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Place name search results

Search Place Names

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 Wa

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  • Wackerfield
    • Staindrop St. Mary the Virgin (until 1844)
    • Ingleton St. John the Evangelist (1844 onwards)
  • Waldridge
    • Chester-le-Street St. Mary and St. Cuthbert
  • Wallnook
    • Esh St. Michael
  • Walworth
    • Heighington St. Michael
  • Wapping
    • Penshaw All Saints (until 1868)
    • Burnmoor St. Barnabas (1868 onwards)
  • Warden Law
    • Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael and All Angels
  • Wardley
    • Heworth St. Mary
  • Washington
    • Washington Holy Trinity
  • Waskerley
    • Muggleswick
  • Watergate Bridge
    • Lamesley St. Andrew (until 1868)
    • Marley Hill St. Cuthbert (1868 onwards)
  • Waterhouses
    • Brancepeth St. Brandon (until 1879)
    • Waterhouses St. Paul (1879 onwards)

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