Place:Durham, England

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Name	Durham
Alt names	County Durham
	Co Durham	source: Royal Mail: PAF Digest [online] (2002) accessed 16 Dec 2002
	Dur	source: BIAB Online (1999-2000) accessed 16 Dec 2002
	Durham	source: Getty Vocabulary Program
Type	Historic county, Administrative county, Modern county
Coordinates	54.733°N 1.75°W
Located in	England
See also	Tyne and Wear, England	county covering part of County Durham after 1974
	Cleveland, England	county covering part of County Durham 1974-1996

Contained Places

Ancient parish: Barningham ( 1974 - ); Bowes ( 1974 - ); Rokeby ( 1974 - ); Romaldkirk ( 1974 - ); Sockburn; Wycliffe with Thorpe ( 1974 - )
Borough (county): Darlington; Gateshead ( - 1974 ); Hartlepool ( 640 - ); South Shields ( - 1974 ); Sunderland ( - 1974 ); West Hartlepool ( 1854 - 1967 )
Borough (metropolitan): Stockton (metropolitan area) ( 1996 - )
Borough (municipal): Durham; Jarrow ( - 1974 ); Stockton on Tees ( - 1974 )
Castle: Raby
Chapelry: Ancroft ( - 1844 ); Auckland St. Helen ( - 1937 ); Barnard Castle ( 500 - ); Birtley ( - 1974 ); Bishop Auckland; Bolam; Bowes ( 1974 - ); Chester le Street; Collierley ( - 1936 ); Cornhill on Tweed ( 1844 - ); Coundon ( - 1937 ); Crook; Denton; Durham St. Margaret; Durham St. Oswald ( - 1935 ); Ebchester; Esh; Etherley; Heworth ( - 1974 ); Ingleton; Kyloe ( - 1844 ); Lamesley ( - 1974 ); Medomsley; Satley; Tudhoe; Whorlton; Witton le Wear ( - 1937 )
Civil parish: Ancroft ( - 1844 ); Archdeacon Newton; Auckland St. Helen ( - 1937 ); Barmston; Barnard Castle ( 500 - ); Barningham ( 1974 - ); Bearpark; Belford ( - 1844 ); Benfieldside ( - 1937 ); Binchester; Birtley ( - 1974 ); Bishop Auckland; Blackwell; Blaydon ( - 1974 ); Bolam; Boldon ( - 1974 ); Bowes ( 1974 - ); Brafferton; Brancepeth; Brandon and Byshottles; Broom ( - 1937 ); Byers Green; Chester le Street; Chopwell; Cleatlam; Cockerton; Cockfield; Collierley ( - 1936 ); Coniscliffe; Conside and Knitsley ( - 1894 ); Cornhill on Tweed ( 1844 - ); Coundon ( - 1937 ); Crawbrook ( - 1914 ); Crook and Willington ( 1937 - 1974 ); Crook; Croxdale and Hett ( 1974 - ); Denton; Duddo ( - 1844 ); Durham Castle ( - 1916 ); Durham College ( - 1916 ); Durham Magdalen Place; Durham St. Mary le Bow with St. Mary the Less ( - 1916 ); Durham St. Oswald ( - 1935 ); East Thickley ( - 1937 ); Ebchester; Edmondsley; Edmundbyers; Eldon; Elvet; Elwick ( - 1844 ); Escomb ( - 1937 ); Esh; Etherley; Evenwood and Barony ( - 1946 ); Felkington ( - 1844 ); Framwellgate; Fulwell ( - 1974 ); Gainford; Gateshead ( - 1974 ); Great Aycliffe; Greencroft; Grindon ( - 1844 ); Hamsterley (near Bishop Auckland); Harraton ( - 1974 ); Harton ( - 1974 ); Headlam; Healeyfield; Hebburn ( - 1974 ); Hedleyhope; Helmington Row ( - 1937 ); Hett; Heworth ( - 1974 ); Holwick ( 1974 - ); Holy Island ( 700 - 1844 ); Horncliffe ( - 1844 ); Hunderthwaite ( 1974 - ); Hunstanworth; Hunwick and Helmington; Hutton Magna ( 1974 - ); Hylton ( - 1974 ); Ingleton; Kimblesworth; Kyloe ( - 1844 ); Kyo ( - 1937 ); Lamesley ( - 1974 ); Lanchester; Langley; Langton; Lartington ( 1974 - ); Loanend ( - 1844 ); Longridge ( - 1844 ); Lunedale ( 1974 - ); Lynesack and Softley; Marwood; Medomsley; Merrington Lane ( 1935 - ); Merrington ( - 1935 ); Middlestone ( - 1937 ); Middridge Grange; Middridge; Monks House ( - 1844 ); Monkwearmouth Shore ( - 1974 ); Monkwearmouth ( - 1974 ); Muggleswick; Newbiggin in Teesdale; Newfield (near Bishop Auckland); Newfield (near Chester le Street); Newton Cap ( - 1937 ); Norham Mains ( - 1844 ); Norham ( 500 - 1844 ); North Bedburn ( - 1937 ); Old Park ( - 1937 ); Ouston; Ovington ( 1974 - ); Pelton; Piercebridge; Plawsworth; Pollards Lands ( - 1937 ); Preston le Skerne; Rokeby ( 1974 - ); Romaldkirk ( 1974 - ); Ross ( - 1844 ); Ryton Woodside; Ryton ( - 1974 ); Satley; Shildon; Shoreswood ( - 1844 ); Sockburn; South Bedburn; Southwick ( - 1974 ); Stainton with Streatlam; Stella; Stockley; Summerhouse; Tanfield; Thornton ( - 1844 ); Tudhoe; Twizell (near Norham) ( - 1844 ); Urpeth; Usworth ( - 1974 ); Waldridge; Washington ( - 1974 ); Westerton; Westoe ( - 1974 ); Westwick; Whickham ( - 1974 ); Whitburn ( - 1974 ); Whorlton; Willington; Windlestone; Winlaton ( - 1974 ); Witton Gilbert; Witton le Wear ( - 1937 ); Woodham; Woodland; Wycliffe with Thorpe ( 1974 - ); Yarm
District municipality: Chester le Street District ( 1974 - 2009 ); City of Durham District ( 1974 - 2009 ); Darlington District ( 1974 - ); Derwentside District ( 1974 - 2009 ); Easington District ( 1974 - 2009 ); Hartlepool District ( 1996 - ); Sedgefield District ( 1974 - 2009 ); Stockton on Tees District ( 1996 - ); Teesdale District ( 1974 - 2009 ); Wear Valley District ( 1974 - 1996 )
Extra parochial area: Durham Castle ( - 1916 ); Durham College ( - 1916 ); Durham Magdalen Place; Monks House ( - 1844 )
Hamlet: Brasside; Preston le Skerne
Hundred: Chester Ward; Darlington Ward; Durham Ward; Easington Ward; Islandshire ( - 1844 ); Norhamshire ( - 1844 ); Stockton Ward
Inhabited place: Aislaby; Allensford; Ancroft; Annfield Plain; Aukside; Aycliffe Village; Barmpton; Beamish; Beaumont Hill; Bedburn; Belmont; Bildershaw; Billingham; Billy Row; Bishop Middleham; Bishopsgarth; Bishopton; Blackhall Colliery; Blackhall Rocks; Blackhill; Boldron ( 1974 - ); Bournmoor; Bowburn; Bowlees; Bradbury; Bridge End; Bridgehill; Brierton; Brignall ( 1974 - ); Broom Hill; Brotherlee; Burnhope; Burnopfield; Butsfield; Butterknowle; Butterwick; Carlton; Carrville; Cassop; Castle Eden; Castleside; Catchgate; Causey; Chester Moor; Chilton Lane; Chilton; Close House; Clough Dene; Coal Bank; Coatham Mundeville; Cold Hesledon; Consett; Copley; Copthill; Cornforth; Cornriggs; Cornsay Colliery; Cornsay; Cotherstone ( 1974 - ); Coundongate; Cowpen Bewley; Cowshill; Coxhoe; Craghead; Craigside; Crawcrook ( - 1974 ); Crawleyside; Crimdon; Crookgate Bank; Crookhall; Daddry Shield; Dalton Piercy; Dalton le Dale; Dawdon; Deaf Hill; Dean Bank; Delves; Deneside; Dent Bank; Durham; Easington Colliery; Easington; East Blackdene; East Briscoe ( 1974 - ); East Law; East Murton ( 1927 - 1927 ); East Stanley; Eastbourne; Eastgate; Eden Vale; Egglesburn; Eggleston; Eldon Lane; Elstob; Elton; Elwick; Embleton; Esperley Lane Ends; Ettersgill; Ferryhill Station; Ferryhill; Firth Moor; Fishburn; Fleming Field; Flint Hill; Forest-in-Teesdale; Foxton; Framwellgate Moor; Frosterley; Gilesgate Moor; Gilesgate; Gilmonby ( 1974 - ); Grange Villa; Grassholme ( 1974 - ); Great Burdon; Great Chilton; Great Lumley; Great Stainton; Greatham; Greenhill; Greta Bridge ( 1974 - ); Grindon; Hallgarth; Hardwick; Harelaw; Harperley; Harrowgate Hill; Harrowgate Village; Hart Station; Hart; Harwood; Haswell Moor; Haswell Plough; Haswell; Haughton le Skerne; Hawthorn; Hedley Hill; Heighington; Hesleden; High Dyke; High Etherley; High Forge; High Friarside; High Grange; High Haswell; High Hesleden; High Shincliffe; High Stoop; High Throston; High Urpeth; High Westwood; Hill End; Hill Top; Hobson; Holmside; Holwick; Horden; Horsleyhope; Houghton Bank; Houghton le Side; Howden le Wear; Hummersknott; Hurworth Place; Hurworth on Tees; Hutton Henry; Inkerman; Ireshopeburn; Iveston; Kelloe; Killerby; Kinninvie; Kip Hill; Knitsley; Laithkirk; Langdon Beck; Leadgate; Leamside; Lingfield; Lintz; Lintzgarth; Little Newsham; Little Stainton; Little Thorpe; Littletown; Longnewton; Low Dinsdale; Low Walworth; Low Westwood; Lowes Barn; Ludworth; Lumley Thicks; Maiden Law; Mainsforth; Merrybent; Metal Bridge; Mickleton ( 1974 - ); Middle Side; Middlestone Moor; Middleton St. George; Middleton in Teesdale; Middleton; Monk End; Monk Hesleden; Moor End; Moorside; Mordon; Morley; Mount Pleasant; Murton; Neasham; Nettlesworth; Nevilles Cross; New House; New Hunwick; New Lambton; Newbottle; Newton Aycliffe ( 1947 - 1988 ); Newton Bewley; Newton Hall; Newton Ketton; No Place; North Bitchburn; North Close; Northlea; Norton; Oak Tree; Oakenshaw; Old Cassop; Old Eldon; Old Quarrington; Old Stillington; Old Wingate; Ornsby Hill; Owton Manor; Oxhill; Page Bank; Parkside; Pelton Fell; Peterlee; Phoenix Row; Pickering Nook; Pittington; Pity Me; Port Clarence; Portrack; Quaking Houses; Quarrington Hill; Rainton Gate; Ramshaw; Redmarshall; Redworth; Rift House; Rise Carr; Roddymoor; Rokeby; Rookhope; Roseworth; Royal Oak; Rushyford; Sacriston; Sadberge; Scargill ( 1974 - ); School Aycliffe; Seaham; Seaton Carew; Seaton; Sedgefield; Shadforth; Sheep Hill; Sheraton; Sherburn Hill; Sherburn; Shield Row; Shincliffe; Shittlehope; Shotley Bridge; Shotton Colliery; Shotton; Skerne Park; Snaisgill; South Church; South Hetton; South Moor; South Pelaw; South Shields ( - 1974 ); South Side; South Stanley; South Wingate; Spennymoor; Springwell; St. John's Chapel; Staindrop; Stainton; Stanhope; Stanley Crook; Stanley; Startforth ( 1974 - ); Station Town; Stillington; Stony Heap; Sunderland Bridge; Sunderland ( - 1974 ); Sunniside; Sunny Brow; Tan Hills; The Dene; The Grove; The Headland; The Middles; The Slack; Thinford; Thornaby; Thornley; Thorpe Larches; Thorpe Thewles; Thringarth ( 1974 - ); Tindale Crescent; Todhills; Toft Hill; Tow Law; Town Kelloe; Townfield; Trimdon Colliery; Trimdon Grange; Trimdon; Tudhoe Grange; Tursdale; Urlay Nook; Wackerfield; Wall Nook; Walworth Gate; Walworth; Waskerley; Wearhead; West Blackdene; West Cornforth; West Lea; West Pasture; West Rainton; West View; Westgate; Wheatley Hill; Whinfield; White Kirkley; White-le-Head; Whitton; Whitworth; Wingate; Winston; Wolsingham; Wolviston; Woodside; Yarm
Parish: Bishopwearmouth ( - 1974 ); Durham St. Cuthbert; Durham St. Giles ( - 1916 ); Durham St. Margaret; Durham St. Nicholas; Ford ( - 1974 ); Penshaw; South Shields St. Stephen; Sunderland ( - 1974 )
Parish (ancient): Auckland St. Andrew; Aycliffe; Bedlington ( - 1844 ); Belford ( - 1844 ); Boldon ( - 1974 ); Brancepeth; Chester le Street; Cockfield; Coniscliffe; Darlington; Durham St. Mary le Bow with St. Mary the Less ( - 1916 ); Durham St. Oswald ( - 1935 ); Edmundbyers; Gainford; Gateshead ( - 1974 ); Holy Island ( 700 - 1844 ); Kimblesworth; Lanchester; Merrington ( - 1935 ); Monkwearmouth ( - 1974 ); Muggleswick; Norham ( 500 - 1844 ); Ryton ( - 1974 ); South Shields St. Hilda; Washington ( - 1974 ); Whickham ( - 1974 ); Whitburn ( - 1974 ); Witton Gilbert
Registration district: Auckland Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); Central Durham Registration District ( 2004 - 2006 ); Chester le Street Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); County of Durham Registration District ( 2006 - ); Darlington Registration District ( 1837 - 1936 ); Durham Central Registration District ( 1938 - 1971 ); Durham Central and South Registration District ( 1971 - 1974 ); Durham Eastern Registration District ( 1938 - 2006 ); Durham North Eastern Registration District ( 1938 - 1974 ); Durham North Western Registration District ( 1938 - 1974 ); Durham Northern Registration District ( 1938 - 2004 ); Durham Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); Durham South Eastern Registration District ( 1938 - 1971 ); Durham South Western Registration District ( 1938 - 2000 ); Durham Western Registration District ( 1938 - 2006 ); Easington Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); Gateshead Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 ); Hartlepool Registration District (1859-1938) ( 1859 - 1938 ); Hartlepool Registration District (1967-1974) ( 1967 - 1974 ); Hartlepool Registration District (1996- ) ( 1996 - ); Houghton le Spring Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); Lanchester Registration District (1837-1838) ( 1837 - 1838 ); Lanchester Registration District (1875-1938) ( 1875 - 1938 ); Sedgefield Registration District (1837-1838) ( 1837 - 1838 ); Sedgefield Registration District (1896-1938) ( 1896 - 1938 ); South Shields Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 ); Stockton Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); Stockton on Tees Registration District ( 1996 - ); Sunderland Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 ); Teesdale Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); Weardale Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 ); West Hartlepool Registration District ( 1938 - 1967 )
Rural district: Auckland Rural ( 1894 - 1937 ); Barnard Castle Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Chester le Street Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Darlington Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Durham Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Easington Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Hartlepool Rural; Houghton le Spring Rural ( 1894 - 1937 ); Lanchester Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Sedgefield Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); South Shields Rural ( 1894 - 1936 ); Stockton Rural ( 1894 - 1974 ); Sunderland Rural ( 1894 - 1967 ); Weardale Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Settlement: Choppington ( - 1844 )
Suburb: Blackwell; Dunston ( - 1974 )
Township: Archdeacon Newton; Barmston; Belford ( - 1844 ); Benfieldside ( - 1937 ); Binchester; Bishop Auckland; Blackwell; Bolam; Brafferton; Brandon and Byshottles; Broom ( - 1937 ); Byers Green; Choppington ( - 1844 ); Chopwell; Cleatlam; Cockerton; Collierley ( - 1936 ); Conside and Knitsley ( - 1894 ); Coundon ( - 1937 ); Crawbrook ( - 1914 ); Duddo ( - 1844 ); East Thickley ( - 1937 ); Edmondsley; Eldon; Elvet; Elwick ( - 1844 ); Escomb ( - 1937 ); Etherley; Evenwood and Barony ( - 1946 ); Felkington ( - 1844 ); Framwellgate; Fulwell ( - 1974 ); Great Aycliffe; Greencroft; Grindon ( - 1844 ); Hamsterley (near Bishop Auckland); Harraton ( - 1974 ); Harton ( - 1974 ); Headlam; Healeyfield; Hedleyhope; Hedworth Monkton and Jarrow ( - 1894 ); Helmington Row ( - 1937 ); Hett; Holwick ( 1974 - ); Hope ( 1974 - ); Horncliffe ( - 1844 ); Hunderthwaite ( 1974 - ); Hunstanworth; Hunwick and Helmington; Hutton Magna ( 1974 - ); Hylton ( - 1974 ); Ingleton; Kyo ( - 1937 ); Langley; Langton; Lartington ( 1974 - ); Loanend ( - 1844 ); Longridge ( - 1844 ); Lunedale ( 1974 - ); Lynesack and Softley; Marwood; Middlestone ( - 1937 ); Middridge Grange; Middridge; Monkwearmouth Shore ( - 1974 ); Newbiggin in Teesdale; Newfield (near Bishop Auckland); Newfield (near Chester le Street); Newton Cap ( - 1937 ); Norham Mains ( - 1844 ); North Bedburn ( - 1937 ); Old Park ( - 1937 ); Ouston; Ovington ( 1974 - ); Pelton; Piercebridge; Plawsworth; Pollards Lands ( - 1937 ); Preston le Skerne; Ross ( - 1844 ); Ryton Woodside; Shildon; Shoreswood ( - 1844 ); South Bedburn; Southwick ( - 1974 ); Stainton with Streatlam; Stella; Stockley; Summerhouse; Tanfield; Thornton ( - 1844 ); Twizell (near Norham) ( - 1844 ); Urpeth; Usworth ( - 1974 ); Waldridge; Westerton; Westoe ( - 1974 ); Westwick; Whorlton; Willington; Windlestone; Winlaton ( - 1974 ); Woodham; Woodland
Unitary authority: Darlington District ( 1974 - ); Hartlepool District ( 1996 - ); Stockton (metropolitan area) ( 1996 - ); Stockton on Tees District ( 1996 - )
Unknown: Barlow; Bishopwearmouth Panns; Bowden Close; Bradley Lordship; Browney Colliery; Browney; Burdon; Burnop and Hamsteels; Byermoor; Castletown; Chester; Chilton Moor; Clara Vale; Claxton; Cleadon; Coatsawmoor; Cocken; Cold-Rowley; Coxgreen; Deaf Hill cum Langdale; Deptford; Eaglescliffe; Easington Lane; East Hartburn; East Howle Colliery; East Rainton; East and Middle Herrington; East and West Newbiggin; Elwick Hall; Felling; Fence Houses; Finchale; Five Houses; Forest and Frith; Forest-Quarter; Foxton and Shotton; Fylands Bridge; Garmondsway Moor; Gateshead Fell; Goosepool; Great Eppleton; Greenside; Haverton-Hill; Heatherycleugh; Hedley; Hedworth; Helme Park; Helmington; Hendon; Hetton le Hole; High Fell; High Spen; Houghton le Spring; Hulam; Hurworth; Lambton; Lanehead; Langleydale and Shotton; Leazes; Lintz Green; Little Eppleton; Little Lumley; Low Fell; Lumley; Marley Hill; Marton; Millfield; Monk Hesleton; Monkton; Moorhouse; Moorsley; Morton Grange; Morton Palms; Nesbitt; New Herrington; New Penshaw; New Seaham; Newbiggen (near Bishop Auckland); Newbiggen (near Middleton in Teesdale); Newlandside with Bishopley; Newsham; North Bailey; North Biddick; Offerton; Oxneyfield; Pease's West; Pelaw; Pierremont; Piersebridge; Preston on Tees; Quarrington; Raby with Keverstone; Ravensworth; Roker; Rowley; Rumby Hill; Ryhope; Seaham Colliery; Seaham Harbour; Seaton and Slingley; Sheraton with Hulam; Sherburn Hospital; Shiney Row; Silksworth; Sleetburn; South Bailey; South Biddick; South Westoe; Spion Kop; Stargate; Stranton; Thornley (near Tow Law); Thorpe Bulmer; Thrislington; Throston; Tottenham; Tunstall; Tyne Dock; Warden Law; West Herrington; Whessoe; Whitwell House; Wreckenton
Urban district: Barnard Castle ( 500 - ); Bedlington ( - 1844 ); Benfieldside ( - 1937 ); Bishop Auckland; Blaydon ( - 1974 ); Boldon ( - 1974 ); Brandon and Byshottles; Crook and Willington ( 1937 - 1974 ); Hebburn ( - 1974 ); Ryton ( - 1974 ); Shildon; Southwick ( - 1974 ); Tanfield; Washington ( - 1974 ); Whickham ( - 1974 )

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

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County Durham is a county in northeast England. The county town is Durham, a cathedral city, whilst the largest settlement is Darlington. It borders the county of Tyne and Wear to the northeast, Northumberland to the north, Cumbria to the west and North Yorkshire to the south. Before 1974 the county included the southern part of Tyne and Wear, including Gateshead and Darlington.

The county has a heritage of both mining and farming, as well as a heavy railway industry, particularly in the southeast of the county in Darlington, Shildon and Stockton on Tees. Its economy was historically based on coal and iron mining. Durham is an area of regeneration and promoted as a tourist destination; in the centre of the city of Durham, Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral are a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site.

The natural border of most of the original county of Durham was the River Tyne. Facing the river were a series of county and municipal boroughs and urban districts, densely populated from about 1850 onward when coal production was at its height. Working from the sea inland the conurbation included South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn, Felling (with the large village of Heworth), Gateshead, Whickham (with Dunston), Winlaton (with Blaydon), and Ryton

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History

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article County Durham. The History section of the Wikipedia article covers thirteen centuries.

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Local government

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The ceremonial county of Durham is administered by four unitary authorities. The ceremonial county has no administrative function, but remains the area to which the Lord Lieutenant of Durham and the High Sheriff of Durham are appointed.

County Durham (governed by Durham County Council). The unitary district was formed on 1 April 2009 replacing the previous two-tier system of a county council providing strategic services and seven district councils providing more local facilities. The seven districts abolished were:

Chester le Street, including the Lumley, Pelton and Sacriston areas
Derwentside, including Consett and Stanley
City of Durham, including Durham city and the surrounding areas
Easington, including Seaham and the new town of Peterlee
Borough of Sedgefield, including Spennymoor and Newton Aycliffe
Teesdale, including Barnard Castle and the villages of Teesdale
Wear Valley, including Bishop Auckland, Crook, Willington, Hunwick, and the villages along Weardale

The Borough of Darlington. Darlington was a district in a two-tier arrangement with Durham County Council until 1997; it is now a unitary authority.
The Borough of Hartlepool. Until 1 April 1996 the borough was one of four districts in the relatively short-lived county of Cleveland, which was abolished that year; it is now a unitary authority.
The part of the Borough of Stockton on Tees that is north of the centre of the River Tees. Stockton was also part of Cleveland until that county's abolition in 1996 and is now a unitary authority. The remainder of the borough is part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

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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.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at County Durham. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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