THE WILD BOAR - Houghton-le-Spring
THE WILD BOAR - Houghton-le-Spring
THE WILD BOAR - Houghton-le-Spring
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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>WILD</strong> <strong>BOAR</strong>FREDERICK PLACESUNDERLAND STREETHOUGHTON-LE-SPRINGDH4 4BN0191 512 8050COPYRIGHT © PAUL LANAGAN 2011
1Copt Hill painting2<strong>Houghton</strong> Feast paintingMetal boar3= FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH231465<strong>Houghton</strong> Colliery painting<strong>Houghton</strong> Feast montage64COPYRIGHT © PAUL LANAGAN 20115
The <strong>Houghton</strong>-<strong>le</strong>-<strong>Spring</strong> crest, featuring the wildboar and oak tree, was adopted from the coat ofarms of the Gilpin family in honour of BernardGilpin, the Apost<strong>le</strong> of the North and Father of thePoor, <strong>Houghton</strong>’s most well-known Rector.At around the time of the signing of the MagnaCarter in 1215 AD, Bernard Gilpin’s ancestorsresided in Kentmere Hall, Westmorland, a longway away from Bernard’s arrival in <strong>Houghton</strong> in1558.Richard De Gilpin, who was also known as Richardthe Rider, achieved prominence for slaying the'Wild Boar of Westmoreland' a ferocious porcinewhich was terrorising local villages and ravagingthe land with its tusks.The Baron of Kendal rewarded Gilpin’s bravery andgave him land in and around Kentmere. King Johngranted Gilpin a coat of arms, which featured thesab<strong>le</strong> (black furred) boar and a crescent moon, ona gold background.COPYRIGHT © PAUL LANAGAN 2011
Following a massive renovation of the oldBuffaloes Club building by J.D Wetherspoon, theWild Boar honours <strong>Houghton</strong>’s venerab<strong>le</strong> past withframed photographs of Old <strong>Houghton</strong>, a <strong>Houghton</strong>Feast photograph montage, as well as speciallycommissioned paintings of <strong>Houghton</strong> Colliery and<strong>Houghton</strong> Feast by artist Nikki Jones.The building actually dates from the 1960s when itwas constructed on the corner of Frederick Placeand 13 Sunderland Street, following massdemolition in the area for the A690 dualcarriageway.The original property was a butchers shop andstore, however this was replaced with a purposebuilt clubhouse for the Royal Antediluvian Order ofBuffaloes, known locally as the Buffs (the originalBuffs Club had been located opposite but met itsfate at the hands of the developers of the A690dual-carriageway). <strong>Houghton</strong> Buffs ceased tradingon Tuesday September 14 th 2010 and the WildBoar opened on Tuesday April 19 th 2011.COPYRIGHT © PAUL LANAGAN 2011
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