Chester le Street Registration District

CHESTER LE STREET REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.7.1938 (to become part of Durham Northern, Durham Central, and Durham North Western registration districts).
Sub-districts : Chester le Street, Harraton.
GRO volumes : XXIV (1837-51), 10a (1852-1938).
Registers currently held at : County of Durham, Sunderland, and Gateshead.

Table 1: List of Places in Chester le Street Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Barmston	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Washington.
Birtley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Bournmoor	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Chester le Street	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (n).
Cocken	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become parts of the parishes of West Rainton and Framwellgate Moor. See also Table 2, note (k).
Edmondsley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (e), (g), (h), (j) and (n).
Great Lumley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Harraton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Lambton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Lamesley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (c), (n) and (p).
Little Lumley	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Ouston	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Pelton	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Plawsworth	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (d), (m) and (n).
Sacriston	Durham	1937	1938	Created 1.4.1937 out of the parish of Witton Gilbert. See also Table 2, note (n).
South Biddick	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (n) and (o).
Urpeth	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (f), (n) and (q).
Usworth	Durham	1837	1937	Abolished 1.4.1937 to become part of the parish of Washington.
Waldridge	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Washington	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, note (n).
Witton Gilbert	Durham	1837	1938	See Table 2, notes (i) and (k).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Chester le Street Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
21.12.1881	(a)	Gained a part of the parish of Chester le Street (which until 21.12.1881 formed a detached part of the parish of Kimblesworth) from Durham registration district.	0 in 1881
24.3.1883	(b)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Chester le Street, including Black Dean Farm House and Cottages (which became part of the parish of Framwellgate on 24.3.1883) to Durham registration district.	4 in 1891
24.3.1883	(c)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Lamesley, including Sunniside (which became part of the parish of Whickham on 24.3.1883) to Gateshead registration district.	7 in 1891
25.3.1885	(d)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Plawsworth (which became part of the parish of Kimblesworth on 25.3.1885) to Durham registration district.	0 in 1891
25.3.1886	(e)	Gained part of the parish of Edmondsley (which until 25.3.1886 formed a detached part of the parish of Lanchester, including the village of Craghead) from Lanchester registration district.	1013 in 1891
25.3.1886	(f)	Gained part of the parish of Urpeth (which until 25.3.1886 formed a detached part of the parish of Tanfield, including Edenhill Farm and Cottages) from Lanchester registration district.	24 in 1891
24.3.1887	(g)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Edmondsley, including parts of Morrow Edge and Wheatley Hill (which became part of the parish of Lanchester on 24.3.1887) to Lanchester registration district.	14 in 1891
	(h)	Lost a detached part of the parish of Edmondsley, including Wheatley Grange (which became part of the parish of Satley on 24.3.1887) to Lanchester registration district.	5 in 1891
	(i)	Lost two detached parts of the parish of Witton Gilbert (which became parts of the parishes of Lanchester and Satley on 24.3.1887) to Lanchester registration district.	0 in 1891
1.4.1897	(j)	Lost part of the parish of Edmondsley (which became part of the parish of Craghead on 30.9.1896) to Lanchester registration district.	1037 in 1891
1.7.1938 (abolished)	(k)	Lost the parish of Witton Gilbert to Durham Central registration district.	1752 in 1931
	(l)	Lost the parish of Cocken (which became parts of the parishes of Framwellgate Moor and West Rainton on 1.4.1937) to Durham Central registration district.	239 in 1931
	(m)	Lost part of the parish of Plawsworth (which became part of the parish of Kimblesworth on 1.4.1937) to Durham Central registration district.	6 in 1931
	(n)	Lost 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, to Durham Northern registration district.	80847 in 1931
	(o)	Lost part of the parish of South Biddick (which became part of the parish of Houghton le Spring on 1.4.1937) to Durham Northern registration district.	63 in 1931
	(p)	Lost parts of the parish of Lamesley (which became parts of the parishes of Stanley and Whickham on 1.4.1937) to Durham North Western registration district.	1290 in 1931
	(q)	Lost part of the parish of Urpeth (which became part of the parish of Stanley on 1.4.1937) to Durham North Western registration district.	749 in 1931

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