Houghton-le-Spring, Rectory Park, dog's grave

HER Number:
15903

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, 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:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
341

Northing:
498

Grid Reference:
NZ341498

Lats/Lons:

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