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Name | East Thickley |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 54.626°N 1.637°W |
Located in | Durham, England ( - 1937) |
See also | Auckland St. Andrew, Durham, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Darlington Ward, Durham, England | ancient county division in which it was located | | Shildon, Durham, England | urban district of which it was part 1894-1937 | | Shildon, Durham, England | parish into which it was absorbed in 1937 | | Sedgefield District, Durham, England | district municipality covering the area 1974-2009 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of East Thickley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "THICKLEY (East), a township in Auckland-St-Andrew parish, Durham; 3½ miles SE of Bishop-Auckland. Acres: 260. Real property: £2,464; of which £1,200 are in mines. Population in 1851: 622; in 1861: 1,142. Houses: 232."
East Thickley was originally a colliery village and a township in the ancient parish of Auckland St. Andrew in County Durham. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1894 it was made a part of Shildon Urban District. In 1937 it was abolished and absorbed into the civil parish of Shildon. Between 1974 and 2009 it became part of the larger Sedgefield non-metropolitan district. Since 2009 County Durham has been a unitary authority.
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Categories: Durham, England | East Thickley, Durham, England | Auckland St. Andrew, Durham, England | Darlington Ward, Durham, England | Shildon, Durham, England | Sedgefield District, Durham, England
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