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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.

Places starting with O

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  • Oak Tree
    • Middleton St. George St. George
  • Oakenshaw
    • Brancepeth St. Brandon (until 1857)
    • Willington St. Stephen (1857 onwards)
  • Oaks
    • Auckland St. Helen (until 1867)
    • Evenwood St. Paul (1867 onwards)
  • Oaks Row
    • Auckland St. Andrew (until 1846)
    • Hunwick St. Paul (1846 onwards)
  • Offerton
    • Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael and All Angels (until 1754)
    • Penshaw All Saints (1754 onwards)
  • Old Cassop
    • Kelloe St. Helen (until 1868)
    • Cassop-cum-Quarrington St. Paul (1868 onwards)
  • Old Durham
    • Durham St. Oswald (until 1826)
    • Shincliffe St. Mary the Virgin (1826 onwards)
  • Old Eldon
    • Auckland St. Andrew (until 1877)
    • Eldon St. Mark (1877 onwards)
  • Old Park
    • Whitworth
  • Old Quarrington
    • Kelloe St. Helen (until 1868)
    • Cassop-cum-Quarrington St. Paul (1868 onwards)
  • Old Shildon
    • Auckland St. Andrew (until 1834)
    • Shildon St. John (1834 onwards)
  • Old Shotton
    • Easington St. Mary (until 1854)
    • Shotton St. Saviour (1854 onwards)
  • Old Silksworth
    • Bishopwearmouth St. Michael and All Angels (until 1870)
    • Silksworth St. Matthew (1870 onwards)
  • Old Thickley
    • Heighington St. Michael
  • Osmondcroft
    • Winston St. Andrew
  • Ousterley
    • Lanchester All Saints (until 1870)
    • Holmside (Burnhope) St. John (1870 onwards)
  • Ouston
    • Chester-le-Street St. Mary and St. Cuthbert (until 1842)
    • Pelton Holy Trinity (1842 onwards)
  • Over Dinsdale
    • Sockburn Girsby, All Saints
  • Over Middleton
    • Middleton St. George St. George
  • Ovington
    • Forcett
  • Owton Manor
    • Stranton All Saints (until 1831)
    • Seaton Carew Holy Trinity (1831 onwards)
  • Oxenhall
    • Darlington St. Cuthbert
  • Oxhill
    • Lanchester All Saints (until 1841)
    • Collierley St. Thomas (1841 to 1876)
    • Beamish (Stanley) St. Andrew (1876 onwards)
  • Oxney Field
    • Darlington St. Cuthbert

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