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Houghton-le-Spring

British  
/ ˈhaʊtənləˈsprɪŋ /

noun

  1. a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kaylee Davidson-Olley, from Houghton-le-Spring, who had transplant surgery at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital in 1987, said lives were continuing to be lost.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2025

Staged at the Sunderland Live Arena, in Houghton-le-Spring, tickets for the trail cost £22 per child and £11 per adult, the women told the BBC.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2025

Officers received a report that a dog had injured a 54-year-old in Maple Terrace in Shiney Row, near Houghton-le-Spring, at 19:00 BST on Tuesday.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2023

Search teams were called to Hetton Lyons Country Park, near Houghton-le-Spring, on Wednesday at 23:30 BST when the 55-year-old failed to return home.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2023

Tunstall, however, not only dismissed the case, but presented the offender with the rich living of Houghton-le-Spring; and when the accusation was again brought forward, he again protected him.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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