Durham Eastern Registration District

DURHAM EASTERN REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Registration County : Durham.
Created : 1.7.1938 (out of Easington, Sunderland, Houghton le Spring, and Hartlepool registration districts).
Abolished : 1.5.2006 (to become part of County of Durham registration district).
Sub-districts : Castle Eden, Easington, Seaham, Sunderland Rural.
GRO volumes : 10a (1938-46), 1A (1946-74), 1 (1974-92).
Registers currently held at : County of Durham and Sunderland.

Table 1: List of Places in Durham Eastern Registration District

Civil Parish	County	From	To	Comments
Burdon	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a), (h) and (i).
Castle Eden	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Cold Hesledon	Durham	1938	1983	Abolished 1.4.1983 to become part of the parish of Hawthorn. See also Table 2, note (a).
Dalton le Dale	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Easington	Durham	1938	1983	Abolished 1.4.1983 and divided into the parishes of Easington Colliery and Easington Village. See also Table 2, note (a).
Easington Colliery	Durham	1983	2006	Created 1.4.1983 out of the parish of Easington. See also Table 2, note (j).
Easington Village	Durham	1983	2006	Created 1.4.1983 out of the parish of Easington. See also Table 2, note (j).
East & Middle Herrington	Durham	1938	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become parts of the parishes of Herrington and Offerton. See also Table 2, note (c).
East Murton	Durham	1938	1982	Renamed 17.6.1982 to become the parish of Murton. See also Table 2, note (a).
Ford	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 to become parts of the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e), (f) and (h).
Haswell	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Hawthorn	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Herrington	Durham	1946	1967	Created 1.4.1946 out of the parishes of East & Middle Herrington, West Herrington, and Silksworth. Abolished 1.4.1967 to become parts of the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (h).
Horden	Durham	1947	2006	Created 1.4.1947 out of the parish of Shotton. See also Table 2, note (j)>
Hutton Henry	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Hylton	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 to become parts of the parishes of Sunderland and Washington. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e), (g) and (h).
Monk Hesleden	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a), (b) and (j).
Murton	Durham	1982	2006	Created 17.6.1982 by renaming the parish of East Murton. See also Table 2, note (j).
Nesbitt	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Offerton	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 to become parts of the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, notes (c), (f) and (h).
Peterlee	Durham	1956	2006	Created 1.4.1956 out of the parishes of Horden, Shotton, and Easington. See also Table 2, note (j).
Ryhope	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 to become parts of the parishes of Sunderland and Seaham. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Seaham	Durham	1938	1974	Abolished 1.4.1974 to become an unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Seaham	Durham	1974	1983	Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parish and urban district of Seaham. Renamed 1.4.1983 to become the parish of Seaham.
Seaham	Durham	1983	2006	Created 1.4.1983 from the unparished area of Seaham. See also Table 2, note (j).
Seaton with Slingley	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Sheraton with Hulam	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Shotton	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Silksworth	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 to become parts of the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Sprnig. See also Table 2, notes (c), (e), (f) and (h).
Thornley	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).
Trimdon Foundry	Durham	1983	2006	Created 1.4.1983 out of the parish of Wingate. See also Table 2, note (j).
Tunstall	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 to become part of the parish of Sunderland. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Warden Law	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (c) and (i).
West Herrington	Durham	1938	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 to become parts of the parishes of Offerton and Herrington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wheatley Hill	Durham	1983	2006	Created 1.4.1983 out of the parish of Wingate. See also Table 2, note (j).
Wingate	Durham	1938	2006	See Table 2, notes (a) and (j).

Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Durham Eastern Registration District

Date of Change	Note	Description of Change	Population transferred
1.7.1938 (created)	(a)	Gained the parishes of Burdon, Castle Eden, Cold Hesledon, Dalton le Dale, Easington, East Murton, Haswell, Hawthorn, Hutton Henry, Monk Hesleden, Nesbitt, Seaham, Seaton with Slingley, Sheraton with Hulam, Shotton, Thornley, and Wingate, from Easington registration district.	106499 in 1931
	(b)	Gained part of the parish of Monk Hesleden (which until 1.4.1936 formed part of the parish of Thorpe Bulmer) from Hartlepool registration district.	17 in 1931
	(c)	Gained the parishes of East & Middle Herrington, Oflerton, Silksworth, Warden Law, and West Herrington, from Houghton le Spring registration district.	2673 in 1931
	(d)	Gained the parishes of Ford, Hylton, Ryhope, and Tunstall, from Sunderland registration district.	21945 in 1931
1.4.1951	(e)	Lost parts of the parishes of Ford, Hylton, and Silksworth (which became part of the parish of Sunderland on 1.4.1951) to Sunderland registration district.
1.4.1967	(f)	Lost parts of the parishes of Ford, Herrington, Offerton, and Silksworth (which became parts of the parish of Houghton le Spring on 1.4.1967) to Durham Northern registration district.
	(g)	Lost part of the parish of Hylton (which became part of the parish of Washington on 1.4.1967) to Durham Northern registration district.
	(h)	Lost the parish of Tunstall, and parts of the parishes of Burdon, Ford, Herrington, Hylton, Offerton, Ryhope, Seaham, and Silksworth (which became part of the parish of Sunderland on 1.4.1967) to Sunderland registration district.
1.4.1974	(i)	Lost the parishes of Burdon and Warden Law (which were transferred from Durham to the county of Tyne & Wear on 1.4.1974) to Sunderland registration district.	95 in 1971
1.5.2006 (abolished)	(j)	Lost the constituent parishes of Castle Eden, Dalton le Dale, Easington Colliery, Easington Village, Haswell, Hawthorn, Horden, Hutton Henry, Monk Hesleden, Murton, Nesbitt, Peterlee, Seaham, Seaton with Slingley, Sheraton with Hulam, Shotton, Thornley, Trimdon Foundry, Wheatley Hill, and Wingate, to County of Durham registration district.

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