In This picture shows parts of Burnmoor, Lambton and Shiney Row as well as the Holmlands (or Homelands) Estate near Houghton le Spring.

Successful local author Sheila Quigley wrote her first book when she lived on the Holmlands Estate

The wasteground in the middle of the picture is the former site of Lambton Coke Works

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