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Cambria Street
James O. Clazey and his wife, Charlotte lived at 4 Cambria Street from 1881 to the 1900s. James had been a schoolmaster and does not appear in the 1901 Census so somewhere before that time...he died. Charlotte had a grocer/confectionary business there. At one point, all the children worked in it. Children were: George Oswald Clazey; Ellen Craig Clazey; Oswald Clazey; Maggie Clazey and Charlotte Isabelle Clazey. I do not know how long she remained there. Charlotte remarried in 1915 to Alfred Swaine.
Sharon
Contributed by sharon spry
Childhood memories
My mother was born in Houghton le Spring and I came here many times with her and my brother.We always had great fun with her relatives, aunts, brothers etc. I've been back several times as a grown up and brought my own children. I will be returning soon.
Contributed by Alice Cairns-Wallace
Tyne And Wear memories
Cambria Street
James O. Clazey and his wife, Charlotte lived at 4 Cambria Street from 1881 to the 1900s. James had been a schoolmaster and does not appear in the 1901 Census so somewhere before that time...he died. Charlotte had a grocer/confectionary business there. At one point, all the children worked in it. Children were: George Oswald Clazey; Ellen Craig Clazey; Oswald Clazey; Maggie Clazey and Charlotte Isabelle Clazey. I do not know how long she remained there. Charlotte remarried in 1915 to Alfred Swaine.
Sharon
A memory of Houghton Le Spring contributed by sharon spry
Childhood memories
My mother was born in Houghton le Spring and I came here many times with her and my brother.We always had great fun with her relatives, aunts, brothers etc. I've been back several times as a grown up and brought my own children. I will be returning soon.
A memory of Houghton Le Spring contributed by Alice Cairns-Wallace
Extracts From Houghton Le Spring & Tyne And Wear books
Hidden behind the trees is the parish church of St Michael and All Saints; burial place of Bernard Gilpin (died 1583), cleric, orator, philanthropist, and founder of Houghton Grammar School. Gilpin came to Houghton after being cleared of charges of heresy, but he was indicted a second time and was on his way to answer the charges when he broke his leg. The accident almost certainly saved him from the stake: while he was recuperating Mary Tudor died, and was succeeded by Elizabeth. The charges were then dropped.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".