HOUGHTON-le-SPRING
Friends of Houghton le Spring Hillside Cemetery
website http://www.houghton-hillside-cemetery.org.uk
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The cemetery has an unusual site and history. The opening at Houghton Cut has existed in some form through a natural cleft in the rock since the Romans settled in Britain. The land adjacent was glebe land and it is thought that originally the site was used as a quarry before the ground was consecrated in 1854 and the cemetery was later extended in 1894.
website http://www.houghton-hillside-cemetery.org.uk
contact
The cemetery has an unusual site and history. The opening at Houghton Cut has existed in some form through a natural cleft in the rock since the Romans settled in Britain. The land adjacent was glebe land and it is thought that originally the site was used as a quarry before the ground was consecrated in 1854 and the cemetery was later extended in 1894.