Fence Houses
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fence-houses-197-13714860
title:
Fence Houses
text:
Fence Houses, or Fencehouses is a village in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It came into existence when Napoleonic prisoners were housed on the outskirts of Houghton-le-Spring. The prisoners were used as labour to cut a path through the hill at Houghton-le-Spring in order to get the troops from Durham to the coast at Sunderland. Houghton Cut as it became known has now been expanded to carry a 4-lane road, the A690. The place the prisoners were housed was known as "The French H
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Village in Tyne and Wear, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fence_Houses
date created:
date modified:
2023-01-02T00:31:05Z
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fields total:
13
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15