Hi Stan, As ever, thanks for sharing your knowledge of Sunderland. > <there used to be an old derelict house in the valley that we > called the haunted house> Would this be Elstob House? > The name 'Elstob House' rings a bell, but I can't confirm that this is what we used to call the haunted house. I've looked at a few maps but none of them have a name for the house. It was more or less the only building in the valley behind the hills. Sorry not to be more definite. Eddie