Hi Garry, The town of Paterson is IN THE Parish of Houghton. On average a Parish covers about 40 square miles or about 25,600 acres! (or roughly 10,360 hectares)* * The town of Paterson is not that big. There is no County Houghton in NSW, maybe you meant the Parish of Houghton. Regards Helen NSW Land Records specialist On 02/02/07, Garry & Sandra Sanders <sgs@iprimus.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Jenny and List > > According to some notes - i took down some time ago. > > The Parish of Houghton within the County of Durham is now the town of > Paterson. > > However from two baptisms I have recorded from the County of Houghton, the > first in 1845, my ancestors Richard And Elizabeth Sawyer were living in > Gresford and the second in 1847 they were working on the Norwood Estate of > Mr Gibbes, Paterson River. > > Hope this helps > > Garry Sanders > Kariong, NSW >