Place:Houghton le Spring Rural, Durham, England

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Name	Houghton le Spring Rural
Type	Rural district
Located in	Durham, England (1894 - 1937)

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List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

Parish	Description	Duration	Destination
East and Middle Herrington	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
East Rainton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Great Eppleton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Hetton le Hole	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1895
Little Eppleton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Moor House	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Moorsley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Morton Grange	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Newbottle	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Offerton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Penshaw	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Silksworth	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Warden Law	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
West Herrington	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
West Rainton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937

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Research Tips

County Durham Archives. Durham County Record Office is located on the Lower Ground Floor of County Hall, the administrative headquarters of Durham County Council, in Durham City.
Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and the northern part of County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
The Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society covers the southern part of County Durham as well as the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire on the south side of the River Tees. Their homepage includes a map to show the society's coverage. (Once again, full address and other details on the website)
Further information from GENUKI
Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
Unfortunately, the Victoria County History for Durham is limited in its coverage. It only includes the cathedral city of Durham, including an account of the cathedral itself. Also covers Stockton Ward in the south-east of the county (bordering North Yorkshire) including Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees.