This is a list of civil parishes in the
ceremonial county
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of
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
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*County Durham, an English county
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England
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. The towns of
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...
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Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town.
In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
and
Hartlepool
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...
are the only
unparished area
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s outside the administrative county. There are 181 civil parishes.
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town.
In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
The former
Darlington County Borough is unparished.
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Archdeacon Newton
Archdeacon Newton is a hamlet and rural parish of several farms in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are maintained in the pari ...
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Barmpton
Barmpton is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of
County Durham, England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Great Burdon. I ...
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Bishopton 10
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Brafferton 10
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Coatham Mundeville
Coatham Mundeville is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of
County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance from Brafferton, on the A167 between Newton Aycliffe and Darlington
Darlington is a market ...
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Denton 10
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East and West Newbiggin 10
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Great Burdon
Great Burdon is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the north-east of Darlington.
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Great Stainton
Great Stainton is a village in the borough of Darlington and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Darlington, and to the west of Stockton-on-Tees. Elstob is a hamlet, just north of Great Stainton, which ...
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Heighington 10
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High Coniscliffe
High Coniscliffe is a parish and village in the borough of Darlington and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The parish includes Carlbury and Low Coniscliffe. It is part of Heighington and Coniscliffe ward, and is situated approximatel ...
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Houghton le Side
Houghton-le-Side is a small village in the borough of Darlington (borough), Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south-west of Newton Aycliffe. The population at the 2011 Census was les ...
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Hurworth 10
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Killerby 10
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Little Stainton
Little Stainton is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of
County Durham, England. It is a township in the parish of Bishopton, County Durham, situated a few miles west of Stockton-on-Tees. From the Census 2011 the po ...
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Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent
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People
* Low (surname), listing people surnamed Low
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Middleton St George
Middleton St George is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated approximately east of Darlington. According to the 2011 UK Census the population was 3, ...
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Morton Palms
Morton Palms is a civil parish in the Darlington district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 32. The parish borders Barmpton, Great Burdon, Hurworth, Middleton St. George, Neasham and Sadberge.
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Neasham
Neasham is a village approximately four miles to the south east of Darlington in County Durham, England.
Geography and recreation
The village sits on the banks of the River Tees which, at that point, marks the border between the counties of D ...
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Piercebridge
Piercebridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 113. It is situated a few miles west of the town of Darlington. It ...
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Sadberge 10
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Summerhouse 10
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Walworth
Walworth () is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross.
Major streets in Walworth include the Old ...
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Whessoe
Whessoe is a company based in Darlington and on Teesside in North East England. It was formerly a supplier of chemical, oil and nuclear plant and instrumentation, and today is a manufacturer of low temperature storage.
History
Background †...
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County Durham
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The former
Chester le Street Urban District
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and
Consett Urban District
Consett is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019.
History
Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. It ...
and parts of the former
Bishop Auckland Urban District
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
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and
Stanley Urban District are unparished. When the City of Durham parish was formed in 2018, three areas remained unparished as the boundaries were based on wards and not aligned to those of the surrounding parishes.
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Barforth
Barforth is a civil parish in the Teesdale district of County Durham, England, near Gainford, County Durham, Gainford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 77. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100. Info ...
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Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automato ...
(town)
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Barningham 21
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Bearpark
Bearpark is a village and civil parish in County Durham in England. It is situated two and a half miles west of Durham, and a short distance to the north of Ushaw Moor.
The name may be a corruption of the French term ''Beau Repaire'' – ...
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Belmont 12
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Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham.
Much of the town's early history surro ...
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* Bishop Middleham
Bishop Middleham is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,275 It is close to Sedgefield.
History
Bishop Middleham lies in a dry valley about 9 miles (14 km) south-east of ...
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* Bolam 1
* Boldron
Boldron is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was Historic counties of England, historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was ...
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* Bournmoor 5
* Bowes
Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.
Geography and administration Civic history
Bowes lies within the historic count ...
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* Bradbury and the Isle Bradbury may refer to:
People
*Bradbury (surname)
*Baron Bradbury, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, including three barons with the surname Bradbury.
Places
*Bradbury, County Durham, England
*Bradbury, California, city of the United ...
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* Brancepeth
Brancepeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 414.
Brancepeth Castle was u ...
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* Brandon and Byshottles
Brandon and Byshottles is a civil parish and electoral ward in County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 17,774 increasing to 18,509 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes Brandon, New Brancepeth, Broompark, ...
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* Brignall 21
* Burnhope
Burnhope is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley and has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the 2011 census. Burnhope overlooks Lanchester in the Browney ...
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* Cassop-cum-Quarrington Cassop-cum-Quarrington is a civil parish in County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 4,735, increasing to 5,219 at the 2011 census.
The parish covers a number of settlements:
* Bowburn
* Cassop
* Old Cassop
* ...
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* Castle Eden
Castle Eden is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 642. It is situated a short distance to the south of Peterlee, Wingate, Hutton Henry, the A19 and Castle Eden Dene. The village is famou ...
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* Chilton (town)17
* City of Durham 11
* Cleatlam
Cleatlam is a village in County Durham, in England. At the 2011 Census, the population was less than 100. Information is now maintained under the parish of Staindrop
Staindrop is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is s ...
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* Cockfield 1
* Cornforth
Cornforth is a village in County Durham, England. It is adjacent to the village of West Cornforth, situated a short distance to the north-east of Ferryhill.
Before the middle part of the Victorian era, when coal mining was at its height in Cou ...
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* Cornsay
Cornsay is a hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the Civil Parish taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 1,128. It is southeast of Consett and southwest of Durham, England, Durham. It consists ...
15
* Cotherstone
Cotherstone is a village and civil parish in the Pennine hills, in Teesdale, County Durham, England.
Cotherstone lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth R ...
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* Coxhoe
Coxhoe is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated about south of Durham City centre. The civil parish also includes nearby Quarrington Hill. The electoral ward of Coxhoe stretches beyond the boundaries of the parish and has a total ...
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* Croxdale and Hett
Croxdale and Hett is a civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately four miles south of Durham. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 866.
The parish comprises the settlements of:
* Croxdale
...
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* Dalton-le-Dale
Dalton-le-Dale is a small village in County Durham, in England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,546. It is situated on the old A19 road between Seaham and Murton.
Most of the village is located in a wooded valley bottom, s ...
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* Dene Valley
Dene Valley is a civil parish in County Durham
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* Easington Colliery
Easington Colliery is a town in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance to the east of Easington Village. The town suffered a significant mining accident on 29 May 195 ...
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* Easington Village 13
* Edmondbyers 25
* Edmondsley
Edmondsley is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Chester-le-Street, near the villages of Craghead and Sacriston.
Coal mining once provided the village's main source of employment, but the last mine ...
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* Eggleston 1
* Egglestone Abbey
Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey on the southern (Yorkshire) bank of the River Tees, in northern England, south-east of Barnard Castle. The abbey was historically within the North Riding of Yorkshire, but since 1974 has ...
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* Eldon 18
* Esh 15
* Etherley 1
* Evenwood and Barony
Evenwood is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south west of Bishop Auckland. It is in the civil parish of Evenwood and Barony, which has a population of 2,534 falling to 2,455 at the 2011 Census.
A former coal min ...
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* Ferryhill
Ferryhill is a town in County Durham, England, with an estimated population in 2018 of 9,362. The town grew in the 1900s around the coal mining industry. The last mine officially closed in 1968. It is located between the towns of Bishop Auckland ...
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* Fishburn
Fishburn is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about 12 miles west of Hartlepool. It had a population of 2,454, increasing to 2,588 at the 2011 Census.
Location
The village lies scattered along a dry swell ...
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* Forest and Frith
Forest and Frith is a civil parish in the County Durham unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In the 2011 census it had a population of 163.
The parish has an area of . It is bordered by the parishes of Stanhope t ...
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* Framwellgate Moor
Framwellgate Moor is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Durham, and is adjacent to Pity Me and Newton Hall. It has a population of 5,404, 12
* Gainford 1
* Gilmonby 21
* Great Aycliffe
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* Great Lumley
Great Lumley is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated south east of Chester-le-Street, near Lumley Castle. It has a population of 3,843, reducing to 3,684 at the 2011 census.
The Lumley family, East and West Halls
The village of Gr ...
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* Greater Willington (town)8
* Greencroft
Greencroft is a village in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish (which doesn't include the village) taken at the 2011 census was 171. It is situated between Lanchester and Annfield Plain.
References
External links
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* Hamsterley 1
* Hamsterley Common 1
* Haswell 13
* Hawthorn
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Plants
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* ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...
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* Headlam
Headlam is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of
County Durham, England. It lies to the west of Darlington. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the parish of Ingleton. ...
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* Healeyfield
Healeyfield is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish taken from the 2011 census was 1,544. It is situated to the south west of Consett.
First documented in the Boldon Book as ''Heleie'', “Alai ...
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* Hedleyhope 15
* Hilton 1
* Holwick
Holwick is a small village in Teesdale, north-east England. Located in the Pennine hills, it consists of a few houses spread along a road in the pattern of a linear settlement. As the population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100, details ...
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* Hope
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As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...
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* Horden
Horden is a village and electoral ward in County Durham, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast, to the east of Peterlee, approximately 12 miles south of Sunderland. Horden was a mining village until the closure of the Horden Collier ...
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* Hunderthwaite 21
* Hunstanworth
Hunstanworth is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately 10 miles to the west of Consett, south-west of the village of Blanchland. The population of the village as taken at the 2011 Census was 116.
Listed in the Bol ...
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* Hutton Henry
Hutton Henry is a village in County Durham, in England near Peterlee, Castle Eden and Wingate, County Durham, Wingate. The population of the parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 1,565. It is situated to the west of Hartlepool, ...
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* Hutton Magna
Hutton Magna is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Situated south east of Barnard Castle. Lying within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village along with the rest of the former Startforth Rura ...
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* Ingleton 1
* Kelloe
Kelloe is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,502. It is situated to the south-east of Durham, England, Durham.
History
The villag ...
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* Kimblesworth and Plawsworth 5 12
* Lanchester 15
* Langleydale and Shotton 1
* Langton Langton may refer to:
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*Langton, Ontario
;England
*Church Langton, Leicestershire
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* Lartington
Lartington is a village and civil parish about west of the town of Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 135.
Lartington is Historic counties of ...
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* Little Lumley
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* Lunedale
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Lunedale is also the name of a civil parish w ...
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* Lynesack and Softley 1
* Marwood 1
* Mickleton 21
* Middleton in Teesdale 1
* Middridge
Middridge is a village in County Durham, North East England. It is situated east of Shildon and north-west of Newton Aycliffe. The village is situated near a quarry that was mined by the people many generations ago. There is one public house in ...
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* Monk Hesleden 13
* Mordon
Mordon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the north-east of Newton Aycliffe. The population recorded by the 2011 census was 260.
In 1872 the population was 179. It is part of the historical parish of Sedgefiel ...
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* Morton Tinmouth
Morton Tinmouth is a hamlet of a few farms in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the north-west of Darlington close to the village of Bolam (where population information is maintained).
References
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* Muggleswick
Muggleswick is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the west of Consett. the population was 130 at the 2001 Census reducing to 113 at the 2011 Census.
The village has a num ...
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* Murton 13
* Nesbitt 13
* Newbiggin 1
* North Lodge
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* Ouston 5
* Ovington 21
* Pelton 5
* Peterlee
Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England. It lies between Sunderland to the north, Hartlepool to the south, the Durham Coast to the east and Durham to the west. It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946. The act also create ...
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* Pittington
Pittington is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles north-east of Durham. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 2,534.
Pittington is made up of the neighbouring settlements of Low Pittingto ...
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* Raby with Keverstone 1
* Rokeby 21
* Romaldkirk
Romaldkirk is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The village lies within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but has been administered by County Durham since 1974.
It is thought that the name might be deri ...
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* Sacriston
Sacriston is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in County Durham, England, situated north of the city of Durham, England, Durham.
Although the area has been populated since the Bronze Age, the first recorded settlement dated ...
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* Satley
Satley is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, with a population of 292 in 2001, falling to 282 at the 2011 Census. It is situated six miles to the south of Consett on the B6296 road near the A68. The village of Satley lies in ...
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* Scargill 21
* Seaham
Seaham is a seaside town in County Durham, England. Located on the Durham Coast, Seaham is situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham. The town grew from the late 19th century onwards as a result of investments in its harbour and c ...
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Antarctica
* Seaton Glacier
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* Seaton, South Australia
* Seaton, Victoria
Canada
* Seaton, Ontario
* Seaton House, one of the largest men's homeless shelters located in Toronto, Ontario
England
* Seaton, ...
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* Sedgefield
Sedgefield is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It had a population of 5,211 as at the 2011 census. It has the only operating racecourse in County Durham.
History Roman
A Roman 'ladder settlement' was discovered by C ...
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* Shadforth
Shadforth is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the east of Durham. The historic centre of the village is designated a conservation area. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 2118.
S ...
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* Sheraton with Hulam 13
* Sherburn Village 12
* Shildon
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham (district), County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first , built in 1825, and locomotive works on ...
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* Shincliffe
Shincliffe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish population (according to the 2011 census) was 1,796. It is situated just over to the south-east of Durham city centre, on the A177 road to Stockton. Shincliffe is ...
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* Shotton 13
* South Bedburn
South Bedburn is a civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 171.
References
External links
Civil parishes in County Durham
{{Durham-geo-stub ...
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* South Hetton
South Hetton is a former mining village in the County Durham district of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the east of Durham and to the south of Sunderland as the crow flies. It had a population of 2,618 ac ...
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* Spennymoor
Spennymoor is a town and civil parish in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. It is south of the River Wear and is south of Durham, England, Durham. The civil parish includes the villages of Kirk Merrington, Middlestone Moor, Byers ...
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* Staindrop
Staindrop is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately north east of Barnard Castle, on the A688 road. According to the 2011 UK Census the population was 1,310, this includes the hamlets of Cleatlam an ...
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* Stanhope 25
* Stanley
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* Startforth 21
* Streatlam and Stainton
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1
* Thornley 13
* Tow Law
Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,952, increasing to 2,138 at the 2011 ...
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* Trimdon
Trimdon is a village in County Durham, in England, previously known as Tremeldon (1196) or Tremedon (1262).Eilert Ekwall,1959, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames'' (4th edition), OUP, Oxford, p. 480; he cites taxation sources, ...
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* Trimdon Foundry
Trimdon is a village in County Durham, in England, previously known as Tremeldon (1196) or Tremedon (1262).Eilert Ekwall,1959, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames'' (4th edition), OUP, Oxford, p. 480; he cites taxation sources, ...
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* Urpeth
Urpeth (Urpeth Grange) is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance from Ouston and Beamish, near the border with Tyne and Wear. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 3,630.
Urpeth started its life as a ...
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* Waldridge 5
* Wackerfield 1
* Weather Hill Wood 4 12
* West Auckland 3
* West Rainton and Leamside
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* Westwick 1
* Wheatley Hill
Wheatley Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate
Wingate may refer to:
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* Wingate, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt
United Kingdom
* Wingate, Cou ...
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* Whorlton 1
* Windlestone
Windlestone Hall is a mid-16th century Elizabethan country house, heavily rebuilt in 1821 to form a Greek revival stately home, situated near Rushyford, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* Listed building. As of 2022 it is back in private f ...
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* Wingate
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Places
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* Wingate, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt
United Kingdom
* Wingate, County Durham
* Wingate Quarry, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham
* Old Wingate, County Durham
* Wingates ...
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* Winston 1
* Witton Gilbert
Witton Gilbert is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England.
Geography
Witton Gilbert is situated about to the north-west of Durham. River Browney passes to the south of the village, while Dene Burn, one of its tributaries, runs thr ...
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* Witton-le-Wear
Witton-le-Wear is a village in County Durham, North East England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Wear, to the north-west of Bishop Auckland.
Geography and administration
Witton-le-Wear is part of the North West Durham Parliament ...
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* Wolsingham
Wolsingham is a market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope.
History
Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck. It is a small settlement and one of ...
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* Wolsingham Park Moor
Wolsingham is a market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope.
History
Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck. It is a small settlement and one ...
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* Woodland
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see ...
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* Wycliffe with Thorpe Wycliffe (and other similar spellings) may refer to:
People
*John Wycliffe (and other spellings) (c.1320s – 1384), English theologian and Bible translator
* Wycliffe (name), includes a list of other people with the name
Places
* Wycliffe, Coun ...
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Hartlepool
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...
Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...
is unparished.
* Brierton
Brierton is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and hamlet in the borough of Hartlepool (borough), Hartlepool, County Durham, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was less than 100. Dalton Piercy village hall hold ...
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* Claxton Claxton may refer to:
Places
*Claxton, County Durham, England
*Claxton, Norfolk, England
*Claxton, North Yorkshire, England
*Claxton, Georgia, USA
** the Claxton meteorite of 1984, which fell in Georgia, United States (see meteorite falls)
* Claxto ...
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* Dalton Piercy
Dalton Piercy is a village and civil parish in the borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Cernsus was 289.
Location
Dalton Piercy is situated 1 mile east of the A19 and 1 mile to ...
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* Elwick 22
* Greatham 22
* Hart
Hart often refers to:
* Hart (deer)
Hart may also refer to:
Organizations
* Hart Racing Engines, a former Formula One engine manufacturer
* Hart Skis, US ski manufacturer
* Hart Stores, a Canadian chain of department stores
* Hart's Reptile W ...
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* Headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
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* Newton Bewley
Newton Bewley is a village and civil parish in the borough of Hartlepool and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated between the towns of Hartlepool and Billingham. The postal area code is TS22 for Teesside but uses a Sed ...
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* Wynyard
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...
Part of the former Teesside County Borough
Teesside was, from 1968 to 1974, a local government district in northern England. It comprised a conurbation that spanned both sides of the River Tees from which it took its name. Teesside had the status of a county borough and was independent ...
is unparished. For the part of the borough south of the River Tees
The River Tees (), in Northern England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar near Middlesbrough. The modern day history of the river has be ...
, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, including Stockton-on-Tees (south of the river). There are 773 civil parishes, most of the county being parished.
Unparished areas include the former Harroga ...
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* Aislaby 22
* Billingham
Billingham is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The town is on the north side of the River Tees and is governed by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The settlement had previously formed its o ...
(town)23 [The Stockton on Tees (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007](_blank)
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* Carlton
Carlton may refer to:
People
* Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname
* Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy
* Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...
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* Egglescliffe
Egglescliffe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Administratively it is located in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It shares a civil parish with Eaglescliffe.
The village sits on top of a hill overlooking and across t ...
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* Elton Elton may refer to:
Places
England
* Elton, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), a village
** Elton Hall, a baronial hall
* Elton, Cheshire, a village and civil parish
* Elton, County Durham, a village and civil parish
* Elton, Derbyshire, ...
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* Grindon and Thorpe Thewles Grindon may refer to:
Places
*Grindon, County Durham, England
* Grindon, Northumberland, a location in England
*Grindon, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
*Grindon, Staffordshire
Grindon is a small village in the Staffordshire Peak District o ...
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* Longnewton 22
* Newsham 22
* Preston-on-Tees
Preston-on-Tees, locally called Preston, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,689. It is home to Preston Hall and it's accompanying pub ...
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* Redmarshall
Redmarshall is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The population as of the 2011 census was 287.
Redmarshall is situated to the west of Stockton-on-Tees, just north of th ...
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* Wolviston
Wolviston is a village and civil parish within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 877. It is situated in the north of Billingham. The ...
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Notes
# Formerly Barnard Castle Rural District
Barnard Castle was a rural district in County Durham, England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after Barnard Castle but did not include it.
It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 as the part of the former Teesdale rural san ...
# Formerly Barnard Castle Urban District
Barnard Castle Urban District was the local government area for the urban district of Barnard Castle in County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation ...
# Formerly Bishop Auckland Urban District
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
# Formerly Brandon and Byshottles Urban District
Brandon and Byshottles is a civil parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in County Durham, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 17,774 increasing to 18,509 at the 2011 Census. The pa ...
# Formerly Chester-le-Street Rural District
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Chester-le-Street was a rural district in County Durham, England from 1894 to 1974 It surrounded the Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district of Chester-le-Street. ...
# Formerly Chester le Street Urban District
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border, English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: Peop ...
# Formerly Consett Urban District
Consett is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019.
History
Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. It ...
# Formerly
# Formerly Darlington County Borough
# Formerly Darlington Rural District
# Formerly Durham Municipal Borough
# Formerly Durham Rural District
# Formerly Easington Rural District
# Formerly Hartlepool County Borough
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...
# Formerly Lanchester Rural District Lanchester may refer to:
Places
* Lanchester, County Durham, a village in England
*Lanchester Polytechnic, former name of Coventry University
People
* Ann Margaret Lanchester (fl. 1803), British fashion designer
*Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986), Os ...
# Formerly Seaham Urban District
# Formerly Sedgefield Rural District
Sedgefield is a market town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It had a population of 5,211 as at the 2011 census. It has the only operating racecourse in County Durham.
History Roman
A Roman 'ladder settlement' was discovered by C ...
# Formerly Shildon Urban District
# Formerly Spennymoor Urban District
Spennymoor is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is south of the River Wear and is south of Durham. The civil parish includes the villages of Kirk Merrington, Middlestone Moor, Byers Green and Tudhoe.
History Origins
The l ...
# Formerly Stanley Urban District
# Formerly Startforth Rural District
Startforth Rural District was a rural district in the North Riding of the historic county of Yorkshire in the Pennines of northern England.
It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. It constituted the part of the Teesdale Rur ...
# Formerly Stockton Rural District Stockton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Stockton, New South Wales
* Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
New Zealand
*Stockton, New Zealand
United Kingdom
*Stockton, Cheshire
*Stockton, Norfolk
*Stockton, Chirbu ...
# Formerly Teesside County Borough
Teesside was, from 1968 to 1974, a local government district in northern England. It comprised a conurbation that spanned both sides of the River Tees from which it took its name. Teesside had the status of a county borough and was independent ...
# Formerly Tow Law Urban District
# Formerly Weardale Rural District
Weardale was a rural district in County Durham, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Weardale rural sanitary district.
It originally consisted of the parishes of Edmondbyers, Hun ...
A Vision of Britain Through Time : Weardale Rural District
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References
See also
* List of civil parishes in England
This is a list of civil parishes in England split by ceremonial county (see map below). The civil parish is the lowest level of local government in England.
Unparished areas
In addition to the London Boroughs (except Westminster) and the City o ...
External links
Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings
{{Civil parishes in County Durham
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham
*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
Civil parishes
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. ...