Durham Northern Registration District

DURHAM NORTHERN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1938 (out of Houghton le Spring, Chester le Street, Durham, Sunderland and Lanchester registration districts).
Abolished : 1.4.2004 (to become part of Central Durham registration district).
Sub-districts : Birtley, Chester le Street, Consett, Houghton le Spring, Stanley.
GRO volumes : 10a (1938–46), 1A (1946–74), 1 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : County of Durham, Gateshead and Sunderland.

Table 1: List of Places in Durham Northern Registration District

Civil Parish (or Unparished Area)	County	From	To	Comments
Birtley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (m) and (o).
Bournmoor	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Chester le Street	Durham	1938	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, note (a).
Chester le Street	Durham	1974	2004	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Chester le Street. See also Table 2, note (p).
Consett	Durham	1974	2004	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Consett. See also Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Cornsay	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Edmondsley	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Esh	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Great Lumley	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Greencroft	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Harraton	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a), (o) and (p).
Healeyfield	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Hedleyhope	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Hetton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (c), (e) and (n).
Houghton le Spring	Durham	1938	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (b), (e), (h), (j) and (n).
Lambton	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Lamesley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (f) and (m).
Lanchester	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Langley	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Little Lumley	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Muggleswick	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
North Lodge	Durham	1974	2004	Created 1.4.1974 out of the pairsh of Harraton. See also Table 2, note (p).
Ouston	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Pelton	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Plawsworth	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a), (d) and (p).
Satley	Durham	1974	2004	See Table 2, notes (k) and (p).
Sacriston	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
South Biddick	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a), (o) and (p).
Stanley	Durham	1974	2004	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Stanley. See also Table 2, notes (l) and (p).
Urpeth	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Waldridge	Durham	1938	2004	See Table 2, notes (a) and (p).
Washington	Durham	1938	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a), (g), (i) and (n).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Durham Northern Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1938 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Birtley, Bournmoor, Chester le Street, Edmondsley, Great Lumley, Harraton, Lambton, Lamesley, Little Lumley, Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Sacriston, South Biddick, Urpeth, Waldridge, and Washington, from Chester le Street registration district.	80847 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Houghton le Spring (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of South Biddick) from Chester le Street registration district.	63 in 1931
	(c)	Gained part of the parish of Hetton (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Pittington) from Durham registration district.	235 in 1931
	(d)	Gained part of the parish of Plawsworth (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Kimblesworth) from Durham registration district.	0 in 1931
	(e)	Gained the parishes of Hetton and Houghton le Spring from Houghton le Spring registration district.	50503 in 1931
	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Lamesley (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Tanfield) from Lanchester registration district.	0 in 1931
	(g)	Gained part of the parish of Washington (whch until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Hylton) from Sunderland registration district.	17 in 1931
1.4.1967	(h)	Gained parts of the parish of Houghton le Spring (which until 1.4.1967 formed parts of the parishes of Ford, Herrington, Offerton, and Silksworth) from Durham Eastern registration district.
	(i)	Gained part of the parish of Washington (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Hylton) from Durham Eastern registration district.
	(j)	Gained part of the parish of Houghton le Spring (which until 1.4.1967 formed part of the parish of Sunderland) from Sunderland registration district.
1.4.1974	(k)	Gained the parishes of Cornsay, Esh, Greencroft, Healeyfield, Hedleyhope, Lanchester, Langley, Muggleswick, and Satley, from Durham Central & South Eastern registration district.	14146 in 1971
	(l)	Gained the unparished areas of Consett and Stanley from Durham North Western registration district.	77469 in 1971
	(m)	Lost the parishes of Birtley and Lamesley (which were transferred from Durham to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) to Gateshead registration district.	16532 in 1971
	(n)	Lost the parishes of Hetton, Houghton le Spring, and Washington (which were transferred from Durham to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) to Sunderland registration district.	73335 in 1971
	(o)	Lost parts of the parishes of Birtley, Harraton, and South Biddick (which became parts of the unparished area of Washington in the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) to Sunderland registration district.
1.4.2004 (abolished)	(p)	Lost the constituent parishes of Bournmoor, Cornsay, Edmondsley, Esh, Great Lumley, Greencroft, Healeyfield, Hedleyhope, Lambton, Lanchester, Langley, Little Lumley, Muggleswick, North Lodge, Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Sacriston, Satley, South Biddick, Urpeth, and Waldridge, and the unparished areas of Chester le Street, Consett, and Stanley, to Central Durham registration district.

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