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Houghton Hillside Cemetery, Detached Burial Ground of St. Michael and All Angels Church, Sunderland Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Consecrated 1854: Guide Map and Notes , by Paul Lanagan, 2004

Postcard of a copy of a photograph of a view of Houghton Hillside Cemetery, c.1900; published 2004

Postcard of a photograph of a snow-covered rockface at Houghton Hillside Cemetery, 2004

Postcard of a reproduction of a photograph of the lych gate entrance and of the Sexton's Lodge at Houghton Hillside Cemetery, c.1920; published 2004

Postcard of a photograph of the lych gate entrance and of the ruins of the Sexton's Lodge at Houghton Hillside Cemetery, 2004

Christmas card, entitled 'Season's Greetings', of a photograph of the snow-covered plateau, showing the memorial stone of Joseph Bland Pearson and his wife, Elizabeth, at Houghton Hillside Cemetery in 2004; published 2005 Joseph Bland Pearson, of Neasham Place, was an auctioneer. He died, aged 65 years, on 4 August 1897

The Story of Dubmire Junior School, 1914 - 2002, by Paul Lanagan, 2003

Postcard of a drawing by Spy of Sir George Elliot, bart., M.P., n.d.; postcard published by Books of the North, 2006 Sir George Elliott advised Benjamin Disraeli on the purchase of the Suez Canal, Egypt, and advised the Khedike of Egypt. He died on 23 December 1893 and was buried in Houghton Hillside Cemetery

Postcard of a photograph of Rev. and Hon. John Grey, Rector of Houghton, and his wife in a carriage drawn by a pony named Bobby, n.d.; postcard published by Books of the North, 2006 Rev. J. Grey was the instigator of the Houghton Hillside Cemetery which opened on 4 September 1854. He died on 11 November 1895 and was buried in Houghton Hillside Cemetery

Postcard of a photograph of three women and a child, including Hannah Dawson, nee Finch, and Mary Finch, nee Ramshaw, n.d.; postcard published by Books of the North, 2006 Hannah Dawson died on 24 February 1936; Mary Finch married Thomas Moor in 1902. She was buried in Houghton Hillside Cemetery

Postcard of a photograph of George Wheatley, n.d.; postcard published by Books of the North, 2006 George Wheatley was a member of the Royal Navy, who fought at the battle of the Alma in the Crimean War, during which he lost his right leg. He ran a confectionery business in Houghton and died, at the age of 78, on 11 December 1906. He is buried in Houghton Hillside Cemetery

Houghton Hillside Cemetery, Houghton-le-Spring, guide book and map, by Paul Lanagan, 2nd edition, 2006