Seaham Road, Copt Hill Inn

HER Number

15922

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Seaham Road, Copt Hill Inn

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Eating and Drinking Establishment

Site Type: Specific

Public House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey map of 1890. The pub is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.

Easting

435360

Northing

549480

Grid Reference

NZ435360549480

Sources

Paul Lanagan, 2012, The Ghosts of Copt Hill, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/ghosts; Paul Lanagan, 2003, The Ghosts of Copt Hill, Sign Post Magazine; Paul Lanagan, 2004, Haunted Houghton: Heritage Map Vol 2; Rupert Matthews, Haunted Sunderland