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  <dc:title>Paper, regarding the description of particular parishes in County Durham, England by John Adams</dc:title>
  <dc: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</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1698</dc:date>
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