Place:Lanchester Rural, Durham, England

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Name	Lanchester Rural
Type	Rural district
Located in	Durham, England (1894 - 1974)
See also	Derwentside District, Durham, England	district municipality covering the area 1974-2009

Lanchester Rural District was formed in 1894 and was abolished in 1974. It was located in the northern part of County Durham, England with the town of Lanchester at its centre, and was bounded by Consett, Stanley and other urban districts to the north, Chester le Street Rural District to the east, Durham Rural District to the southeast, Weardale Rural District to the southwest, and the county of Northumberland to the northeast.

In 1974 Lancester Rural District was replaced by the non-metropolitan Derwentside District until 2009 when Durham became a unitary authority.

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List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

Parish	Description	Duration	Destination
Collierley	township, chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1936	Stanley
Cornsay	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Craghead	civil parish	1896 - 1937
Ebchester	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1936	Consett
Esh	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Greencroft	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Healeyfield	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Hedleyhope	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Knitsley	civil parish	1894 - 1937
Kyo	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Lanchester	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Langley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Medomsley	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Muggleswick	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Satley	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Tanfield	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1895

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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.