Auckland Registration District

AUCKLAND REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.7.1938 (incorporated into Durham Western, Durham South Western, and Durham South Eastern registration districts).
Sub-districts : Bishop Auckland, Hamsterley, Hurworth.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837–51), 10a (1852–1938).
Registers now held by : County of Durham and Darlington.

Table 1: List of Places in Auckland Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Archdeacon Newton	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Auckland St. Andrew	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland and Shildon.
Auckland St. Helen	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland and Wes Auckland.
Barmpton	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Binchester	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Bishop Auckland.
Bishop Auckland	Durham	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 and incorporated into the parish of Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands.
Bishop Auckland	Durham	1894	1938	Created 1894 from the urban part of the parish of Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands. See also Table 2, note (e).
Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands	Durham	1886	1894	Created 25.3.1886 from the parishes of Bishop Auckland, and Pollards Lands. Abolished 1894 and re-divided into the separate parishes of Bishop Auckland and Pollards Lands.
Blackwell	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Bolam	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (d).
Brafferton	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Byers Green	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland, and Crook & Willington.
Coatham Mundeville	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Coundon	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Bishop Auckland.
Coundon Grange	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Bishop Auckland.
Crook & Billy Row	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Crook & Willington.
Crook & Willington	Durham	1937	1938	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Crook & Billy Row, Willington, Helmington Row, Stockley, Hunwick & Helmington, North Bedburn, Witton le Wear, Newton Cap, Byers Green, and Escomb. See also Table 2, note (e).
Denton	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
East Thickley	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Shildon.
Eldon	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Shildon and Windlestone.
Escomb	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland, West Auckland, and Crook & Willington.
Evenwood & Barony	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (d).
Great Aycliffe	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Great Burdon	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Hamsterley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (d).
Heighington	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Helmington Row	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Crook & Willington. See also Table 2, note (a).
High Coniscliffe	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Houghton le Side	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Hunwick & Helmington	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Crook & Willington.
Hurworth	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Killerby	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Low Coniscliffe	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Low Dinsdale	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Lynesack & Softley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (d).
Merrington	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland.
Merrington Lane	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Merrington in Spennymoor Urban District. Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Spennymoor.
Middlestone	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland.
Middleton St. George	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Middridge	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Shildon.
Middridge Grange	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Heighington and Shildon.
Morton Palms	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Neasham	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Newfield	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland and Spennymor.
Newton Cap	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland and Crook & Willington.
North Bedburn	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Crook & Willington, Wolsingham, and South Bedburn. See also Table 2, note (f).
Old Park	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor.
Piercebridge	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Pollards Lands	Durham	1837	1886	Abolished 25.3.1886 and incorporated into the parish of Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands.
Pollards Lands	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Bishop Auckland & Pollards Lands. Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Bishop Auckland and West Auckland.
Redworth	Durham	1937	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Shildon and Heighington. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (g).
Sadberge	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
School Aycliffe	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Shildon	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (e).
Sockburn	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
South Bedburn	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (d).
Spennymoor	Durham	1937	1938	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parishes of Tudhoe, Whitworth, Byers Green, Merrington Lane, Low Spennymoor, Middlestone, Merrington, Westerton, Old Park, Hett, Whitworth Without, Newfield, Brandon & Byshottles, and Esholt. See also Table 2, note (e).
Summerhouse	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Walworth	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
West Auckland	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (d).
Westerton	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland.
Whessoe	Durham	1937	1938	See Table 2, notes (b) and (e).
Whitworth	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Spennymoor.
Whitworth Without	Durham	1894	1937	Created 1894 from the rural part of the parish of Whitworth. Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parish of Spennymoor.
Windlestone	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (c).
Witton le Wear	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and incorporated into the parishes of Crok & Willington, Bishop Auckland, Evenwood & Barony, and Wolsingham. See also Table 2, note (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Auckland Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
21.12.1881	(a)	Gained parts of the parish of Helmington Row (which until 21.12.1881 formed detached parts of the parish of Willington) from Auckland registration district.	0 in 1881
1.4.1937	(b)	Gained the parishes of Archdeacon Newton, Barmpton, Blackwell, Brafferton, Coatham Mundeville, Denton, Great Aycliffe, Great Burdon, Heighington, Heighington, High Coniscliffe, Houghton le Side, Hurworth, Killerby, Low Coniscliffe, Low Dinsdale, Middleton St. George, Morton Palms, Neasham, Piercebridge, Redworth, Sadberge, School Aycliffe, Sockburn, Summerhouse, Walworth, and Whessoe, from Darlington registration district.	9958 in 1931
1.7.1938 (abolished)	(c)	Lost the parish of Windelstone to Durham South Eastern registration district.	169 in 1931
	(d)	Lost the parishes of Bolam, Evenwood & Barony, Hamsterley, Lynesack & Softley, South Bedburn, and West Auckland, to Durham South Western registration district.	8787 in 1931
	(e)	Lost the parishes of Archdeacon Newton, Barmpton, Bishop Auckland, Blackwell, Brafferton, Coatham Mundeville, Crook & Willington, Denton, Great Aycliffe, Great Burdon, Heighington, High Coniscliffe, Houghton le Side, Hurworth, Killerby, Low Coniscliffe, Low Dinsdale, Middleton St. George, Morton Palms, Neasham, Piercebridge, Sadberge, School Aycliffe, Shildon, Sockburn, Spennymoor, Summerhouse, Walworth, and Whessoe, to Durham Western registration district.	97266 in 1931
	(f)	Lost part of the parish of North Bedburn (which became part of the parish of Wolsingham on 1.4.1937) to Durham Western registration district.	90 in 1931
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Redworth (which became part of the parish of Shildon on 1.4.1937) to Durham Western registration district.	225 in 1931
	(h)	Lost part of the parish of Witton le Wear (which became part of the parish of Wolsingham on 1.4.1937) to Durham Western registration district.	0 in 1931

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