Bob Johnson (footballer, Born 1911)
Robert Emmerson Oliver Johnson (25 October 1911 – 5 March 1982) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a central defender. References 1911 births 1982 deaths People from Houghton-le-Spring Footballers from Tyne and Wear English footballers Association football defenders Burnley F.C. players Nelson F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players English Football League players Bishop Auckland F.C. players {{England-footy-defender-1910s-stub ...
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Fencehouses
Fence Houses, or ''Fencehouses'', is a small village within the parish of Houghton-le-Spring, on the edge of the City of Sunderland, England for the South with the North under the control of Durham County Council as part of County Durham. 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 Houses" and this later changed to "Fencehouses". This origin is highly debatable. A more likely origin was put forward by the late Houghton-le-Spring historian, C.A. Smith MA, in an article in the Official Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Handbook, 1962, as: ''Fence Houses derives its name from Biddick Fence which formed the southern boundary of ...
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