Rectory Park, dog's grave
Rectory Park, dog's grave
HER Number
15903
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Rectory Park, dog's grave
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Burial
Site Type: Specific
Animal Burial
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Rev. John Grey, rector of Houghton 1847 to 1895 and his wife Helen, buried their pet dog in the park when he died in 1878. The gravestone read "DEAR LITTLE BIJOU. THY CHERISHED MEMORY WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF AFFECTION. AND GENTLENESS AND TRUSTING LOVE. MARCH 13 1878. J AND H.M G'.
Easting
434100
Northing
549800
Grid Reference
NZ434100549800
Sources
Paul Lanagan, Houghton-le-Spring Heritage Society, 2013, Houghton-le-Spring Rectory - A Walk Around the Grounds (www.houghtonlespring.org.uk); Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd. 2014, Rectory Park, Houghton-le-Spring, Archaeological Assessment and Building Recording