Place:Preston le Skerne, Durham, England

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Name	Preston le Skerne
Type	Township, Civil parish, Hamlet
Coordinates	54.61°N 1.528°W
Located in	Durham, England
See also	Aycliffe, Durham, England	ancient parish in which it was a township
	Darlington Ward, Durham, England	ancient county division in which it was located
	Sedgefield Rural, Durham, England	rural district of which it was part 1894-1974
	Mordon, Durham, England	parish into which it was absorbed since 1974
	Sedgefield District, Durham, England	district municipality covering the area 1974-2009

source: Family History Library Catalog

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Preston le Skerne is now a hamlet in the civil parish of Mordon, County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Newton Aycliffe. This transfer to Mordon civil parish took place after 1974.

Preston le Skerne was originally a township in the ancient parish of Aycliffe in County Durham. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1894 it was part of Sedgefield Rural District. 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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A nineteenth century description

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Preston le Skerne from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"PRESTON-LE-SKERNE, a township in Aycliffe parish, Durham; on the river Skerne, and on the Stockton and Bishop-Auckland railway, adjacent to its intersection of the North eastern railway, 6¼ miles N N E of Darlington. Acres: 2,610. Real property: £1,811. Population: 146. Houses: 25."

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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.

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