Place:Stockton Rural, Durham, England

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Name	Stockton 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
Aislaby	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Billingham	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1923
Brierton	township, civil parish	1937 - 1974
Carlton	chapelry, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Claxton	chapelry, civil parish	1937 - 1974
Cowpen Bewley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1937
Dalton Piercy	township, civil parish	1937 - 1974
East Hartburn	township, civil parish	1866 - 1913
Egglescliffe	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Elton	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Elwick	township, civil parish	1937 - 1974
Elwick Hall	parish (ancient), civil parish	1937 - 1974
Greatham	parish (ancient), civil parish	1937 - 1974
Grindon	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Hart	parish (ancient), civil parish	1937 - 1974
Long Newton	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Newsham	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Newton Bewley	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Norton	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1968
Preston on Tees	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Redmarshall	parish (ancient), civil parish	1894 - 1974
Seaton	civil parish	1937 - 1967
Whitton	township, civil parish	1894 - 1974
Wolviston	chapelry, 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.