A guide to locating tithe plans and apportionments for County Durham.
Introduction
Under the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836, agricultural land holdings in England were assessed for local cash payments in lieu of previous tithes of produce. This involved drawing up a detailed plan of each township in County Durham and an apportionment book giving the owner, tenant, use and value of each field, plantation, garden and close numbered on the plan.
Three copies of the tithe plan and apportionment book were made for each township:
- for the Tithe Commissioners (held in The National Archives)
- for the diocese
- for the parish (copies held here at Durham Record Office)
Sometimes a further copy was made for an estate or local council.
Apportionments are organised alphabetically by the surname of the land owner.
The township in County Durham is a subdivision of a parish, the level at which the local Overseers of the Poor collected tithes. Some areas had previous arrangements with Durham diocese that meant no tithe was due, so no plan was produced.
The townships are often fragmented, with detached portions, so please use the first edition six inch scale Ordnance Survey map to determine the township matching any particular location.
About the tithe plans and apportionments list
The list is split into alphabetical sections covering townships A to C, D to G etc.
It includes the townships surveyed for tithe assessment, usually between 1837 and 1852. The parish name is given in brackets.
Where we hold a copy of a plan and/or apportionment then our catalogue reference is given in the list. Otherwise the location of the diocesan copy is given.
Parishes in the diocese of Durham
Diocesan copies of tithe records are at Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections, Palace Green, Durham (referred to as ASC in the list).
See Durham Diocesan Records Tithe apportionments and plans
Parishes in the Anglican diocese of Leeds
For County Durham parishes which lie within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire, diocesan copies of tithe records are at the Leeds branch of the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Nepshaw Lane South, Morley, Leeds, LS27 7JQ (referred to as Leeds in the list), or at North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton (referred to as NY in the list).
Edmundbyers and Muggleswick records have been transferred to Northumberland Archives.
The list also includes townships for which no tithe was payable and no plan produced.
For many of the township names in bold type where we hold a plan we have created a high quality digital image, a copy of which which can be purchased from us.
Tithe records for County Durham, A to C
| Township (parish) | Dates | Tithe records at Durham Record Office | Catalogue reference (ASC, Leeds or NY denotes records located elsewhere) | Digital copy of plan | Other tithe records at Durham Record Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aislaby see Egglescliffe | |||||
| Archdeacon Newton (Darlington) | 1847 | ASC | |||
| Auckland, St. Andrew | 1843-44 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Auckland, St. Anne see Bishop Auckland | |||||
| Auckland, St. Helen | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Au.SH 3/4/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Aycliffe see Great Aycliffe or School Aycliffe | |||||
| Barforth (Gilling and Stanwick St John) | 1845 | NY | |||
| Barmpton (Haughton-le-Skerne) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Has 45/1,2 | Yes | |
| Barmston (Washington) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wa 3/1/1,2 | ||
| Barnard Castle (Gainford) | 1839-46 | apportionment and plan | EP/BC 3/1-4 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Barnard Castle (Gainford) | apportionment | D/HH 2/15/181 | |||
| Barnard Castle (Gainford) | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/355 | |||
| Barnes see High and Low Barnes | |||||
| Barningham | 1841-54 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ba 3/8-9,40 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Bedburn see North Bedburn, or South Bedburn | |||||
| Benfieldside (Lanchester) | 1846 | ASC | |||
| Biddick see North Biddick, and South Biddick | |||||
| Billingham | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Billingside (Lanchester) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 49/1,2 | Yes | |
| Binchester (Auckland) | no tithe | ||||
| Billy Row see Crook | |||||
| Birtley (Chester-le-Street) | 1846 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/3/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Bishop Auckland | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Bishop Middleham | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/BM 24/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts |
| Bishopton | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Bis 53/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Bishopwearmouth | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/Biw 221/1,2 | Miscellaneous | |
| Bishopwearmouth Pans | no tithe | ||||
| Blackwell (Darlington) | 1847-48 | apportionment and plan | D/XD 27/3/1,2 | ||
| Blackwell (Darlington) | apportionment and plan | D/XD 27/4/1,2 | |||
| Blakeston or Blakiston (Norton) | 1846-48 | ASC | |||
| Bolam (Gainford) | [1840] | apportionment | D/St/E1/22/356 | ||
| Bolam (Gainford) | 1839-43 | ASC | |||
| Boldon | 1840 | ASC | Altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | ||
| Boldron (Startforth) | 1842 | apportionment and plan | D/DL 16/4/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts |
| Bournmoor (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1847 | ASC | |||
| Bowes | not at DCRO or Leeds | ||||
| Bradbury (Sedgefield) | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Brafferton (Aycliffe) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | D/DL 16/3/1,2 | Yes | |
| Brancepeth | 1838-39 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 136/1&2,3 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Brancepeth | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 137 | |||
| Brancepeth | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 138 | |||
| Brandon and Byshottles (Brancepeth) | 1838-39 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 140/1,2 | Altered apportionment(s) | |
| Brearton or Brierton (Stranton) | 1843 | ASC | |||
| Brignall | Leeds | ||||
| Broom (Durham St Oswald) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Du.SO 1/2/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Burdon (Bishopwearmouth) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Biw 219/1,2 | Yes | |
| Burdon (Haughton-le-Skerne) | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Burnhope and Hamsteels (Lanchester) | 1839-41 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 43/1,2 | Miscellaneous | |
| Burnhope and Hamsteels (Lanchester) | apportionment | D/X 671/5 | |||
| Butsfield see East Butsfield | |||||
| Butterwick and Old Acres (Sedgefield) | 1838 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Byers Green (Auckland) | 1907 | plan | D/Br/P 149 | ||
| Byers Green (Auckland) | 1847 | ASC | |||
| Carlton (Redmarshall)) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Cassop (Kelloe) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ke 27/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Castle Eden | 1846 | apportionment and plan | EP/CE 94/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Castle Eden | apportionment | D/CE 115 | |||
| Chester-le-Street | 1847 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/7-8 | Miscellaneous | |
| Chilton (Merrington) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Mer 42/1,2 | Yes | |
| Chopwell (Winlaton) | 1852 | apportionment and plan | EP/Win 3/7/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Claxton (Greatham) | 1841-43 | ASC | |||
| Cleasby (North Yorkshire) | 1848 | apportionment and plan | D/DL 16/5/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Cleatlam (Gainford/Staindrop) | 1842 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 76b/1,2 | ||
| Coatham Mundeville (Haughton-le-Skerne) | 1838-40 | ASC | |||
| Coatsay Moor (Heighington) | 1845 | ASC | |||
| Cocken (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1841 | apportionment and plan | EP/WR 46/1,2 | Yes | |
| Cockerton (Darlington) | 1839 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Cockfield and Woodland (Cockfield) | 1837-38 | ASC | |||
| Cockfield | [1837] | apportionment | EP/Coc 3/2 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) | |
| Cockfield | [1837] | plan | D/St/P2/1/33 | ||
| Cockfield, Woodland | [1837] | apportionment | D/St/E1/25/4,5 | ||
| Cold Hesledon (Dalton-le-Dale) | 1844 | ASC | |||
| Coldpighill (Lanchester) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 38/1,2 | Yes | |
| Cold Rowley (Muggleswick) | 1841-44 | ASC | |||
| Colepike Hall see Coldpighill | |||||
| Collierley and Pontop (Lanchester) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 44/1,2 | ||
| Coniscliffe | 1841-44 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Conside and Knitsley (Lanchester) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 45/1,2 | Yes | |
| Coppycrooks see Henknowle | |||||
| Cornforth (Bishop Middleham) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/BM 25/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Cornsay (Lanchester) | 1840/41 | ASC | |||
| Cotherstone (Romaldkirk) | c.1838 | Leeds | Miscellaneous | ||
| Coundon (Auckland) | 1844 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Coundon Grange (Auckland) | 1839/40 | ASC | |||
| Cowpen Bewley (Billingham) | 1838/39 | ASC | |||
| Coxhoe (Kelloe) | 1842 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ke 29/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Crawcrook (Ryton) | 1840-41 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ryt 3/9/1,2 | Yes | |
| Crawcrook (Ryton) | apportionment | NCB01/SC/984 | |||
| Crayke (Yorkshire) | 1840/41 | ASC | |||
| Crook and Billy Row (Brancepeth) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Br 148/1,2 | ||
| Crossgate (Durham St Oswald) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Du.SM 93/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Croxdale see Sunderland Bridge |
Tithe records for County Durham, D to G
| Township (parish) | Dates | Tithe records at Durham Record Office | Catalogue reference (ASC, Leeds or NY denotes records located elsewhere) | Digital copy of plan | Other tithe records at Durham record Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton-le-Dale | 1843 | apportionment and plan | D/Lo/P 85/1,2 | Yes | |
| Dalton Piercy (Hart) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Darlington | 1847 | apportionment and plan | D/XD 27/4/1,2 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) | |
| Darlington | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Darlington and Cockerton (Haughton-le-Skerne) | ASC | ||||
| Dawdon (Dalton-le-Dale) | 1850 | apportionment and plan | D/Lo/P 86/1,2; D/Lo/Int. 260 | Yes | |
| Denton (Gainford) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | D/X 1676/1,2 | Yes | |
| Denton (Gainford) | [1840] | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/357 | ||
| Dinsdale | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Di 3/5/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Durham, Magdalen Place (St Giles) | 1852 | apportionment and plan | EP/Du.SG 99 | ||
| Durham, St. Giles | 1846 | apportionment and plan | EP/Du.SG 111/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Durham, St. Margaret see Framwellgate, and Crossgate | |||||
| Durham St Mary le Bow, St Mary the Less, St Nicholas, Magdalen Place, Castle, College | no tithe | ||||
| Durham, St. Oswald see Elvet, Shincliffe, Broom, and Sunderland Bridge | |||||
| Easington | 1840 | ASC | |||
| East and Middle Herrington (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1848 | apportionment and plan | D/X 755/3/1,2 | Yes | |
| East and West Butsfield and Steely (Lanchester) | 1840/41 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 40/1,2 | Yes | |
| East Hartburn (Stockton) | 1839 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| East Rainton (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1839-66 | apportionment and plan | EP/ER 27/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| East Thickley (Auckland) | no tithe | ||||
| Ebchester (Lanchester) | no tithe | ||||
| Edmondsley (Chester-le-Street) | 1847 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/9/1,2 | ||
| Edmundbyers | 1841 | ASC, NA | |||
| Egglescliffe (inc. Aislaby and Newsham) | [1841] | plan | EP/Eg 1, 135 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) | |
| Egglescliffe (inc. Aislaby and Newsham) | apportionment | EP/Eg 14 | |||
| Egglescliffe (inc. Aislaby and Newsham) | 1841 | ASC | |||
| Eggleston (Middleton in Teesdale) | 1850 | ASC | |||
| Eighton Banks see Lamesley | |||||
| Egglestone Abbey (Startforth) | no tithe | ||||
| Eldon (Auckland St Andrew) | no tithe | Miscellaneous | |||
| Elstob (Great Stainton) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Elton | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Elvet (Durham St Oswald) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Du.SO 1/1/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Elwick (Hart) | 1839-45 | ASC | |||
| Elwick Hall | 1839/40 | ASC | |||
| Embleton (Sedgefield) | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Eppleton see Great Eppleton, and Little Eppleton | |||||
| Escomb (Auckland) | 1849 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Esh (Lanchester) | 1839 | plan | D/Br/P 142 | Yes | |
| Esh (Lanchester) | apportionment and plan | EP/La 39/1,2 | |||
| Evenwood (Auckland) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/Au.SH 3/3/1,2 | ||
| Felling (Heworth) | 1844 | apportionment | EP/Hew 74 | Miscellaneous | |
| Felling (Heworth) | 1850 | ASC (damaged) | |||
| Ferryhill (Merrington) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Mer 41/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Fishburn (Sedgefield) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Ford (Bishopwearmouth) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Biw 220/1,2 | Yes | |
| Forest and Frith (Middleton in Teesdale) | 1840-47 | ASC | |||
| Forest Quarter (Stanhope) | 1841-42 | apportionment and plan | EP/St 3/27,30 | ||
| Foxton and Shotton (Sedgefield) | 1838-39 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Framwellgate (Durham St Oswald) | plan | D/Ph 254/1 | Yes | Miscellaneous | |
| Framwellgate (Durham St Oswald) | 1838-39 | apportionment | EP/Du.SM 92 | ||
| Fulwell (Monkwearmouth) | 1845 | ASC | |||
| Gainford | 1840-41 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 76/1,2 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Gainford | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/358 | |||
| Garmondsway Moor | no tithe | ||||
| Gateshead | 1839 | ASC | Altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | ||
| Gateshead Fell (Gateshead) | 1845 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Gilmonby (Bowes) | Leeds | ||||
| Girsby and Over Dinsdale (Sockburn) | 1847 | apportionment and plan | EP/Soc 3/5/1,2 | Yes | |
| Great Aycliffe | 1838 | plan | D/DL 16/1 | Yes | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts |
| Great Aycliffe | 1838-39 | ASC | |||
| Great Burdon see Burdon (Haughton-le-Skerne) | |||||
| Great Eppleton (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/HH 29/1,2 | Yes | |
| Great and Little Lumley (Chester-le-Street) | 1841 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/2/1,2 | Altered apportionment(s) | |
| Great Stainton | 1839 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Great Usworth (Washington) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wa 3/2/1,2 | Yes | |
| Greatham | 1841 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Greatham Hospital (extra-parochial) | no tithe | ||||
| Greencroft (Lanchester) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 41/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Grindon | no tithe | Tithe accounts |
Tithe records for County Durham, H to L
| Township (parish) | Dates | Tithe records at Durham Record Office | Catalogue reference (ASC, Leeds or NY denotes records located elsewhere) | Digital copy of plan | Other tithe records at Durham record Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallgarth (Pittington) | 1844 | ASC | |||
| Hamsteels see Burnhope | |||||
| Hamsterley (Auckland) | 1848 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Harraton (Chester-le-Street) | 1847 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/6/1,2 | ||
| Hart | 1841 | ASC | |||
| Hartburn see East Hartburn | |||||
| Hartlepool (Hart) | 1840-45 | ASC | |||
| Harton (Jarrow) | 1839 | ASC | Altered apportionment(s) | ||
| Haswell (Easington) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Haughton-le-Side see Houghton-le-Side | |||||
| Haughton-le-Skerne | 1838-39 | ASC | Altered apportionment(s) | ||
| Hawthorn (Easington) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Headlam (Gainford) | 1840-41 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 74/1,2 | ||
| Headlam (Gainford) | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/359 | |||
| Healeyfield (Lanchester) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 46/1,2 | ||
| Hebburn see Jarrow | |||||
| Hedleyhope (Brancepeth) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Hedworth (Jarrow) | 1851 | ASC | |||
| Heighington | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/He 18/1,2 | Yes | |
| Helmington see Hunwick | |||||
| Helmington Row (Brancepeth) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 143/1,2 | Yes | |
| Hendon (Bishopwearmouth) | 1860 | apportionment and plan | EP/Su.SPa 3/2 | ||
| Henknowle and Coppycrooks (Auckland) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Herrington see East and Middle Herrington, and West Herrington | |||||
| Hett (Merrington) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Mer 43/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Hetton-le-Hole (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/HH 30/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Heworth | 1850 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| High and Low Barnes (Bishopwearmouth) | 1845 | ASC | |||
| Hilton (Staindrop) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Stai 3/4/1,2 | ||
| Holmside: Main (Lanchester) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 47/1,2 | Yes | |
| Holmside: Stobelee (Lanchester) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 47/3,4 | Yes | |
| Hope (Barningham) | 1841 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ba 3/8,42 | Yes | |
| Horden (Easington) | no tithe | ||||
| Houghton-le-Side (Gainford) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 73/1,2 | Yes | |
| Houghton-le-Side (Gainford) | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/360 | |||
| Houghton-le-Spring | 1842 | apportionment and plan | D/X 755/6/1,2 | Yes | |
| Hulam see Sheraton | |||||
| Hunderthwaite (Romaldkirk) | c.1838 | Leeds | |||
| Hunstanworth | no tithe | ||||
| Hunwick and Helmington (Auckland) | 1843-44 | ASC | |||
| Hurworth | 1839-40 | apportionment and plan | EP/Hur 3/2, 3/8 | Miscellaneous | |
| Hutton Henry (Monk Hesleden) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/MH 17/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Hutton Magna | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/HM 3/1,2 | Yes | |
| Hylton (Monkwearmouth) | no records | ||||
| Ingleton (Staindrop) | 1839 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Iveston (Lanchester) | [1842] | apportionment and plan | EP/La 42/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Jarrow and Hebburn | 1850 | ASC | |||
| Kelloe | 1839-42 | apportionment | D/Lo/P 87 | Miscellaneous | |
| Kelloe | 1842 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ke 30/1,2 | Yes | |
| Keverstone see Raby | |||||
| Killerby (Heighington) | 1838-40 | ASC | |||
| Kimblesworth (Witton Gilbert) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/WG 3/2/1,2 | Yes | |
| Kirk Merrington see Merrington | |||||
| Knitsley see Conside | |||||
| Kyo (Lanchester) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 48/1,2 | Miscellaneous | |
| Lambton (Chester-le-Street) | 1847 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/10 | ||
| Lamesley (Chester-le-Street) | 1847 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/11/1,2 | Yes | |
| Lamesley: Eighton Banks (Chester le Street) | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/11/1,3 | Yes | ||
| Lanchester | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/La 50, 119 | Miscellaneous | |
| Lanchester | apportionment | D/X 671/5 | |||
| Langley (Lanchester) | 1846 | ASC | |||
| Langleydale and Shotton (Staindrop) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Stai 3/6/1,2 | Yes | |
| Langton (Gainford) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 72/1,2 | ||
| Langton (Gainford) | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/361 | |||
| Lartington (Romaldkirk) | 1840 | apportionment | D/HH 7/6/26 | Miscellaneous | |
| Lartington (Romaldkirk) | Leeds | ||||
| Little Eppleton (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/HH 32/1,2 | Yes | |
| Little Lumley see Great Lumley | |||||
| Little Stainton (Bishopton) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Bis 50/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Little Usworth (Washington) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wa 3/2/1,2 | Yes | |
| Long Newton and Middleton One Row (Long Newton) | 1837-38 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Lumley see Great Lumley | |||||
| Lynesack and Softley (Auckland) | 1843-48 | apportionment and plan | EP/Lyn 3/1/1,2 |
Tithe records for County Durham, M to R
| Township (parish) | Dates | Tithe records at Durham Record Office | Catalogue reference (ASC, Leeds or NY denotes records located elsewhere) | Digital copy of plan | Other tithe records at Durham record Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainsforth (Bishop Middleham) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/BM 27/1,2 | Yes | |
| Marwood (Gainford) | 1842 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 75/1,2 | ||
| Marwood (Gainford) | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/362 | |||
| Medomsley (Lanchester) | no tithe | Miscellaneous | |||
| Merrington | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Mer 44/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Middle Herrington see East Herrington | |||||
| Middlestone (Auckland) | 1843 | ASC | |||
| Middleton-in-Teesdale | c.1843 | apportionment | D/Wat P7 | Miscellaneous | |
| Middleton-in-Teesdale | apportionment | CP/MT 21 | |||
| Middleton-in-Teesdale | 1840-46 | ASC | |||
| Middleton One Row see Long Newton | |||||
| Middleton St.George | 1838 | apportionment | EP/Mi.SG 29 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) | |
| Middleton St.George | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Middridge (Auckland) | 1844 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Middridge Grange (Auckland) | 1844 | ASC | |||
| Monk Hesledon | 1838 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Monkton (Jarrow) | 1841 | ASC | |||
| Monkwearmouth | 1839-40 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Monkwearmouth Shore | no tithe | ||||
| Moorhouse (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/WR 45/1,2 | Yes | |
| Moorsley (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/ER 32/1,2 | Yes | |
| Mordon (Sedgefield) | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Mortham Hall (Rokeby) | Leeds | ||||
| Morton Grange (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1847 | apportionment and plan | D/X 755/4 | ||
| Morton Palms (Haughton-le-Skerne) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Sad 3/2/1,2 | Yes | |
| Morton Tinmouth (Gainford) | 1841-46 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 76a/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) |
| Morton Tinmouth (Gainford) | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/363 | |||
| Muggleswick | 1845-46 | ASC, NA | |||
| Murton (Dalton-le-Dale) | 1843 | ASC | |||
| Neasham (Hurworth) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Hur 3/1/1,2 | ||
| Nesbitt (Hart) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Newbiggin (Bishopton) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Bis 56/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Newbiggin (Middleton-in-Teesdale) | c.1840 | apportionment | D/Wat Box 22 | Miscellaneous | |
| Newbiggin (Middleton-in-Teesdale) | 1840-42 | ASC | |||
| Newbottle (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | D/X 755/7/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Newfield (Auckland) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Newlandside Quarter (Stanhope) | 1841-42 | apportionment and plan | EP/St 3/28, 31 | ||
| Newsham (Yorkshire) | 1841 | apportionment | EP/Ba 3/7 | Tithe accounts | |
| Newsham see Egglescliffe | |||||
| Newton Bewley (Billingham) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wo 10/1,2 | Yes | |
| Newton Cap (Auckland) | 1847-48 | ASC | |||
| North Bedburn (Auckland) | 1846 | ASC | |||
| North Biddick (Washington) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wa 3/2/1,2 | Yes | |
| Norton | 1841 | apportionment | EP/Nor 3/1 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Norton | 1842 | ASC | |||
| Offerton (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1847 | ASC | |||
| Old Acres see Butterwick | |||||
| Old Park (Whitworth) | 1845 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 144/1,2 | Yes | |
| Ouston (Chester-le-Street) | 1850 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/13/1,2 | ||
| Over Dinsdale see Girsby | |||||
| Park Quarter (Stanhope) | 1841-42 | apportionment and plan | EP/St 3/14, 32 | ||
| Pelton (Chester-le-Street) | 1846 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/4/1,2 | Altered apportionment(s) | |
| Penshaw (Houghton le Spring) | 1848 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| Piercebridge (Gainford) | 1838-40 | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/364 | ||
| Piercebridge (Gainford) | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai 76f/1,2 | |||
| Pittington | 1868 | apportionment | EP/Pi 51 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Pittington | 1841 | ASC | |||
| Plawsworth (Chester-le-Street) | 1849 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/12/1,2 | ||
| Pollard’s Lands (Auckland) | 1845 | ASC | |||
| Pontop see Collierley | |||||
| Preston-on-Tees (Stockton) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Preston-le-Skerne (Aycliffe) | 1838 | plan | D/XP 99/1,2 | Miscellaneous | |
| Preston-le-Skerne (Aycliffe) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Quarrington (Kelloe) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ke 26/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Raby and Keverstone (Staindrop) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Rainton see East Rainton, and West Rainton | |||||
| Redmarshall | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Redworth (Heighington) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/He 19/1,2 | Yes | |
| Rokeby | Leeds | ||||
| Romaldkirk | no tithe | Tithe accounts | |||
| Ryhope (Bishopwearmouth) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Biw 216/1,2 | Yes | |
| Ryton | 1840-41 | apportionment | NCB01/SC/984 | Altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Ryton | 1840-41 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ryt 3/10/1,2 | ||
| Ryton Woodside (Ryton) | 1840-43 | apportionment | NCB01/SC/984 | Miscellaneous | |
| Ryton Woodside (Ryton) | apportionment and plan | EP/Ryt 3/8/1,2 | Yes | ||
| Ryton Woodside (Ryton) | apportionment and plan | D/CG 2/47 |
Tithe records for County Durham, S to T
| Township (parish) | Dates | Tithe records at Durham Record Office | Catalogue reference (ASC, Leeds or NY denotes records located elsewhere) | Digital copy of plan | Other tithe records at Durham record Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadberge (Haughton-le-Skerne) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Sad 3/1/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Satley (Lanchester) | c.1840 | ASC | |||
| Scargill (Barningham) | 1841 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ba 3/8,41 | Yes | |
| School Aycliffe (Heighington) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/He 17/1,2 | Yes | |
| Seaham | 1839 | plan | D/Lo/P 88 | Tithe accounts | |
| Seaham | 1839-43 | ASC | |||
| Seaton Carew (Stranton) | 1840 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Sedgefield | 1838-39 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Shadforth (Pittington) | 1838-40 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Sheraton and Hulam (Monk Hesleden) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/MH 19/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Sherburn (Pittington) | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Sherburn House (Pittington) | 1848 | apportionment and plan | D/ShH 1040/1,2 | Yes | |
| Shildon (Auckland) | 1839-43 | ASC | |||
| Shincliffe (Durham St Oswald) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Shi 3/1,2 | Yes | |
| Shotton (Easington) | 1840 | ASC | |||
| Shotton see also Foxton and Shotton, and Langleydale and Shotton | |||||
| Silksworth (Bishopwearmouth) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Biw 217/1,2 | Yes | Tithe accounts |
| Snotterton (Staindrop) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Sockburn | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Soc 3/4/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Softley see Lynesack | |||||
| South Bedburn (Auckland) | 1848 | ASC | |||
| South Biddick or Waterville (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1848 | ASC | |||
| South Shields | no tithe | Miscellaneous | |||
| Southwick (Monkwearmouth) | 1839 | plan | EP/Mo.SP 78 | Miscellaneous | |
| Southwick (Monkwearmouth) | 1839-40 | ASC | |||
| St. John’s Chapel see Forest Quarter | |||||
| Staindrop | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Stai 3/3/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts |
| Stainton-le-Street see Great Stainton | |||||
| Stainton and Streatlam (Gainford) | 1842 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gai/76e/1,2 | ||
| Stainton see also Little Stainton | |||||
| Stanhope | 1841-42 | apportionment and plan | EP/St 3/29, 33 | ||
| Stanhope see also Forest Quarter, Park Quarter, and Newlandside Quarter | |||||
| Startforth | 1839-40 | apportionment and plan | UD/BC 133/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts |
| Steely see East Butsfield | |||||
| Stella (Ryton) | 1838-39 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ste 48-49, 50/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Stillington (Redmarshall) | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Stobelee see Holmside | |||||
| Stockley (Brancepeth) | 1838-39 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 136/1&2,3 | Yes | |
| Stockley (Brancepeth) | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 137 | |||
| Stockley (Brancepeth) | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 145/1,2 | |||
| Stockton-on-Tees | 1844-45 | ASC | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) | ||
| Stranton | 1839 | plan | EP/Str 27 | Miscellaneous | |
| Stranton | 1839 | ASC | |||
| Streatlam see Stainton and Streatlam | |||||
| Summerhouse (Gainford) | [1846] | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/365 | ||
| Summerhouse (Gainford) | 1839-40 | ASC | |||
| Sunderland | no tithe | ||||
| Sunderland Bridge (Durham St Oswald) | 1852 | plan | D/Sa/P 38‑39 | Yes | |
| Sunderland Bridge (Durham St Oswald) | 1842 | ASC | |||
| Tanfield (Chester le Street) | 1847 | ASC | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts | ||
| Thornley (Kelloe) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ke 31/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Thorpe Bulmer (Hart) | 1838 | ASC | |||
| Thorpe Thewles (Grindon) | 1844 | apportionment and plan | EP/Gr 18/1,2 | Yes | |
| Thrislington (Bishop Middleham) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/BM 26/1,2 | Yes | |
| Throston (Hart) | 1841 | ASC | |||
| Trimdon (Kelloe) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/Tr 27,40 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Trimdon (Kelloe) | plan | CP/Tr 29-31 | |||
| Tudhoe (Brancepeth) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 146/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Tunstall (Bishopwearmouth) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Biw 218/1,2 | Yes |
Tithe records for County Durham, U to Z
| Townships from U to Z | Dates | Tithe records at DRO | Catalogue reference (ASC, Leeds or NY denotes records located elsewhere) | Digital copy of plan | Other tithe records at DRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urpeth (Chester-le-Street) | 1846 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/5/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Usworth see Great Usworth | |||||
| Wackerfield (Staindrop) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Stai 3/5/1,2 | ||
| Waldridge (Chester-le-Street) | 1840 | apportionment and plan | EP/CS 3/1/1,2 | ||
| Walworth (Heighington) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/He 20/1,2 | Yes | |
| Warden Law (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1845 | apportionment and plan | D/X 755/1/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Washington | 1843 | ASC | Tithe accounts | ||
| West Auckland (Auckland) | 1843 | apportionment and plan | EP/Au.SH 3/5/1,2 | Yes | |
| Westerton (Auckland) | 1839-40 | ASC | |||
| West Butsfield see East Butsfield | |||||
| West Herrington (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1848 | apportionment and plan | D/X 755/5/1,2 | Yes | |
| West Rainton (Houghton-le-Spring) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | D/Lo/P 89/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Westoe (Jarrow) | 1841 | ASC | Altered apportionment(s) | ||
| Westwick (Gainford) | [1846] | apportionment | D/St/E 1/22/366 | ||
| Westwick (Gainford) | 1841-45 | ASC | |||
| Whessoe (Haughton-le-Skerne) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | D/DL 16/2/1,2 | Yes | |
| Whickham | 1842 | apportionment and plan | EP/Whm 34/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts |
| Whitburn | 1840 | apportionment | D/X 729/1 | ||
| Whitburn | 1839-42 | ASC | |||
| Whitton (Grindon) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | D/Lo/Int. 260 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Whitwell House (extra-parochial) | no tithe | ||||
| Whitworth | 1845 | ASC | |||
| Whorlton (Gainford) | 1841-49 | apportionment | D/HH 2/15/71 | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Whorlton (Gainford) | apportionment and plan | EP/Who 12/1,2 | |||
| Willington (Brancepeth) | 1838-39 | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 136/1&2,3 | Yes | |
| Willington (Brancepeth) | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 137 | |||
| Willington (Brancepeth) | apportionment and plan | D/Br/P 148 | |||
| Windlestone (Auckland) | no tithe | ||||
| Wingate (Kelloe) | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Ke 28/1,2 | Yes | Miscellaneous; altered apportionment(s) |
| Winlaton (Ryton) | draft | plan | D/CG 19/320 | Yes | |
| Winlaton (Ryton) | 1838-39 | ASC | |||
| Winston | 1841 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wi 43/1,2 | Miscellaneous; tithe accounts | |
| Witton Gilbert | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wg 3/1/1,2 | Yes | Altered apportionment(s) |
| Witton-le-Wear (Auckland) | 1847 | ASC | Miscellaneous | ||
| Wolsingham | 1839 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wol 71-72 | Altered apportionment(s); tithe accounts | |
| Wolsingham Park Moor (extra-parochial) | no tithe | ||||
| Wolviston (Billingham) | 1838 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wo 9/1,2 | Yes | Tithe accounts |
| Woodham (Aycliffe) | [1839] | plan | EP/Ay 2/39 | Yes | Miscellaneous |
| Woodham (Aycliffe) | apportionment and plan | D/XP 100/1,2 | |||
| Woodland see Cockfield | |||||
| Wycliffe | 1840-41 | apportionment and plan | EP/Wy 3/1/1,2 | Yes |
In addition to the townships listed above we also hold other records relating to tithes for the following places:
- Blackhall (Monk Hesledon)
- Burn Hall (Durham, St Oswald)
- Butterby (Durham, St Oswald)
- Croxdale (Durham, St Oswald and Hett)
- Durham, St. Nicholas
- Etherley (Auckland)
- Harperley (Auckland)
- South Hylton (Bishopwearmouth)
- Stanhope
The Bowes Museum plan collection (catalogue ref. D/Bo/G), especially material related to the Bell Brothers (surveyors), includes material related to tithe commutation in various other parts of the county, and also draft tithe plans and/or apportionments for:
- Iveston
- Lamesley
- Tanfield
- Greencroft
- Newbiggin
- Hunderthwaite
- Cotherstone
- Haswell
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