former servant, lived at 117 Sunderland Street.
1958 – Houghton Meth Church Plan & Directory of 1958 states that 117 Sunderland Street was occupied by W. Richardson, a preacher.

119 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Elizabeth Reed (60) and son George Harle Reed (29), Auctioneer & House Agent.
1914 – George H Reed, auctioneer and deputy registrar of births, deaths and marriages and collector of taxes for Hetton and Houghton.
1914 – George Harle Reed, collector of taxes for Houghton and Hetton.

121 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Dorothy Hill, aged 67 years, boarding house keeper.
1914 – Houghton-le-Spring Central Conservative Association, Thomas William Vasey, registration agent and secretary.
2002 – Was home to the Chairman of the Northern Fast Electric Racing Club.

123 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – Thomas S Elliott, aged 44 years, Head Teacher elementary school (headmaster of the Council School, Newbottle Street).
1914 – Miss Lily Blenkinson, dressmaker.

125 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – William Proud, aged 55 years, miner Deputy Overman.
2003 – Sold for £75,000.

Epworth House, 127 - 129 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

Epworth House is the only double-fronted residential property on Sunderland Street. The original 'Epworth House' in gold on the glass over the door can still be seen. The house featured quite a nice staircase running up from the hall and was a manse house for the Methodist church.
1911 – Arthur Reeve, aged 59 years, Wesleyan Methodist Minister.
1914 – Rev Thomas J Hillary (Wesleyan).
1938 – Rev Stephen Atkinson.

131 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1911 – No entry on the 1911 Census.
1914 – Mrs Ellen Langdon, shopkeeper.
1930s – ‘Lady Langdon’, as she was known locally, lived in 131 Sunderland Street. She was the police matron in the 1930s and was well respected and feared!

133 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – Henry Fox, aged 46 years, Assurance Agent.
2004 – Sold for £135,000. Appears to have been rebuilt in recent years, as it is lower than the other properties.

134 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – William Young, aged 53 years, private means.
2001 – 134 Sunderland Street was sold on June 15th 2001 for £29,950.

135 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – Patrick King, aged 33 years, police constable.
2002 – Sold for £69,950.

137 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – Thomas F Smith, aged 42 years, miner.
2002 – Sold for £65,000.
2006 – Sold for £105,000.

139 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – No entry in the 1911 Census.
1914 – John W Pilkington died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in August 1914.
2009 – Occupied by a Sunderland Councillor
(Copt Hill Ward).

Ashley House, 141 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – James Scott, aged 43 years, tailor’s cutter.

143 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1905 – photo – this property does not appear in a photograph from 1905 showing Sunderland Street from the Hillside.
1911 – James Young, aged 48 years, boat dealer.
1999 & 2000 – advert – A. Charlton Building & Joinery, est. 1987.
2003 – Sold for £115,000. This is the last residential property before the Farm.
2003 – advert – A. Charlton Building & Joinery, est. 1987.
2010 – Having stood empty for a while, planning permission was granted for the conversion of the property into three flats.

High Hillside Farm, Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

1854 – Then known as Glebe Farm, this was the original entrance to the newly opened Hillside Cemetery.
1938 – High Hillside Farm – Rt Shepherd, farmer.

Hillside Cemetery Lodge, Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North East side)

For the full history and occupants of the Hillside Cemetery Lodge visit the Hillside Cemetery section.

WEST SIDE OF THE STREET (LEFT)

For the full history and occupants of this public house visit the Public Houses section.

? Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side)

Demolished buildings which housed the indoor market, property numbers to be confirmed.

Cox’s Market, 4 Sunderland Street
(South West side)

1938 – Cox’s Hardware Stores, 4 Sunderland Street – a notice appeared in the London Gazette on October 7th 1938 advising creditors of Mary Jane Cox to submit their claims by October 22nd.
1948 – Clifton & Lawson, butchers, in Cox’s market.

6 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side tbc)

1907 – coloured postcard – showing the shop with shutters down and Crake sign hanging.
1911 – John Crake, aged 55 years, confectioner.
1914 – J & M Crake, confectioners.
1930s – J.E Magee, baker.
1938 – Jas Edward Magee, grocer.

8 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side tbc)

c1900 – photo – Provision Merchant.
1911 – G.W. Martin, aged 25 years, gas fitter and slot collector.
1948 - Gordon House, Sunderland Street - Gordon’s, radio dealers.
1962 – advert – Houghton Rentals, TV rentals, from 4/- weekly, liberal allowance for your old set, telephone: 2128.
1962 – advert – Gordon’s, complete house furnishers, radio and television, and cycles, telephone: 2128.

10 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – John J. Welsh, aged 42 years, jeweller and watchmaker.
1914 – John Joseph Welsh, watch maker.
1938 – Jas. F Marshall, watch maker.
1944 – advert – J.F Marshall, jeweller and optician.

11 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side tbc)

1911 – William H. Flint, aged 27 years, retail pharmacist.
1914 – William Hastie Flint, chemist and druggist.
1930s – Shop sign reads 'W.H Flint'.
1944 – advert – W. H. Flint, MPS, Chemist, pure drugs, patent medicines, toilet and surgical requisites. Telephone Houghton 50.
1948 - W Flint, chemists and pharmacists.
2009 – Occupied by Hair Connection, hairdressers.

11a Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side tbc)

2009 – Occupied by K9 Cuts, dog grooming.

12 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side)

1911 – Christopher Richardson, aged 48 years, hairdresser.
1911 – photo – Name above shop reads ‘C.Richardson’ and has the appearance of a newsagents.
1914 – Christopher Richardson, hair dresser.
1938 – Ambrose Richardson, hairdresser.
1948 – A Richardson, hairdressers.
1966 & 1971 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert - Richardson’s Ladies’ Hairdresser, Newsagent & Tobacconists. Telephone: 2181.
1989 – 12 Sunderland Street became a takeaway following a planning application for change of use.
Present (2009) – May Ho Chinese takeaway.

14 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side tbc)

This building was demolished between 1951 and 1959, and is now a raised piece of land next to steps leading towards Pottery Yard.
1907 – William Ricketts died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in February 1907.
1911 – Occupied by a miner.
1911 – photo – Sign hanging outside says ‘The Knitting Shop’.
1914 – Mrs Agnes Harrison, draper.
1914 – Miss Lucy Jealous, confectioner. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

16 - 18 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(South West side tbc)

More information about this property can be found in the Public Houses section.
1898 – Records show that this property was a branch of the North-Eastern Banking Company. The property was still a bank in 1914.
1900s – Contrasting photos from 1916 and 1920 show that the property’s frontage was altered and heightened.
1900s – Old photos show that the property appears to have been heightened with a third floor.
1909 – Thomas C Jacques, who lived here, died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in June 1909.
1911 – 18 Sunderland Street – Joseph C. Kennedy, aged 34 years, bank manager.
1914 – North Eastern Bank; Joseph Charles Kennedy.
1938 – 18 Sunderland St – Martins Bank Ltd, H Walker, manager.
1940s – Property was a branch of Martins Bank.
1962 – Martins Bank, telephone: 3200.
1996 – advert – Flynns, live band every Saturday. Entry free.
December 2008 – October 2009 - Occupied by The Old Bank, bar and bistro, James Dunning as landlord.
August 2011 – The Cutting Lounge, ladies and gents hairdressing, opened in 18 Sunderland Street.

20 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1911 – Colombo Riani (22), head of household, confectioner and tobacconist; Alexander Riani (25); Margerit Riani (22), wife of Alexander; Giovanni Curiani (25), servant in business; and Domenic Lombandi (16), water servant.
1914 – Riani Brothers, confectioners, see also 67 Newbottle Street.
1956 – Rita Ridley Davison lived at 20 Sunderland Street.
Demolished and is now a grassed area next door to 16/18 Sunderland Street.

22 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1901 – Ellen Gibson, widow, and step-daughter Jane Ann (a talented artist), step-son Robert (bricklayer), sister Susanna, 16 year old nephew William, daughters Ellen and Maria May (both scholars).
1903 – Mary Haswell died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in June 1903.
1911 – Ellen Gibson, aged 45 years, widow (see also 87 Sunderland Street).
1914 – Home to John Forster, grocer, also of the Quay, Church Street.
During the late 1800s/early 1900s, this was a butchers shop owned by Jacob Robert Gibson. Jacob’s descendant, Allison Wright, believes that the shop became a pub in 1937 after Jacob’s wife died. Jacob’s brother, Frederick, ran a tailors from 21 Sunderland Street, and brother-in-law, Thomas Harland, ran another butchers at 38 Sunderland Street.

24 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1938 – 24 Sunderland St - Rt Ramshaw Lawson, butcher.
1948 - H Brown, butchers.
1952 map – Club (tbc as number 24); thought to be the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Club, which had a yard behind 22 and 24.

26 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1888 – Advert for Walter Willson’s 15th annual Christmas Sale (property number not given).
1914 – Walter Wilson Ltd, provision dealers.
1938 – Walter Willson Ltd, provision dealers.
1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – G. T. Eley, fireplace manufacturer, sink units etc. Telephone 3370.

28 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1910 – John G Richardson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in April 1910.
1911 – Occupied by a miner.
c1913 – c1924 - 28 Sunderland Street was home to Horace Kay, his wife Marie Kay (nee Lynch), and children Elizabeth, Frederick William and Stanley Horace. Sadly, Stanley was tragically killed on Whit Monday, June 9th 1924; he was flung from his parents motorcar half a mile south of Scotch Corner and run over by an oncoming car. Stanley was buried at Houghton Cemetery in Section G.
1914 – Ambrose Richardson, hair dresser.
1938 – Hy. Osbourne Brown, butcher.
May 1950 – advert – H.O. Brown, high class meat purveyor, Telephone 3292. Sausage a speciality.
1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – H. O. Brown, beef and pork butcher.

30 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1911 – Jane A. Rawling (74), widow; John Lightfoot Rawling (36), automobile engineer; and Albert Edward Rawling (36), automobile engineer.
1914 – Rawling Brothers, cycle dealers.
1938 – Albt Edward Rawling, motor engineer.
1938 – 30A Sunderland St – Mrs M Moody, florist.

Queen’s Head Public House, 32 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

Known locally as The Pillars. Confirmed as number 32 in an old directory and 1911 census.
1824, 1827, 1828 & 1829 – Robert Atkinson, proprietor.
1834 – Robert Binks, proprietor.
1841 – Edward Blackwell.
1851 – Edward Nowley.
1857-1856 – Alexander Nowley.
1858 – George Humble.
1864 – William Dawson.
1865-1872 - George Parkinson.
1877-1884 – Thomas Mowbray.
1890 – Jn Minto.
1894 – William Bell Smith.
1899 – Patrick Henry, who was fined £1 and 8s costs in 1904 for selling adulterated brandy.
1905 – Lambton Purvis (April 13th 1905).
1908 – James Meek (December 3rd 1908).
1910 & 1914 – Peter Wilson (August 11th 1910).
1911 – Peter Wilson, aged 38 years, innkeeper of Queen’s Head.
1918 – James Robert Taylor (April 11th 1918).
1935 – John George Burkhard (July 11th 1935).
1936 – Maureen Burkhard was born in the Queen’s Head pub on February 29th 1936, daughter of the proprietors, Jack and Nora Burkhard.
1938 – Queen’s Head PH - Jn Wm Ewart.
1948 – memory - Landlord of the Queen’s Head was Mr Vasey.
1958 – The Queen’s Head ceased trading on November 3rd 1958.

34 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – William Carmichael, 45 years, watchmaker dealer; wife Margaret Carmichael; and children Ethel, Emily, William, Nellie, and Leslie; and sister-in-law Emily Smith McFarlane.
1914 – William Carmichael, watchmaker.
1930 – Margaret Bowes grew up at 34 Sunderland Street, living there with her grandparents, the Carmichaels, following the death of her mother, Ethel Bowes (nee Carmichael) at the age of 38.
1930 – It is thought that Mr Carmichael retired before the War; the property was used by the Ministry of Food for the distribution of orange and baby milk.
1938 – 34 & 36 Sunderland Street – Wm Carmichael & Sons, watch makers.
1948 – W Carmichael, watchmakers.
1948+ - the property remained empty for a number of years. It was later used as a cafe until circa 1960.

36 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side tbc)

1911 – William Foxhall, aged 41 years, insurance agent.

38 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by Thomas Harland, butcher, his wife Elizabeth, and children Henry, Lily, and Minnie.
1909 - On August 30th 1909, Maggie, a resident of 38 Sunderland Street, sent a postcard of 'St Michael's Church interior' to her friend Lucy at an address in ‘Button Hole via Darlington’.
1911 – Thomas Harland, aged 54 years, butcher.
1914 - Thomas Harland, butchers. His brothers-in-law had businesses at 21 and 22 Sunderland Street.
1938 – John Harland was born at 38 Sunderland Street, the son of butcher Harry Harland.
February 1944 – advert – H. Harland family butcher. Telephone Houghton 123.
1948 – T Harland & Son, butchers.
1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – H. Harland, family butcher.
1968 – Harland’s Butchers closed.

40 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – William H. Sedgwick, aged 60 years, bootmaker dealer.
1914 – Blackstone & Co, tailors.

42 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Thomas E. Maggs, aged 27 years, plumber.
1914 – John Thompson, plumber.
1938 – 1968 – Occupied by Alf and Lily Snowdon.

44 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – T. S. C. Herbert, aged 73 years, house painter.
1914 – Pearl Assurance Co Limited, Richard Bolton, District, Supt.
1938 – 44a Sunderland St – Thomas Lamb, divisional inspector for County of Durham weights and measures department. Around this time it was also used as the Conservative Office.

46 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1906 – William H Redwood died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in May 1906.
1910 – Joseph Robinson Helleus died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in September 1910.
1911 – Occupied by a miner.
1936 – Methodist Church Preachers’ Plan printed by Breretons Lt, Printers, 46 Sunderland Street, Tel: 131.
1938 – Breretons Ltd, printers; proprietor James Brereton.
1948 - Breretons Ltd, printers, publishers and stationers, phone Houghton 131.
1954 – advert – Breretons Limited, commercial printing, Sunderland Street.
1962 – advert – Breretons Ltd, printers [forerunner of the Gilpin Press, Pottery Yard, which opened in 1970]. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

48 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a miner.

50 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side tbc)

1911 – John Petree, aged 50 years, gas works manager.

1951 – John Sidway and his wife, Laura, and children Bryn and Val, moved into 50 Sunderland Street. The house was split in two and the other family was Jack and Mary Brown and their daughter Janet.

52 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

1914 – Andrew Storm Harrison, draper. 52 Sunderland Street was a large house with a shop attached to the right.

The County Arms Public House, 54 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side tbc)

The County Arms was set back slightly from the road, on the corner of the George Street/Mautland Street opening, with its side wall being the right hand wall of number 52’s back yard.
1864-1890 – Mrs Caroline Hewison.
1894 – Mrs A Fleming.
1914-1924 – Mrs Ann Fleming, proprietor. Mrs Fleming was fined £1 and 8s costs for supplying unadulterated brandy.
1938 – County Arms PH, 54 Sunderland Street - Robert Donnelly.
1969 – The County Arms closed on April 17th 1969. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

Hopper House, 56 - 58 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

A branch store of the Hetton Downs Amicable Industrial (Co-operative) Society, a flat topped building, which backed onto Hopper House, former residence of George Hopper, the iron founder. The Branch Shops on Sunderland Street opened in 1903.
c1828 – George Hopper moved into Hopper House around 1828.
1851 – Hopper’s iron manufacturing business employed 120 men.
1861 – Hopper’s iron manufacturing business employed 113 men and 61 boys.
1871 – Hopper’s iron manufacturing business employed 650 to 700 hands. George Hopper died sometime after 1871, however his wife Elizabeth and some of his family remained in Hopper House until at least 1881.
1881 – John J Hopper, one of George’s sons, had become a partner in the business and described himself as a wire rope manufacturer, employing 8 men and 2 boys; the business had clearly declined.
1891 – Mary A Hopper (63 years) and Margaret Hopper (61 years) were living at Hopper House, ‘by their own means’.
1907 – Margaret Hopper died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in January 1907.
1922 – Jane Hopper died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in September 1922.
c1932 – memory – Hopper House was described as being: "an eerie Dickensian experience... badly dilapidated and a maze of small rooms crammed with large families of people."

Bay Horse Inn Public House, 60 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

This property, second up from the George St opening, is labelled on the 1939 OS Map as ‘PH’ and be process of elimination, could only have been the Bay Horse pub.
1841-1848 – John Vert, proprietor and Cartwright.
1851 – George Bell, innkeeper.
1855 – George Bell.
1858 – Mrs Margaret Liddle.
1861 – George Liddell, innkeeper and victualler.
1890 – Mrs Margaret Jane Berwick.
1894 – Mrs M A Richardson.
1901 – Bay Horse Tavern, 60 Sunderland Street - ???
1911 – 60 Sunderland St – Anne B. Leaton of Arbroath, aged 40 years, innkeeper; daughter Harriet R Leaton, school teacher; daughter Gertrude A Leaton, scholar; and Helen Colling, servant.
1914 – John Thomas Sherwood.
1938 – Mrs Elizabeth Elstob.
1953 – Stan L R Martin.
1962 – Telephone number: 3162, licensed for accommodation.
1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – Bay Horse Hotel, Prop: S. Martin. Telephone 3162.
1968 – The Bay Horse Public House was pulled down in May 1968. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

Hawdonside Works, 126 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(North West side)

Confirmed in the 1911 Census as being 126 Sunderland Street.
1911 – John Brown, aged 48 years, Court Builder [could be coach builder].
1914 – John Brown, builder, monumental mason and coach and motor body builder, and cartwright and motor garage.
WWII – Hawdonside Works was used as a hostel for agricultural workers during the Second World War.
1947 – William Wheatley & Son moved into the Hawdonside Works from their smaller premises in Pottery Yard. The property was formerly a garage and coachbuilding business.
1954 – advert – Wm Wheatley & Son, est 1863, manufacturing wholesale and retail confectioners, shops supplied, enquiries invited.
1960 – photo – Mr Alf Wheatley and his staff preparing mint rock inside the Hawdonside Works.
August 1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – Hawdonside Garage, Prop: N. Stammers and K. Wheatley. Telephone 3287.
1966 – At the A690 dual-carriageway public enquiry, William Wheatley and Son proposed that the Council take on their dwelling and factory premises in October 1967, as the firm would be extinguished by the road.
1967 – Newspaper article from November 1967 stated that the factory was being compulsory purchased and would likely close if new premises were not found.
1971 – It would appear that the Garage had moved from Sunderland Street to the Market Place, as an advert in Sign Post Church Magazine stated: Hawdonside Garage, for accident repairs and refinishing on all types of vehicles. 24 hr breakdown service from 1st January 1969. Market Place, tel: 2352 Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.
Find out more about the Wheatley family, confectioners, and their film star relative, Linden Travers by clicking HERE.

LOCATION TBC

The following properties are presented in numerical order, and not location order. Once their location on the Sunderland Street plan has been identified, the entry will be moved to the appropriate section in this article. Initial appearances suggest that even number properties were on the west side of the street, while odd numbered properties were on the east side of the street. However, it would be presumptuous to move the following properties without having confirmed their actual location.

Saville House, Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1914 – Rev Henry D Purdy M.A., Presbyterian Church of England.

9 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Henry H. Osmand, aged 68 years, joiner and carpenter.

21 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Frederick Gibson, tailor/shopkeeper, aged 45 years.
1911 – Frederick Gibson, aged 53 years, tailor.
1914 - Frederick Gibson, tailor. In the late 1800s/early 1900s, his brother Jacob Robert Gibson, ran a butchers shop at 22 Sunderland Street, while their brother-in-law, Thomas Harland, ran another butchers at 38 Sunderland Street.
1938 – Albert Wilson, boot repairs.
1948 – A Wilson, bootmakers.

25 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by John T. W. Minto (34), a saddler, and his widowed aunt, Elizabeth Wilson (67).
1911 – Edgar G. Liddell, aged 28 years, saddler. Edgar George Liddell ran a saddlers shop from 25 Sunderland Street and lived at the premises with his wife Jane (known as Jennie) and his son Robert Lincoln Liddell (see also 93 Sunderland Street).
1914 – Edgar George Liddell, saddler.
1938 – Mrs Eliz Nicholson, boot repairs.

27 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by George Johnson, coal miner, and his wife Mary.
1911 – George McFarlane, aged 59 years, machine fitter.
1932 – London Gazette – Used as a meeting place for creditors to receive the Liquidator’s report for Fatfield & District Women’s Social Club & Institute Ltd.
1938 – Robert Miller & Co, chartered accountants.

29 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1905 – Fred Watson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in April 1905.
1905 – Mary Wilson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in July 1905.
1908 – Mary Wilson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in October 1908.
1909 – Doris L Wilson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in January 1909.
1937 – London Gazette – Ernest Alan Boyston Priddin, Solicitors.
1938 – Arthur Ernest Priddin & Son, solicitors and commissioners for oaths, telephone number 108.
1948 – AE Priddin & Son, solicitors, phone Houghton 108.
1966 – At the A690 dual-carriageway public enquiry, Messrs AE Priddin and Son, solicitors of 27/29 Sunderland Street, raised concerns over issues relating to the firm relocating to new premises. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

31 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by Jane and Thomas H Stephenson (30) and son William, with boarders Beatrice and Charles A Dudley (theatrical act).
1911 – T. H. Stephenson, aged 40 years, carter [drove a vehicle used to transport goods].
1949 – Invoice – 31 Back Sunderland Street, workshop of James R Taylor & Sons.
1950 – advert – James R Taylor & Sons Ltd, registered office 130 Sunderland St, workshop and showrooms 31 Sunderland St, telephone 2270, Plumbers, Electrical, Sanitary and Heating Engineers.
1966 - Sign Post Church Magazine advert – Thomas Stappard, auctioneer, valuer and estate agent. Telephone 2105.
1966 – At the A690 dual-carriageway public enquiry, Mr T Stappard, who had an auction and estate office at 31 Sunderland Street, was “anxious to ensure that he had suitable alternative premises available before he has to leave his present premises”.

33 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by Jane and John Bell (grocer), children Robert, Isabella, Annie, Jeanie, John and servant Jane Bowman.
1911 – Newton Jealous, aged 29 years, house painter (see Rectory Time Line, 1948).
1914 – Mrs Ada Jealous, painter.

33A Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1938 – Sunrex Canine Welfare Centre, canine specialists (attendance 6.30 to 8.30pm).
1962 – advert – Thomas Stappard, auctioneer, valuer and estate agent. Auction and Estate Offices, telephone: 2105.

35 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1938 – Thompson Bros, grocers, known as Thompson’s Red Stamp Stores.

37 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1901 – Occupied by William Hay (78), a widower and retired railway labourer; housekeeper Elizabeth Atkinson and her children Albert and Elizabeth.
1911 – Occupied by a miner.
1931 & 1932 – London Gazette - Robert Miller, Chartered Accountant, of 37, Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring, appointed as Liquidator for various businesses in the area. [Is listed also as 27 Sunderland Street, so this could be an erroneous address].
1944 – advert – Gordon’s for Furniture, radio, cycles, prams. 37, 39, and 41 Sunderland Street. Telephone Houghton 28.
???? – Mags & Gordon. In 2011 Mr & Mrs Weston, of East Herrington, have in their possession an old cabinet featuring a small plaque reading: Mags & Gordon, 37 Sunderland St, Tel 24.

39 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a miner.
1944 – advert – Gordon’s for Furniture, radio, cycles, prams. 37, 39, and 41 Sunderland Street. Telephone Houghton 28.

41 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a two families, bricklayer and miner.
1944 – advert – Gordon’s for Furniture, radio, cycles, prams. 37, 39, and 41 Sunderland Street. Telephone Houghton 28.

43 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Frederick Berry, aged 33 years, boot repairer.
1914 – John Howe, shopkeeper.

45 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – John Coxon, aged 65 years, blacksmith.

47 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a miner.

49 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Fred Berry, aged 66 years, boot repairer.
1914 – Frederick Berry Snr, boot and shoe repairer.

51 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Edward Strachan, aged 75 years, draper and milliner.

53 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a widow.

55 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1905 – Isabella Clark died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in November 1905.
1911 – Percival W. Clark, aged 78 years, plumber; and William F. Clark, aged 41 years, grocer.
1914 – Robert W Fife, fried fish dealer.
1938 – Jn Middlemas, fried fish dealer.

56 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1907 – Margaret Hopper died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in January 1907.
1922 – Jane Hopper died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in September 1922.

57 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a miner.

62 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Occupied by a farm servant.

64 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1906 – Ann Elstob died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in February 1906.
1911 – Jane Elstob, aged 64 years, dressmaker.
1918 – Thomas J Elstob died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in April 1918.
1920 – Jane Elstob died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in February 1920.

66 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 –Occupied by a labourer.

68 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – William Atkinson, aged 36 years, photographer.
1914 – William Atkinson, photographer.
1926 – London Gazette notice – William Atkinson, taxi and bus proprietor.

71 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1903 – Dorothy E.L Eadie died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in August 1903.
1911 – Occupied by a miner.

Dinsdale House, 72 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Robert Wedgewood (31), grocery shop assistant; his wife Jane Ann Wedgewood (28); son Norman Wedgewood (5); and son Raymond Wedgewood (3). The Wedgewood family were accompanied by the following (presumed) lodgers, who were all Music Hall artistes: Herbert William Harwood (43) of Manchester; Sarah Harwood (35); Marie Dabe (15) of Liverpool; Winnifred Thompson (15) of Pendleton, Salford; Maude Marion Graham (15) of Manchester; Hilda Hitchins (16) of Gorton, Manchester; Agnes O Reilly (19) of Manchester; Gertrude Miller (16) of Hightown, Manchester; and Sarah Ellen Dolan (18) of Manchester.
1917 – Home of Elizabeth and William Prest. On October 6th 1917, their son, Richard was killed in action, aged 19. His brother, John, aged 28, was killed on April 25th 1918; both are commemorated on Houghton Cenotaph.
1948 – Dinsdale House Service Agency, bailiff and solicitors’ agents.

73 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1905 – Daniel Cave died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in January 1905.
1914 – Alberta H Shepherd died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in October 1914.

74 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1914 – Miss Elizabeth Irwin, shopkeeper.

75 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1905 – Elizabeth Shotton died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in June 1905.
1907 – Mary Forester died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in October 1907.
1914 – Mary Forester died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in August 1914.
1915 – Robert Forester died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in May 1915.
1920 – Mary Forester died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in March 1920.

76 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1938 – Mrs Lydia Turton, shopkeeper.

77 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1916 – Home of Private James Place, who was wounded in France and died at St James’ Hospital, London, aged 19 years. He was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in October 1916.

78 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1903 – Margaret Potts died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in May 1903.
1904 – Joseph Potts died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in December 1904.

79 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1906 – Minnie Telford died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in January 1906.

80 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1948 – W Scott, electrical engineers.

82 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Andrew Fairbairn, aged 37 years, clothier.
1918 – Jane A Morton died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in July 1918.

83 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

c1911 – A resident/lodger of 83 Sunderland Street posted a postcard on October 4th 1911 (year tbc) to a Miss Julia Harrison at Kildrought, Celbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland.
The message said: “Dear J, I got here at 12-10. I had a lovely crossing. I dident get sick. I love travelling now. Hope you are well, from Jr.”

84 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1905 – William Hunton lived at 84 Sunderland Street, and was an associate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
1911 – Llewelyn Thorman, aged 53 years, registrar of birth, marriages and deaths.
1917 – Llewellyn Thorman died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in February 1917. When Llewelyn died, his daughter Mary Thorman succeeded him as Registrar of BMD for Houghton-le-Spring.
1923 – Isabella T Thorman died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in February 1923.

85 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1904 – Frederick Dee died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in April 1904.
1914 – John Little died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in August 1914.

87 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1937 – On September 26th, Ellen Gibson, aged 73 years, died from heart failure during the night. Her funeral service took place at the nearby William Street Methodist Church. Ellen had previously lived at 22 Sunderland Street.

98 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1906 – Ernest Waller died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in March of 1906.
1919 – Home of Private Arthur Ernest Richardson, who died on March 5th 1919, aged 24 years. He was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery four days later.
1923 – Mary C Richardson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in August 1923.

Le Spring House, 100 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1906/08 – The Morley family moved into 100 Sunderland Street.
1911 – William Morley, aged 59 years, Sanitary Inspector.
1914 – William Morley, sanitary inspector to the Rural District Council.
1921 – The Morley family lived in No 100 until William Morley’s death in 1921.
1938 – George W Lambton, district clerk to County of Durham Education Committee & Juvenile Employment Bureau.

102 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1909 – John Greeves died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on December 28th 1909.
1911 – William Shearer, aged 35 years, colliery bricklayer.
1966 – At the A690 dual-carriageway public enquiry, Mrs Clark of 102 Sunderland Street had no objection to the proposal but wanted to able to purchase another house to replace the one she was losing.

104 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1904 – Frances E Dixon died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on February 13th 1904.
1911 – Thomas Leonard, aged 34 years, miner. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

106 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – Elizabeth Craig died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on November 9th 1911.
1911 – Thomas Bateman, aged 52 years, colliery labourer.
1916 – George Snowdon died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on July 26th 1916.
1953 & 1956 – Crufts booklet – Mr W Hancock entered a fox terrier into the 1953 & 1956 Crufts competition.

108 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1904 – Thomas F Cave died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on February 20th 1904.
1911 – Occupied by Patrick Dolan, aged 40 years, miner.
1933 – October 20th – the basement of 108 Sunderland Street was certified as a place of meeting for religious worship.
1934 – London Gazette – Notice was given that the Christian Spiritualist Church situated in the basement of 108 Sunderland Street ceased to be used as a place of worship.

110 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1903 – Sarah J Blair died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on July 27th 1903.
1908 – Anne Brown died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on June 24th 1908.
1910 – Elizabeth A Archbold died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on October 1st 1910.
1911 – Joseph Finnigan, aged 41 years, colliery labourer.

112 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1903 – Mary J Moses died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on November 25th 1903.
1904 – Ralph Moses died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on October 26th 1904.
1905 – John Frost died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on February 21st 1905.
1911 – Joseph Hope, aged 34 years, colliery labourer. Article Copyright © Books of the North 2009 - 2011.

113 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1907 – Joseph Metcalfe died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on April 27th 1907.
1917 – Elizabeth Metcalfe died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on June 27th 1917.
1911 – William Barrett, aged 27 years, miner.

114 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1905 – Ralph Moses died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on June 20th 1905.
1905 – Ann Moses died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on July 10th 1905.
1911 – George R Charlton, aged 35 years, miner.

116 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1938 – Miss Mary Almond Leech, ladies hairdresser.

118 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1907 – Home to Mrs Hollis, widow of William Hollis, who was killed at Houghton Colliery and subsequently buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery.
1911 – John T Shaw, aged 30 years, miner; and Elizabeth Hollis, aged 56 years, widow.

Ram’s Head Inn Public House, 122 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

This was thought to have been on the east side, but exact building as of yet to be plotted on the street plan. Confirmed in the 1911 Census as being 122 Sunderland Street.
1824, 1827, 1828 & 1829 – Christopher T Peirson, proprietor.
1834 – Ralph Snaith, proprietor.
1851 – Arthur Binks.
1855 – Arthur Binks.
1858 – Arthur Binks.
1861 – Arthur Binks, tailor and innkeeper.
1894 – T Waller.
1911 – R. J. Robinson, aged 41 years, publican.
1914 – John R Robinson.
1917 – William Musselwhite (September 27th 1917).
1930 – The Ram’s Head’s licence expired on July 26th 1930.

124 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1903 – Dora Wilson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on July 25th 1903.
1904 – Elsie Wilson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on January 29th 1904.
1911 – George Wilson, aged 55 years, carter for lime and sand.
1944 – The burial notice of Robert Deighton, aged 13 months, of 124 Sunderland Street, was listed in the February 1944 edition of St Michael’s Church Magazine.

128 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – William Richardson, aged 71 years, retired Millwright Engineer.

130 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – John Gammie, aged 38 years, tailor’s cutter.
1938 – Taylor & Son, plumbers.
1949 – Invoice – James R Taylor & Sons.
1950 – advert – James R Taylor & Sons Ltd, registered office 130 Sunderland St, workshop and showrooms 31 Sunderland St, telephone 2270, Plumbers, Electrical, Sanitary and Heating Engineers.

132 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

1911 – William Robinbson, aged 60 years, grocer.
1912 – William Robinson’s grocery store was ransacked and looted by strikers.
1914 – William Robinson, grocer, also of 105 Newbottle Street.
1918 – William Robinson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on October 4th 1918.
1921 – Charlotte M Robinson died and was buried at Houghton Hillside Cemetery on June 2nd 1921.

229 Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring
(side tbc)

The number ‘229’ seems incongruous with the rest of the numbering of the street.
1911 – Henry Cox, aged 44 years, ironmonger and home furnisher.

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Compiling details for this street was as difficult and thanks are therefore extended to:

John Harland; Doreen Crossland; Allison Wright (for ongoing help with the Gibson family); Stuart Gray; Julia Gordon; Harry Smith; John Brereton; Joan Lambton; Denis Morrison; Jack Jordison; Debbie Brien; Bill Graney; Eddie; Val Milnes; to Barbara Allison for information and photographs of her family, the Liddells; and to Glenys Gibson for sharing the advert entries in her copy of the Grammar School’s magazine of March 1961.

A special thank you must be given to Ron Lawson, pub historian, not only for his generosity in sharing information but for his efforts in documenting the histories of all of old Durham’s pubs; and to Dr Jack Morley for the time he spent on Sunderland Street in 1911 (via the Census records!). Notices relating to bankruptcies are from the London Gazette.

The information in this article is presented in good faith, based on people's recollections and memories. Present dates relate to November 2009, with information obtained from the following websites: Royal Mail, City of Sunderland and other online directories. While every effort is made to ensure this article is accurate and uptodate, some errors may exist, such is the nature of recording local history; all suggestions would be most welcome.

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