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[[Hadrian's Wall]] runs past the village to the south along past [[Whiteclosegate]].
[[Hadrian's Wall]] runs past the village to the south along past [[Whiteclosegate]].


Houghton Hall, the manor house of the village, is a Grade II listed building.
==Houghton Hall==
Houghton Hall, the manor house of the village, is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|1323770|Houghton Hall}}</ref>  It was built in the early 19th century in the classical style.


==Outside links==
==Outside links==

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Houghton
Cumberland

Houghton village green
Location
Grid reference: NY407593
Location: 54°55’30"N, 2°55’26"W
Data
Post town: Carlisle
Postcode: CA3
Dialling code: 01228
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Houghton is a commuter village to the north of Carlisle, the county town of Cumberland. It has a sub post office/grocers shop; equestrian shop; hairdressers; a village hall, a primary school.

The parish church is St John's.

Hadrian's Wall runs past the village to the south along past Whiteclosegate.

Houghton Hall

Houghton Hall, the manor house of the village, is a Grade II listed building.[1] It was built in the early 19th century in the classical style.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Houghton, Cumberland)

References

  1. National Heritage List 1323770: Houghton Hall