Durham, April 8. 1851.
_Places called Purgatory_ (Vol. iii., p. 241.).--There is a farm-house
still called "Purgatory," about two miles south of Durham, east of the
London road, and close to the left bank of the river Wear. The farm is part
of the estate of a highly respectable family, which has, I believe, always
been Roman Catholic. No reason for the name is known in the neighbourhood.