In a message dated 05/11/2007 11:57:17 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Forgot to ask what "Raine's Eye Plan" is. ______________________________________________________________________ Hi Judy, It is a plan drawn by the then parish surveyor James Rain between 1785 and 1790. It is called an "Eye Plan of Sunderland and Bishop Wearmouth from the South" it is a detailed work and an important source of information for the local historian. Copies could be obtained from the Sunderland Antiquarian Society. Stan