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In 1973 the Diocese of Durham gave permission for the then Houghton Urban District Council to clear the plateau area of Houghton Hillside Cemetery - Operation Eyesore - to make the grass cutting easier!
The names below are from the documented headstones, with dozens more still left to be documented.
If you are interested in any of the names below, click HERE to find out how to receive further details. Left: The headstones before they were bulldozed |
INFORMATION WE MAY HAVE
Many of the headstones have been flattened and buried. Details have been recorded from the remaining ones.
NAMES
ON RECORD [CIRCA 80% OF REMAINING HEADSTONES - UPDATED 19/08/11] |
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| M | N | O | P
| Q | R | S | T | U
| V | W | XYZ
As
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NAMEABODEAGEINSCRIPTIONDATE
OF DEATHDATE
OF FUNERALGRAVE
LOCATIONCEREMONY
PERFORMED BY
Thomas
William Usherwood RobinsonHardwick
Hall, Sedgefield
62 yearsTHOMAS WILLIAM USHERWOOD ROBINSON born January 24th 1826 died August 25th 1888August
25 1888August
28 1888G0008John
Grey, Rector
William JoyceChilton Moor54 yearsIn affectionate remembrance of WILLIAM JOYCE who died 21st Jan. 1882 aged 54 years. Erected as a token of respect and esteem by the Rainton Colliery officials and workmen together with the friends of deceased who was foreman fitter at Chilton Moor Works for many yearsJanuary 21st 1882January 24th 1882G0004RLH Gough
James Meikle John172 Nesham Place, Houghton-le-Spring67 yearsIN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF JAMES MEIKLEJOHN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 27TH 1890, AGED 67 YEARS ALSO MARY, HIS DAUGHTER WHO ENTERED INTO REST APRIL 16TH 1935 AGED 86 YEARS, "AT REST IN JESUS"April 16th 1935UnknownG0153Unknown
Henry Adams
Mary Adams
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Bs [TOP]
Maria BALL
John BECKWITH
Priscilla Maria BECKWITH
William Beckwith
George BELL
John BELL
Maragaret BELL
Ralph BELL
Jane Bellerby
William Addison BIRKBECK
Elizabeth BIRKBECK
James Blake
Sarah Booth
Dorothy Bov?
George Bov?
George Bowden
Isabella Bowden
Thomas Matthew Bowden
Edward Broderick
Ann BROWN
George BROWN
Maxamilian BROWN (commemorated at Durham Road Cemetery)
Mary Jane Brown
Eliza BURLINSON
John Robert BURLINSON
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Cs [TOP]
Joseph CAIN
Jane CAIN
Joe Cainspeci
Elizabeth Charlton
John Charlton
Elizabeth Ann Clark
Isabella COULSON (buried at Gilesgate, Durham)
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Ds [TOP]
Elizabeth Davis
Reuben Davis
Thomas Davison and his wife Maria Davison (headstone not fully documented, but located)
Hannah Dawson
John George Dawson
Elizabeth Dobson
Jane Dobson
John Dobson
John Dobson
Joseph Dobson
Martha Dobson
Sarah Dobson
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Es [TOP]
Rik Eedles
George Elliot
George William Elliot
Mary Emmerson
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Fs [TOP]
Elizabeth Finlay
John Fletcher
Robert Fletcher
Thomas Fletcher
Thomas Fletcher
Edward Forster
Gawen Forster
George Forster
Isabella Forster
William Forster
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Gs [TOP]
?Isabel? Galley
John Galley
Emma Louisa Gaul
William Gilroy
Samuel Goley
Elizabeth Greaves
William Greaves
Rev & Hon John Grey MD, DD
Mrs Grey (Rector's wife)
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Hs [TOP]
Isabella E Hall
Jane Hall
John Hall
John HALL
Grace HALL
Matthew HALL (buried in St Michael's Churchyard)
John Harland
Mary Harland
Jane Harrison
Mary Jane Harrison
Susannah HARRISON
Margaret Georgina HATELY (nee Happer; widow of John Hately)
Mary Hedley
Louis Henry
Henson
George Hewitson
Sarah Hewitson
William Hollis
Mary HOOD
James HOOD
Margaret Hopper
Mary Ann Hopper
Jane Ann Horn
William Horn
John Howe
Mary Howe
Edward Hudson
Margaret Hudson
John HUNTER
Keith Cowell Hutchinson
Noah Hutchinson
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Is [TOP]
Mary IRVING
Mary Ann IRVING
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Js [TOP]
Elizabeth James
Elizabeth James
George James
Robert James
Sarah Jepson
William Joyce
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Ks [TOP]
Kreed Kafer
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Ls [TOP]
Ada Louisa Legge
John Robinson LEGGE (solicitor)
George Lishman
Thomas Robinson Lishman
Walter Graham LYON
Norman Ditchfield LYON
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Ms [TOP]
James Meiklejohn
Mary Meiklejohn
Margaret Mellor
Marion Milward
Rev Reginald John Milward
Matthew MOWBRAY
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Ns [TOP]
None
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Os [TOP]
Jane Ann OLIVER
Mary Ellen OLIVER
Jane Ann OLIVER
Anna Isabella OLIVER (aka Isabel Anne Oliver)
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Ps [TOP]
Edwin Place
Elizabeth Parkinson
George Parkinson
Elizabeth PEARSON (daughter of Joseph Bland Pearson who was decapitated by a train)
Elizabeth Phyllis Pearson
Joseph Bland Pearson
Annie Potts
Elizabeth Jane Potts
Joseph Potts
Margaret Potts
Isabella Victoria PURDY (nurse at Houghton Workhouse)
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Qs [TOP]
None
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Rs [TOP]
John Ranson
Mary Ann Ranson
Stephen RENNOLDSON
Mary RENNOLDSON
? Margareta ? Robinson
Avery Norman Robinson
George ROBINSON
John Robinson
Thomas William Usherwood Robinson
John Rutter
Mary Rutter
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Ss [TOP]
Elizabeth Scott
Francis Sedgwick
Jane Sedgwick
John Hall Sedgwick
Rev Mark SHAW (Wesleyan Minister)
Shields
Elizabeth Shields
Elizabeth Shields
Elizabeth Shields
John William SHOTTON
? Simpson
Ann Smith
John J Smith
Mary Agnes Smith
Isabella Smyth
Isabella Smyth
Samuel Smyth
Elizabeth Soady
Robert Soady
William Standish Standish
Sarah Strong
Thomas Strong
Robert SWALES (connected to Greenhow's Hardware Store)
Mahala SWALES (connected to Greenhow's Hardware Store)
Mahala Greenhow SWALES (connected to Greenhow's Hardware Store)
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Ts [TOP]
Adelaide Taylor
Alfred TAYLOR
Emily TAYLOR
James R Taylor
George Henry TAYLOR B.A (Master of Kepier School, who died following a dream of his death)
Edward Thirkell
Henry Thirkell
Mary Thirkell
Sarah Thirkell
Thomas Thirkell
Thomas Thirkell
John Thompson
John Thompson
Mary Thompson
Michael Thompson
Phylis Thompson
Robert Todd
Robert TODD
Elizabeth Scott TODD
Margaret Tone
Margaret Elizabeth Tone
Frances Tripp
Thomas Turner
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Us [TOP]
UNKNOWNS
John William ? (surname unknown; son of Robert)
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Vs [TOP]
Charles Victor
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Ws [TOP]
Edith Wanless
Edith Wanless
Elizabeth Wanless
Joseph Wanless
Mary Jane Wanless
Granville Betram WARD (known as Little Bertie, son of Granville & Lavinia Ward)
Alice Watson
Charles Ernest Watson
Dorothy Watson
Mary Watson
Ralph Meggison Watson
William Hunter Watson
Isabella Welsh
Robert Welsh
George Wheatley
Josephine Lowson Wheatley
Maria Wheatley
Richard Wheatley
Ann WILKINSON
Isabella Williamson
John Williamson
Ada Wilson
Ethel Wilson
Stephen Wilson
George WYLAM
Ann WYLAM
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Ys [TOP]
None
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