Durham Northern Registration District

DURHAM NORTHERN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1938 (out of Houghton le Spring, Chester le Street, Durham, Sunderland and Lanchester registration districts).
Sub-districts : Birtley, Chester le Street, Consett, Houghton le Spring, Stanley.
GRO volumes : 10a (1938–46), 1A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : County of Durham, Gateshead and Sunderland .

Table 1: List of Places in Durham Northern Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Birtley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Burnmoor	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Chester le Street	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Edmondsley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Great Lumley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Harraton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Hetton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (e).
Houghton le Spring	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (b), (e), (h) and (j).
Lambton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Lamesley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (f).
Little Lumley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Ouston	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Pelton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Plawsworth	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (d).
Sacriston	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
South Biddick	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Urpeth	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Waldridge	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Washington	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (g) and (i).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Durham Northern Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1938 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Birtley, Burnmoor, Chester le Street, Edmondsley, Great Lumley, Harraton, Lambton, Lamesley, Little Lumley, Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Sacriston, South Biddick, Urpeth, Waldridge, and Washington, from Chester le Street registration district.	80847 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Houghton le Spring (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of South Biddick) from Chester le Street registration district.	63 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Hetton (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Pittington) from Durham registration district.	235 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Plawsworth (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Kimblesworth) from Durham registration district.	0 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Hetton and Houghton le Spring from Houghton le Spring registration district.	50503 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Lamesley (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Tanfield) from Lanchester registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Washington (whch until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Hylton) from Sunderland registration district.	17 in 1931
1.4.1967	(h)	Gained parts of the parish of Houghton le Spring (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Ford, Herrington, Offerton, and Silksworth) from Durham Eastern registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Washington (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Hylton) from Durham Eastern registration district.
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Houghton le Spring (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Sunderland) from Sunderland registration district.

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