The Diamond Hall Estate was owned by a Mr. Snowdon who owned the Diamond Hall Bottle Works, 1857-1877, with a Mr. Watson. Diamond Hall is not shown on an 1836 map although Biss Folly is, it is shown on the 1857 map. The Diamond Hall Bottle Works were adjacent to the railway at the north end of Lisburn Terrace. It looks as though Diamond Hall had been demolished, or converted, by 1895 on the map there is a building at the SE end of Lisburn Terrace which seems to consist of two houses. Diamond Hall School was built in 1878, between Thornbury and Milton Streets, on the other side of the railway, it has been demolished and the site is now a park. The present Diamond Hall Junior and Infant School are on a different site. Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Mark Etheridge <mretheridge@googlemail.com> To: ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:47 Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Diamond Hall Hello & Happy New Year to everyone. Diamond Hall was a large house at the end of Lisburn Terrace. Does anyone have any information on its history - when it was built, demolished? My grandmother Aleathea Stores was living in 1930 at West House, Diamond Hall. I am assuming that by 1930 Diamond Hall had been divided up into a number of houses. Does anyone know about this? I was also hoping that some photographs may exist of it or Lisburn Terrace in general. I have only seen one photograph of the Terrace published in a book on Pallion. I have also seen a few of the Arch. I would love to see some more - does anyone know if anything exists. Thanks for any help received. Regards, Mark Etheridge Researching - ETHERIDGE, STORES, ADAMSON, HOGARTH, REMMER, GAMSBY, REED & HINDMARCH in Sunderland area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just to say that the Diamond Hall Bottle Works were 1857-1877. They were owned from 1858 by John Candlish Stan Mapstone -----Original Message----- From: Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@aol.com> To: mretheridge@googlemail.com; ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:39 Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Diamond Hall The Diamond Hall Estate was owned by a Mr. Snowdon who owned the Diamond Hall Bottle Works, 1857-1877, with a Mr. Watson. Diamond Hall is not shown on an 1836 map although Biss Folly is, it is shown on the 1857 map. The Diamond Hall Bottle Works were adjacent to the railway at the north end of Lisburn Terrace. It looks as though Diamond Hall had been demolished, or converted, by 1895 on the map there is a building at the SE end of Lisburn Terrace which seems to consist of two houses. Diamond Hall School was built in 1878, between Thornbury and Milton Streets, on the other side of the railway, it has been demolished and the site is now a park. The present Diamond Hall Junior and Infant School are on a different site. Stan Mapstone