Chester-le-Street Registration District

CHESTER-LE-STREET REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.7.1938 (divided between Durham Northern, Durham Central and Durham North Western registration districts).
Sub-districts : Chester-le-Street; Harraton.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837–51); 10a (1852–1938).
District number : 284b (1841–46); 548 (1847–69); 549 (1870–80); 552 (1881–1908); 554 (1909–38).

Table 1: List of Places in Chester-le-Street Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Barmston	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Washington.
Birtley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Bournmoor	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Chester-le-Street	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (i).
Cocken	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and divided between the parishes of West Rainton and Framwellgate Moor. See also Table 2, note (h).
Craghead	Durham	1896	1897	That part which until 30.9.1896 formed part of the parish of Edmondsley. See also Table 2, note (g).
Edmondsley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (e), (f), (g) and (i).
Framwellgate Moor	Durham	1937	1938	That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Cocken. See also Table 2, note (h).
Great Lumley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Harraton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Houghton-le-Spring	Durham	1937	1938	That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of South Biddick. See also Table 2, note (i).
Kimblesworth	Durham	1937	1938	That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Plawsworth. See also Table 2, note (h).
Lambton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Lamesley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (c), (i) and (j).
Little Lumley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Ouston	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Pelton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Plawsworth	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (d), (h) and (i).
Sacriston	Durham	1937	1938	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parish of Witton Gilbert. See also Table 2, note (i).
South Biddick	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (i) and (i).
Stanley	Durham	1937	1938	That part which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Lamesley and Urpeth. See also Table 2, note (j).
Urpeth	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (e), (i) and (j).
Usworth	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 and added to the parish of Washington.
Waldridge	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
Washington	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (i).
West Rainton	Durham	1937	1938	That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Cocken. See also Table 2, note (h).
Whickham	Durham	1937	1938	That part which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Lamesley. See also Table 2, note (j).
Witton Gilbert	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (f) and (h).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Chester-le-Street Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
25.3.1882	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of Chester-le-Street (which until 25.3.1882 formed a detached part of the parish of Kimblesworth) from Durham registration district.	0 in 1881
25.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chester-le-Street (which was added to the parish of Framwellgate on 25.3.1883) to Durham registration district.	4 in 1891
25.3.1883	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Lamesley (which was added to the parish of Whickham on 25.3.1883) to Gateshead registration district.	7 in 1891
25.3.1885	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Plawsworth (which was added to the parish of Kimblesworth on 25.3.1885) to Durham registration district.	0 in 1891
25.3.1886	(e)	Gained parts of the parishes of Edmondsley and Urpeth (which until 25.3.1886 formed detached parts of the parishes of Lanchester and Tanfield) from Lanchester registration district.	1037 in 1891
24.3.1887	(f)	Lost detached parts of the parishes of Edmondsley and Witton Gilbert (which became parts of the parishes of Lanchester and Satley on 24.3.1887) to Lanchester registration district.	19 in 1891
1.4.1897	(g)	Lost the part in the parish of Craghead (which until 30.9.1896 formed part of the parish of Edmondsley) to Lanchester registration district.	1037 in 1891
1.7.1938 (abolished)	(h)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Framwellgate Moor, Kimblesworth and West Rainton (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of parishes of Cocken and Plawsworth) and the parish of Witton Gilbert, to Durham Central registration district.	1997 in 1931
	(i)	Lost the part in the parish of Houghton-le-Spring (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of South Biddick) and the parishes of Birtley, Bournmoor, Chester-le-Street, Edmondsley, Great Lumley, Harraton, Lambton, Lamesley, Little Lumley, Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Sacriston, South Biddick, Urpeth, Waldridge and Washington, to Durham Northern registration district.	80910 in 1931
	(j)	Lost the parts in the parishes of Stanley and Whickham (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Lamesley and Upton) to Durham North Western registration district.	2039 in 1931

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