Place:Auckland Rural, Durham, England

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Name	Auckland Rural
Type	Rural district
Located in	Durham, England (1894 - 1937)
See also	Crook and Willington, Durham, England	urban district which replaced the rural district in 1937

Auckland Rural District was a rural local authority in County Durham, England from 1894 to 1937. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Auckland rural sanitary district and covered an area around and including the civil parish of Bishop Auckland.

The rural district was abolished in 1937 and was replaced by the Crook and Willington Urban District which existed until 1974.

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List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

Parish	Description	Duration	Destination
Auckland St. Andrew	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1937
Auckland St. Helen	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Binchester	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Bolam	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Byers Green	township, chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Coundon	township, chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Coundon Grange	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Crook and Billy Row	township, civil parish	1894 - 1898
Eldon	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Escomb	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Etherley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Evenwood and Barony	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Hamsterley	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Helmington Row	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Hunwick and Helmington	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Lynesack and Softley	township, chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Merrington	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1937
Middlestone	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Middridge	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Middridge Grange	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Newfield	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Newton Cap	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
North Bedburn	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Old Park	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Pollards Land	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
South Bedburn	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Westerton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Whitworth Without	civil parish	1894 - 1937
Windlestone	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Witton le Wear	chapelry, 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.