| Description | Adams explains that he has been employed in compiling a survey of England, and would like the opinion of the Society about his work on Durham. Concerning the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, he lists the rectors of Houghton-le-Spring from 1432 to 1677 and shares details of charitable work, the boundaries, the soil, collieries, wood and water; and details of the demography and topography of the area.
Subject: Geography / Topography
Read to the Royal Society on 21 December 1698 |