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).
Sub-districts : Castle Eden, Easington, Seaham, Sunderland Rural.
GRO volumes : 10a (1938–46), 1A (1946–74).
Registers now held by : 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) and (h).
Castle Eden	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Cold Hesledon	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Dalton le Dale	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Easington	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
East & Middle Herrington	Durham	1938	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 and incorporated into the parishes of Herrington and Offerton. See also Table 2, note (c).
East Murton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Ford	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e), (f) and (h).
Haswell	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Hawthorn	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Herrington	Durham	1946	1967	Created 1.4.1946 out of the parishes of East & Middle Herrington, West Herrington, and Silksworth. Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, notes (f) and (h).
Horden	Durham	1947	1974	Created 1.4.1947 out of the parish of Shotton.
Hutton Henry	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Hylton	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sunderland and Washington. See also Table 2, notes (d), (e), (g) and (h).
Monk Hesleden	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (b).
Nesbitt	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Offerton	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Spring. See also Table 2, notes (c), (f) and (h).
Peterlee	Durham	1956	1974	Created 1.4.1956 out of the parishes of Horden, Shotton, and Easington.
Ryhope	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sunderland and Seaham. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Seaham	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, notes (a) and (h).
Seaton with Slingley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Sheraton with Hulam	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Shotton	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Silksworth	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parishes of Sunderland and Houghton le Sprnig. See also Table 2, notes (c), (e), (f) and (h).
Thornley	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).
Tunstall	Durham	1938	1967	Abolished 1.4.1967 and incorporated into the parish of Sunderland. See also Table 2, notes (d) and (h).
Warden Law	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (c).
West Herrington	Durham	1938	1946	Abolished 1.4.1946 and incorporated into the parishes of Offerton and Herrington. See also Table 2, note (c).
Wingate	Durham	1938	1974	See Table 2, note (a).

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.

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