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