The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Houghton-le-Spring

Tyne and Wear (Region), England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: Historically in County Durham, it is now administered as part of the Tyne and Wear county.

Another explanation [of its name], which is backed up by a "Regester Booke belonginge to the Paryshe of Houghton in the Springe" from 1598, is based around the medicinal springs which flow from the surrounding limestone rocks. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton-le-Spring