List of civil parishes in County Durham

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The towns of Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington and Hartlepool are the only unparished areas outside the administrative county. There are 181 civil parishes.

Darlington

The former Darlington County Borough is unparished.

• Archdeacon Newton ¹⁰
• Barmpton ¹⁰
• Bishopton ¹⁰
• Brafferton ¹⁰
• Coatham Mundeville ¹⁰
• Denton ¹⁰
• East and West Newbiggin ¹⁰
• Great Burdon ¹⁰
• Great Stainton ¹⁰
• Heighington ¹⁰
• High Coniscliffe ¹⁰
• Houghton le Side ¹⁰
• Hurworth ¹⁰
• Killerby ¹⁰
• Little Stainton ¹⁰
• Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent ¹⁰
• Middleton St George ¹⁰
• Morton Palms ¹⁰
• Neasham ¹⁰
• Piercebridge ¹⁰
• Sadberge ¹⁰
• Summerhouse ¹⁰
• Walworth ¹⁰
• Whessoe ¹⁰

County Durham

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.

• Barforth ²¹
• Barnard Castle (town)²
• Barningham ²¹
• Bearpark ¹²
• Belmont ¹²
• Bishop Auckland (town)^{3 [1]}
• Bishop Middleham ¹⁷
• Bolam ¹
• Boldron ²¹
• Bournmoor ⁵
• Bowes ²¹
• Bradbury and the Isle ¹⁷
• Brancepeth ¹²
• Brandon and Byshottles ⁴
• Brignall ²¹
• Burnhope ¹⁵
• Cassop-cum-Quarrington ¹²
• Castle Eden ¹³
• Chilton (town)¹⁷
• City of Durham ^{11 [2]}
• Cleatlam ¹
• Cockfield ¹
• Cornforth ¹⁷
• Cornsay ¹⁵
• Cotherstone ²¹
• Coxhoe ¹²
• Croxdale and Hett ¹²
• Dalton-le-Dale ¹³
• Dene Valley ³
• Easington Colliery ¹³
• Easington Village ¹³
• Edmondbyers ²⁵
• Edmondsley ⁵
• Eggleston ¹
• Egglestone Abbey ²¹
• Eldon ¹⁸
• Esh ¹⁵
• Etherley ¹
• Evenwood and Barony ¹
• Ferryhill (town)¹⁷
• Fishburn ¹⁷
• Forest and Frith ¹
• Framwellgate Moor ¹²
• Gainford ¹
• Gilmonby ²¹
• Great Aycliffe (town)^{10 17 18}
• Great Lumley ⁵
• Greater Willington (town)^{8 [1]}
• Greencroft ¹⁵
• Hamsterley ¹
• Hamsterley Common ^{1 [3]}
• Haswell ¹³
• Hawthorn ¹³
• Headlam ¹
• Healeyfield ¹⁵
• Hedleyhope ¹⁵
• Hilton ¹
• Holwick ²¹
• Hope ²¹
• Horden ¹³
• Hunderthwaite ²¹
• Hunstanworth ²⁵
• Hutton Henry and Station Town^{[4] 13}
• Hutton Magna ²¹
• Ingleton ¹
• Kelloe ¹²
• Kimblesworth and Plawsworth ^{5 12}
• Lanchester ¹⁵
• Langleydale and Shotton ¹
• Langton ¹
• Lartington ²¹
• Little Lumley ⁵
• Lunedale ²¹
• Lynesack and Softley ¹
• Marwood ¹
• Mickleton ²¹
• Middleton in Teesdale ¹
• Middridge ¹⁸
• Monk Hesleden ¹³
• Mordon ¹⁷
• Morton Tinmouth ¹
• Muggleswick ¹⁵
• Murton ¹³
• Nesbitt ¹³
• Newbiggin ¹
• North Lodge ⁵
• Ouston ⁵
• Ovington ²¹
• Pelton ⁵
• Peterlee (town)¹³
• Pittington ¹²
• Raby with Keverstone ¹
• Rokeby ²¹
• Romaldkirk ²¹
• Sacriston ⁵
• Satley ¹⁵
• Scargill ²¹
• Seaham (town)¹⁶
• Seaton with Slingley ¹³
• Sedgefield (town)¹⁷
• Shadforth ¹²
• Sheraton with Hulam ¹³
• Sherburn Village ^{12 [5]}
• Shildon (town)¹⁸
• Shincliffe ¹²
• Shotton ¹³
• South Bedburn ¹
• South Hetton ¹³
• Spennymoor (town)¹⁹
• Staindrop ¹
• Stanhope ²⁵
• Stanley (town)^{20 [6]}
• Startforth ²¹
• Streatlam and Stainton ¹
• Thornley ¹³
• Tow Law (town)²⁴
• Trimdon ¹⁷
• Trimdon Foundry ¹³
• Urpeth ⁵
• Waldridge ⁵
• Wackerfield ¹
• Weather Hill Wood ^{4 12 [7]}
• West Auckland ³
• West Rainton and Leamside ^12[8]
• Westwick ¹
• Wheatley Hill ¹³
• Whorlton ¹
• Windlestone ¹⁷
• Wingate ¹³
• Winston ¹
• Witton Gilbert ¹²
• Witton-le-Wear ⁸
• Wolsingham ²⁵
• Wolsingham Park Moor ^{25 [9]}
• Woodland ¹
• Wycliffe with Thorpe ²¹

Hartlepool

Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough is unparished.

• Brierton ²²
• Claxton ²²
• Dalton Piercy ²²
• Elwick ²²
• Greatham ²²
• Hart ²²
• Headland ¹⁴
• Newton Bewley ²²
• Wynyard^[10]

Stockton-on-Tees

Part of the former Teesside County Borough is unparished. For the part of the borough south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.

• Aislaby ²²
• Billingham (town)^{23 [11]}
• Carlton ²²
• Egglescliffe ²²
• Elton ²²
• Grindon and Thorpe Thewles ^22[12]
• Longnewton ²²
• Newsham ²²
• Preston-on-Tees ²²
• Redmarshall ²²
• Stillington and Whitton ^{17 22}
• Wolviston ²²
• Wynyard ^22[12]

Notes

1. Formerly Barnard Castle Rural District^[13]
2. Formerly Barnard Castle Urban District^[14]
3. Formerly Bishop Auckland Urban District^[15]
4. Formerly Brandon and Byshottles Urban District^[16]
5. Formerly Chester-le-Street Rural District^[17]
6. Formerly Chester le Street Urban District^[18]
7. Formerly Consett Urban District^[19]
8. Formerly Crook and Willington Urban District^[20]
9. Formerly Darlington County Borough^[21]
10. Formerly Darlington Rural District^[22]
11. Formerly Durham Municipal Borough^[23]
12. Formerly Durham Rural District^[24]
13. Formerly Easington Rural District^[25]
14. Formerly Hartlepool County Borough^[26]
15. Formerly Lanchester Rural District^[27]
16. Formerly Seaham Urban District^[28]
17. Formerly Sedgefield Rural District^[29]
18. Formerly Shildon Urban District^[30]
19. Formerly Spennymoor Urban District^[31]
20. Formerly Stanley Urban District^[32]
21. Formerly Startforth Rural District^[33]
22. Formerly Stockton Rural District^[34]
23. Formerly Teesside County Borough^[35]
24. Formerly Tow Law Urban District^[36]
25. Formerly Weardale Rural District^[37]

References

1. The Wear Valley (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007
2. "The Durham County Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2017" (PDF). Lgbce. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
3. Lands common to Hamsterley, Lynesack and Softley, and South Bedburn civil parishes
4. "Notice of Change of Name of Parish" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
5. District Council notices of the change of name of a parish Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
6. The Derwentside (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2008
7. Lands common to Brancepeth, and Brandon and Byshottles civil parishes
8. "The Durham County Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (West Rainton and Leamside) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 15 May 2019. note that only the introduction is shows there but shows the name and has the plan
9. Lands common to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham civil parishes
10. "Wynyard". Mapit. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
11. The Stockton on Tees (Parish Electoral Arrangements) Order 2007
12. "The Stockton-on-Tees (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
13. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Barnard Castle Rural District
14. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Barnard Castle Urban District
15. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bishop Auckland Urban District
16. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Brandon and Byshottles Urban District
17. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Chester le Street Rural District Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
18. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Chester le Street Urban District
19. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Consett Urban District
20. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Crook and Willington Urban District Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
21. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Darlington County Borough Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
22. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Darlington Rural District
23. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Durham Municipal Borough
24. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Durham Rural District Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
25. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Easington Rural District
26. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hartlepool County Borough
27. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Lanchester Rural District
28. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Seaham Urban District
29. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Sedgefield Rural District
30. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Shildon Urban District
31. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Spennymoor Urban District
32. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Stanley Urban District
33. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Startforth Rural District
34. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Stockton Rural District
35. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Teesside County Borough Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
36. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Tow Law Urban District
37. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Weardale Rural District

See also

• List of civil parishes in England

External links

• Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings