This is a list of civil parishes in the
ceremonial county
The counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England and informally known as ceremonial counties, are areas of England to which lords-lieutenant are appointed. Legally, the areas i ...
of
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
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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 estimat ...
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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 underw ...
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 D ...
are the only
unparished area
In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unpa ...
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 underw ...
The former
Darlington County Borough is unparished.
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Archdeacon Newton
Archdeacon Newton is a hamlet (place), hamlet and rural Parish councils in England, parish of several farms in the borough of Darlington (borough), Darlington and the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of County Durham, in England ...
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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 10
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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
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. ...
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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 i ...
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Heighington 10
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High Coniscliffe 10
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Houghton le Side 10
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Hurworth 10
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Killerby 10
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Little Stainton 10
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Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent 10
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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 3,77 ...
10
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Morton Palms 10
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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 Durh ...
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Piercebridge 10
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Sadberge
Sadberge () is a village in County Durham, England, situated between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees. It is administered as part of the borough of Darlington.
History
The village's name is Old Danish for "flat hill", an accurate description of ...
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Summerhouse 10
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Walworth 10
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Whessoe 10
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East E ...
The former
Chester le Street Urban District and
Consett Urban District and parts of the former
Bishop Auckland Urban District,
Crook and Willington Urban District 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 21
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Barnard Castle (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'' †...
12
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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 surr ...
(town)
3 [The Wear Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007](_blank)
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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 ...
17
* Bolam 1
* Boldron
Boldron is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durh ...
21
* Bournmoor
Bournmoor ( or ) is a village in County Durham, England, and is situated a short distance from Chester-le-Street.
It contains St Barnabas' Church, which houses the Frostley Angel. Originally part of the Lambton Castle
Lambton Castle stands a ...
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 coun ...
21
* Bradbury and the Isle 17
* 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 ...
12
* 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, Broompar ...
4
* Brignall
Brignall village is located in an elevated position adjacent to the River Greta,
about 2 km upstream from Greta Bridge. The village is within the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England,
the nearest town is the market town ...
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 Brown ...
15
* 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 13
* 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. It is situated a few miles west of Darlington
Darlington is a market ...
1
* 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 ...
17
* Cornsay 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 Rura ...
21
* Coxhoe 12
* 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 ...
12
* 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, ...
13
* Dene Valley 3
* 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 19 ...
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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 min ...
5
* Eggleston
Eggleston is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 448. It is situated in Teesdale, a few miles north-west of Barnard Castle.
Etymology
The second element of ''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 1
* 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 ...
(town)17
* 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 sw ...
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* Forest and Frith 1
* Framwellgate Moor 12
* Gainford 1
* Gilmonby
Gilmonby is a village in the Pennines in County Durham, England. it is situated a short distance to the south of Bowes, in the vicinity of Barnard Castle. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Information is kept in the Bowe ...
21
* Great Aycliffe
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* Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size
* Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent
People
* List of people known as "the Great"
*Artel Great
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* Great Lumley 5
* Greater Willington
Willington is a former mining village in County Durham, England, in the foothills of the Pennines and near the River Wear close to Crook, Bishop Auckland and Durham City.
Like many communities in the area Willington's economy was largely based ...
(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
Annfield Plain is a village in C ...
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* Hamsterley 1
* Hamsterley Common 1
* Haswell 13
* Hawthorn
Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to:
Plants
* '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae
* ''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. ...
1
* Healeyfield 15
* 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, detail ...
21
* Hope
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As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish ...
21
* 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 Coll ...
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* Hunderthwaite
Hunderthwaite is a village and civil parish in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 114. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of ...
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* Hunstanworth 25
* Hutton Henry 13
* 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 12
* Kimblesworth and Plawsworth 5 12
* Lanchester 15
* Langleydale and Shotton 1
* Langton 1
* Lartington
Lartington is a village and civil parish about west of the town of Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 135.
Lartington is historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire ...
21
* Little Lumley 5
* 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
Middleton-in-Teesdale is a market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the north side of Teesdale between Eggleston and Newbiggin, a few miles to the north-west of Barnard Castle. The settlement is surrounded by the North Penn ...
1
* Middridge 18
* 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 1
* Muggleswick
Muggleswick is a village and 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 number of farms and domestic ...
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* Murton 13
* Nesbitt 13
* Newbiggin 1
* North Lodge 5
* Ouston Ouston can refer to three places in England:
* Ouston, County Durham
Ouston is a village in County Durham, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. The main village of Ouston (formerly called Ulkerton in earlie ...
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 cre ...
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* Pittington 12
* 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 parish in County Durham, England, situated north of the city of Durham.
Although the area has been populated since the Bronze Age, the first recorded settlement dated back to the 13th century to Sacristan's Heu ...
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* Satley 15
* 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 ...
(town)16
* Seaton with Slingley 13
* Sedgefield (town)17
* 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.
Sh ...
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* Sheraton with Hulam 13
* Sherburn Village 12
* Shildon (town)18
* Shincliffe 12
* Shotton 13
* South Bedburn 1
* South Hetton
South Hetton is a former Pit village, mining village in the County Durham (district), County Durham district of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the east of Durham, England, Durham and to the south of Sunderlan ...
13
* Spennymoor
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 ...
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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 a ...
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* Stanhope 25
* Stanley (town)20 [The Derwentside (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2008](_blank)
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* Startforth
Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It is historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startfort ...
21
* Streatlam and Stainton 1
* Thornley 13
* Tow Law (town)24
* Trimdon 17
* Trimdon Foundry 13
* 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 ...
5
* Waldridge 5
* Wackerfield
Wackerfield is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north west of Darlington. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Winston.
Listed buildings in Wackerfield includ ...
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* Weather Hill Wood 4 12
* West Auckland 3
* West Rainton and Leamside
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Etymology
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* Westwick 1
* Wheatley Hill 13
* Whorlton 1
* Windlestone 17
* Wingate
Wingate may refer to:
Places
New Zealand
* 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 12
* Witton-le-Wear 8
* Wolsingham 25
* Wolsingham Park Moor 25
* Woodland
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* Wycliffe with Thorpe 21
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 D ...
Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough is unparished.
* Brierton 22
* Claxton 22
* Dalton Piercy 22
* Elwick 22
* Greatham 22
* Hart 22
* Headland
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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 ...
22
* 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 estimat ...
Part of the former Teesside County Borough is unparished. For the part of the borough south of the River Tees
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, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.
* 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 i ...
(town)23 [The Stockton on Tees (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007](_blank)
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* Carlton 22
* Egglescliffe 22
* 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 22Longnewton
Longnewton (also known as Long Newton) is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The population taken at the 2001 Census was 733 increasing to 828 at the 2011 Census. It ...
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* Newsham 22
* Preston-on-Tees 22
* 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 nort ...
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* Stillington and Whitton Stillington could be
* Stillington, County Durham, England
*Stillington, North Yorkshire
Stillington is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York to Helmsley road about north of Yo ...
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* Wolviston 22
* Wynyard 22
Notes
# Formerly Barnard Castle Rural District
# Formerly Barnard Castle Urban District
# Formerly Bishop Auckland Urban District
# Formerly Brandon and Byshottles Urban District
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, ...
# 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
# Formerly Consett Urban District
# Formerly Crook and Willington Urban District
# Formerly Darlington County Borough
# Formerly Darlington Rural District
# Formerly Durham Municipal Borough
# Formerly Durham Rural District
{{coord, 54.777, -1.581, display=title, region:GB_scale:100000Durham was a rural district in County Durham, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Durham rural sanitary district and covered an ...
# Formerly Easington Rural District
Easington Rural District was a rural district in County Durham from 1894 to 1974. The local authority was Easington Rural District Council.
In 1956 the civil parish of Peterlee was created in the district around the new town that had been found ...
# Formerly Hartlepool County Borough
# Formerly Lanchester Rural District
# Formerly Seaham Urban District
# Formerly Sedgefield Rural District
# Formerly Shildon Urban District
# Formerly Spennymoor Urban District
# 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 ...
# Formerly Stockton Rural District
# Formerly Teesside County Borough
# 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, ...
A Vision of Britain Through Time : Weardale Rural District
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References
See also
* List of civil parishes in England
External links
Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings
{{Civil parishes in County Durham
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
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*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
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