Place:Easington Rural, Durham, England

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Name	Easington Rural
Type	Rural district
Located in	Durham, England (1894 - 1974)

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List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

Parish	Description	Duration	Destination
Burdon	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Castle Eden	chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Cold Hesledon	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Dalton le Dale	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Easington	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
East Murton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Haswell	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Hawthorn	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Horden	parochial area, civil parish	1947 - 1974
Hutton Henry	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Kelloe	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1937
Monk Hesleden	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Nesbitt	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Peterlee	civil parish	1956 - 1974
Seaham	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1937
Seaton with Slingley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Sheraton with Hulam	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Shotton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Thornley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Warden Law	township, civil parish	1937 - 1974
Wingate	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974

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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.