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Place name search results

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The following is an alphabetical list of place names in County Durham showing their corresponding parish(es), at any given date.

Please click a parish to jump to detailed information (such as location and the availability of registers and indexes) for each parish, within our 'Church Registers'. Alternatively, click on an initial letter to jump to place names in that section.

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  • Weardale St. John's
    • Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle
  • Wearhead
    • Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle (until 1824)
    • Heathery Cleugh St. Thomas (1824 onwards)
  • Wellfield
    • Castle Eden St. James
  • Wellhope
    • Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle (until 1824)
    • Heathery Cleugh St. Thomas (1824 onwards)
  • Wemmergill
    • Romaldkirk St. Romald
  • West Auckland
    • Auckland St. Helen
  • West Blackdene
    • Stanhope St. Thomas the Apostle
  • West Boldon
    • Boldon St. Nicholas
  • West Butsfield
    • Satley St. Cuthbert
  • West Cornforth
    • Bishop Middleham St. Michael (until 1868)
    • Cornforth Holy Trinity (1868 onwards)
  • West Hall
    • Whitburn St. Mary
  • West Hartburn
    • Middleton St. George St. George
  • West Hartlepool
    • Stranton All Saints (until 1854)
    • Hartlepool (West) Christ Church (1854 onwards)
    • Hartlepool St. Barnabas (1905 onwards)
    • Hartlepool (West) St. Nicholas (1929 onwards)
    • Hartlepool (West) St. Oswald
    • Hartlepool St. Columba
    • Hart St. Mary Magdalene
    • Hartlepool (West) St. Paul
    • Hartlepool (West) St. Luke
    • Hartlepool (West) St. Aidan
    • Hartlepool (West) St. James
  • West Harton
    • South Shields St. Hilda (until 1865)
    • Harton St. Peter (1865to1890)
    • South Shields All Saints (1890 onwards)
  • West Herrington
    • Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael and All Angels (until 1842)
    • West Herrington St. Cuthbert (1841 onwards)
    • Newbottle St. Matthew (1842 to 1884)
    • Herrington St. Aidan (1884 onwards)
  • West Layton
    • Sedgefield St. Edmund the Bishop
  • West Murton
    • Sedgefield St. Edmund the Bishop
  • West Newbiggin
    • Bishopton St. Peter
  • West Pelton
    • Chester-le-Street St. Mary and St. Cuthbert (until 1842)
    • Pelton Holy Trinity (1842 to 1880)
    • West Pelton St. Paul (1880 onwards)
  • West Rainton
    • Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael and All Angels (until 1838)
    • West Rainton St. Mary (1838 onwards)
  • West Sherburn
    • Pittington St. Laurence (until 1872)
    • Sherburn St. Mary (1872 onwards)
  • West Thickley
    • Heighington St. Michael
  • West View
    • Kelloe St. Helen
  • Westerton
    • Auckland St. Andrew (until 1842)
    • Coundon St. James (1842 onwards)
  • Westgate
    • St. John's Chapel St. John the Baptist (until 1867)
    • Westgate St. Andrew (1867 onwards)
  • Westholme
    • Winston St. Andrew
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