List of Districts |
Table 1: List of Places in Durham Northern Registration District
Civil Parish |
County |
From |
To |
Comments |
Birtley |
1938 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (j) and (k). |
|
Bournmoor |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Burnhope |
1995 |
2004 |
Created 1.11.1995 by renaming the parish of Langley. See also Table 2, note (m). |
|
Chester-le-Street |
1938 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (a). |
|
Chester-le-Street* |
1974 |
2004 |
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish of Chester-le-Street. See also Table 2, note (m). |
|
Cornsay |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Derwentside* |
1974 |
2004 |
Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Consett and Stanley. See also Table 2, notes (i) and (m). |
|
Edmondsley |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Esh |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Great Lumley |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Greencroft |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Harraton |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (k) and (m). |
|
Healeyfield |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Hedleyhope |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Hetton |
1938 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (b), (c) and (k). |
|
Houghton-le-Spring |
1938 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Sunderland unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (c), (f), (g) and (k). |
|
Kimblesworth & Plawsworth |
1986 |
2004 |
Created 1.4.1986 out of the parishes of Framwellgate Moor, Kimblesworth and Plawsworth. See also Table 2, note (l). |
|
Lambton |
1938 |
1985 |
Abolished 1.4.1985 and added to the parish of Bournmoor. See also Table 2, note (a). |
|
Lamesley |
1938 |
1974 |
See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (j). |
|
Lanchester |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Langley |
1974 |
1995 |
Renamed 1.11.1995 to create the parish of Burnhope. See also Table 2, note (m). |
|
Little Lumley |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Muggleswick |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
North Lodge |
1974 |
2004 |
Created 1.4.1974 out of the parish of Harraton. See also Table 2, note (m). |
|
Ouston |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Pelton |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Plawsworth |
1938 |
1986 |
Abolished 1.4.1986 and added to the parish of Kimblesworth & Plawsworth. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (b). |
|
Satley |
1974 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (h) and (m). |
|
Sacriston |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
South Biddick |
1938 |
1985 |
Abolished 1.4.1985 and added to the parish of Bournmoor. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (k). |
|
Urpeth |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Waldridge |
1938 |
2004 |
See Table 2, notes (a) and (m). |
|
Washington |
1938 |
1974 |
Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Sunderland unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (e), (f) and (k). |
Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Durham Northern Registration District
Date of Change |
Note |
Description of Change |
Population transferred |
1.7.1938 (created) |
(a) |
Gained part of 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, from Chester-le-Street registration district. |
80910 in 1931 |
(b) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Hetton and Plawsworth (which until 1.4.1937 formed parts of the parishes of Kimblesworth and Pittington) from Durham registration district. |
235 in 1931 |
|
(c) |
Gained the parishes of Hetton and Houghton-le-Spring from Houghton-le-Spring registration district. |
50503 in 1931 |
|
(d) |
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 |
|
(e) |
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 |
(f) |
Gained parts of the parishes of Houghton-le-Spring and Washington (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Ford, Herrington, Hylton, Offerton and Silksworth) from Durham Eastern registration district. |
246 in 1961 |
(g) |
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. |
0 in 1961 |
|
1.4.1974 |
(h) |
Gained the parishes of Cornsay, Esh, Greencroft, Healeyfield, Hedleyhope, Lanchester, Langley, Muggleswick and Satley, from Durham Central & South Eastern registration district. |
14146 in 1971 |
(i) |
Gained the Derwentside unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Consett and Stanley) from Durham North Western registration district. |
77469 in 1971 |
|
(j) |
Lost the parishes of Birtley and Lamesley to Gateshead registration district. |
16532 in 1971 |
|
(k) |
Lost the parishes of Houghton-le-Spring and Washington and parts of the parishes of Birtley, Harraton and South Biddickp (which all became parts of the Sunderland unparished area on 1.4.1974) and the parish of Hetton, to Sunderland registration district. |
73335 in 1971 |
|
1.4.1986 |
(l) |
Gained parts of the parish of Kimblesworth & Plawsworth (which until 1.4.1986 formed parts of the parishes of Framwellgate Moor and Plawsworth), from Durham Central registration district. |
n/a |
1.4.2004 (abolished) |
(m) |
Lost the Chester-le-Street and Derwentside unparished areas and the parishes of Bournmoor, Burnhope, Cornsay, Edmondsley, Esh, Great Lumley, Greencroft, Healeyfield, Hedleyhope, Kimblesworth & Plawsworth, Lanchester, Little Lumley, Muggleswick, North Lodge, Ouston, Pelton, Sacriston, Satley, Urpeth and Waldridge, to Central Durham registration district. |
87709 in 2001 |
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