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Countywide Collierley (including Dipton, Pontop) Greencroft Within Kyo (including Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Flint Hill, West Kyo) Auckland St. Andrew (including Eldon Lane, South Church, Tindale Crescent, Woodhouse Close) Auckland St. Helen (including Brusselton, Tindale Crescent) Binchester Bolam Byers Green Coundon (including Canney Hill, New Coundon) Coundon Grange (including Grange Hill) Eldon (including Old Eldon) Escomb (including Witton Park, Woodside) Evenwood and Barony (including Ramshaw, Toft Hill) Hamsterley Helmington Row (including Bowden Close, Sunny Brow) Hunwick and Helmington (including New Hunwick, Lane Ends) Land common to Evenwood and Barony and West Auckland Lynesack and Softley (including Butterknowle, Copley) Merrington (including Kirk Merrington) Middlestone (including Leasingthorne, Middlestone Moor) Middridge Middridge Grange Newfield Newton Cap (including High Grange, Toronto) North Bedburn (including Fir Tree, Harperley, High Beechburn, Howden le Wear, Low Beechburn) Old Park (including Binchester Blocks) Pollard's Lands (including Low Etherley, Woodhouses) South Bedburn Undivided moor common to Lynesack and Softley, Hamsterley and South Bedburn West Auckland (including High Etherley) Westerton Whitworth Without Windlestone Witton le Wear (including Beechburn, North Bitchburn) Cleatlam Cockfield Eggleston Forest and Frith Gainford Headlam Hilton Ingleton Langleydale and Shotton Langton Marwood (including Kinninvie) Middleton in Teesdale Morton Tinmouth Newbiggin Raby with Keverstone Staindrop Streatlam and Stainton Wackerfield Westwick Whorlton Winston (including Little Newsham) Woodland Barnard Castle Benfieldside (including Black Hill, Shotley Bridge) Bishop Auckland Chopwell (including Blackhall Mill, High Spen) Stella Winlaton (including Axwell, Barlow, Blaydon, Rowlands Gill) Brandon and Byshottles (including Brandon Colliery, Browney, Esh Winning, Langley Moor, Littleburn, Meadowfield, New Brancepeth, Waterhouses) Barmston Birtley (including Portobello) Bourn Moor (including New Lambton) Cocken Edmondsley Great Lumley (including Lumley Thicks) Harraton (including Fatfield, North Biddick) Lambton Lamesley (including Eighton, Kibblesworth) Little Lumley (including Breckon Hill) Ouston Pelton (including Perkinsville, West Pelton) Plawsworth (including Nettlesworth) South Biddick Urpeth (including Beamish, High Handenhold, High Urpeth, No Place) Usworth (including Springwell) Waldridge Washington (including Washington Station) Witton Gilbert (including Charlaw, Sacriston) Chester le Street (including Chester Moor, High Flatts, Newfield, Pelton Fell, Picktree, The Hermitage, Whitehill) Consett Crook and Billy Row (including Mount Pleasant, Pease's West, Roddymoor, Stanley, Sunniside) Darlington (including Albert Hill, Cockerton from 1915, Eastbourne, Harrowgate Hill) Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Blackwell Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Cockerton Denton Great Aycliffe Great Burdon Haughton le Skerne Heighington High Coniscliffe Houghton le Side Hurworth Killerby Low Coniscliffe Low Dinsdale (including Fighting Cocks) Middleton St. George (including Middleton One Row) Morton Palms Neasham Piercebridge Redworth Sadberge School Aycliffe Sockburn Summerhouse Walworth Whessoe Durham Durham Castle and Precincts Durham College Durham Crossgate Durham Elvet Durham Framwellgate Durham Magdalen Place Durham North Bailey [St. Mary le Bow] Durham South Bailey [St. Mary the Less ] Durham St. Giles Durham St. Nicholas Bearpark Belmont (including Carrville, Dragon Villa, Gilesgate Moor, New Durham) Brancepeth Broom (including Aldin Grange, Auton Stile, Broompark) Cassop cum Quarrington (including Bowburn, Old Cassop, Old Quarrington, Tursdale) Coxhoe (including East Hetton) Framwellgate Moor (including Brasside, Dryburn, Finchale, Harbour House, Newton Hall, Pity Me) Hett Kimblesworth Neville's Cross Pittington (including Elemore, Hallgarth, Littletown) Shadforth (including Ludworth) Sherburn (including Sherburn Hill) Sherburn House (including Byers Garth, Sherburn Hospital) Shincliffe (including Bank Top) St. Oswald's (including Old Durham) Sunderland Bridge (including Croxdale, High Butterby) Whitwell House Burdon Castle Eden Cold Hesledon (including New Hesledon) Dalton le Dale Easington (including Easington Colliery, Little Thorpe) East Murton (including Murton) Haswell (including South Hetton) Hawthorn Hutton Henry (including South Wingate, Station Town) Kelloe (including Quarrington Hill) Monk Hesleden (including Castle Eden Colliery) Nesbitt Seaham (including New Seaham) Seaton with Slingley Sheraton with Hulam Shotton (including Shotton Colliery) Thornley Wingate (including Deaf Hill, Trimdon Station, Wheatley Hill) Heworth (including Bill Quay, Felling, Pelaw, Wardley, Windy Nook) Gateshead (including Bensham, High Fell, Low Fell, Wrekenton) Heworth Hartlepool Middleton [Hartlepool] Throston Brierton Claxton Dalton Piercy Elwick Elwick Hall Greatham Hart Seaton (including Owton Manor) Stranton Thorpe Bulmer Throston Rural Hebburn Hetton le Hole (including Easington Lane, Hetton Downs) East and Middle Herrington (including East Herrington, Middle Herrington) East Rainton (including Middle Rainton, Rainton Bridge) Great Eppleton Little Eppleton Moor House Moorsley (including High Moorsley, Low Moorsley) Morton Grange (including Fence Houses) Newbottle (including High Dubmire, Philadelphia) Offerton Penshaw (including Cox Green, Shiney Row) Silksworth (including Grindon, High Newport) Warden Law West Herrington (including New Herrington) West Rainton (including Leamside, Rainton Gate) Houghton le Spring (including Chilton Moor) Jarrow Cornsay (including Cornsay Colliery, Hedley Hill) Craghead (including Holmside, The Middles) Ebchester Esh (including Flass Hall, Langley Park, Quebec, Ushaw Moor) Greencroft Healeyfield (including Allensford, Castleside) Hedleyhope (including East Hedleyhope, Hedley Hill) Knitsley Lanchester (including Burnhope, East Butsfield, Hamsteels, Hurbuck Cottages, Malton, West Butsfield, Whiteside) Langley Medomsley (including Allendale Cottages, Bradley Cottages, Broom Hill, Crookhall, Hamsterley) Muggleswick (including Waskerley) Satley Iveston (including Leadgate) Ryton (including Addison, Barmoor, Claravale, Crawcrook, Greenside, Ryton Woodside, Stargate) Dawdon (including Seaham Harbour) Bishop Middleham Bishopton Bradbury (including Great Isle, Little Isle) Butterwick and Oldacres Chilton (including Ferryhill Station, Rushyford) Cornforth (including West Cornforth) East and West Newbiggin (including East Newbiggin, West Newbiggin) Elstob Embleton Ferryhill (including Dean Bank, East Howle, Metal Bridge) Fishburn Foxton and Shotton Garmondsway Moor Great Stainton Little Stainton Mainsforth Mordon Preston le Skerne Sedgefield (including Hardwick, Winterton) Stillington Thrislington Trimdon (including Trimdon Colliery, Trimdon Grange) Woodham East Thickley (including New Shildon) Shildon South Shields (including East Jarrow, Simonside, Tyne Dock, Westoe) Boldon (including East Boldon, West Boldon) Boldon Colliery (including Scot's House) Harton Monkton Whitburn (including Cleadon, Marsden) Southwick Low Spennymoor Merrington Lane Tudhoe (including Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe Grange) Whitworth (including Spennymoor) Stanhope Urban Oxhill South Moor Stanley (including Kiphill, Oxhill from 1916, South Moor from 1916) Barforth Barningham Boldron Bowes Brignall Cotherstone Egglestone Abbey Gilmonby Holwick Hope Hunderthwaite Hutton Magna Lartington Lunedale (including Bowbank, Thringarth, Wemmergill) Mickleton (including Wham) Ovington Rokeby (including Greta Bridge) Romaldkirk Scargill Startforth Wycliffe with Thorpe Stockton on Tees (including East Hartburn, Fairfield, Portrack Grange) Aislaby Billingham (including Bellasis, Haverton Hill, Port Clarence) Carlton Cowpen Bewley Egglescliffe (including Urlay Nook) Elton Grindon (including Thorpe Thewles, Wynyard) Long Newton Newsham Newton Bewley Norton Preston on Tees Redmarshall Whitton Wolviston Sunderland (including Ayres Quay, Deptford, Hendon, Pallion, Roker) Bishopwearmouth Without Ford (including South Hylton) Fulwell Hylton (including Castletown, North Hylton) Ryhope Tunstall (including New Silksworth) Tanfield (including Burnopfield, Lintz, Shield Row, Tantobie, White le Head) South Cornsay Tow Law (including Dan's Castle, Inkerman) Edmondbyers (including Roughside) Hunstanworth Stanhope (including Bolt's Burn, Brotherlee, Burtree Ford, Cowshill, Daddry Shield, East Blackdene, Eastgate, Frosterley, Ireshopeburn, Killhope, Lanehead, Rookhope, St. John's Chapel, Wearhead, Westgate) Wolsingham (including Thornley) Seaton Carew West Hartlepool Whickham (including Dunston, Marley Hill, Swalwell) Stockley (including Oakenshaw, Page Bank) Willington or Show on map Add a story Sort A-Z Sort Z-A Latest first Oldest first Lizzie Holmes (1893-1979) The first woman in Horden to wear trousers George Butterworth (1885-1916) Most promising 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Stories with Audio Discover stories with links to oral history recordings or transcripts at the foot of the story page. Countywide Collierley (including Dipton, Pontop) Greencroft Within Kyo (including Annfield Plain, Catchgate, Flint Hill, West Kyo) Auckland St. Andrew (including Eldon Lane, South Church, Tindale Crescent, Woodhouse Close) Auckland St. Helen (including Brusselton, Tindale Crescent) Binchester Bolam Byers Green Coundon (including Canney Hill, New Coundon) Coundon Grange (including Grange Hill) Eldon (including Old Eldon) Escomb (including Witton Park, Woodside) Evenwood and Barony (including Ramshaw, Toft Hill) Hamsterley Helmington Row (including Bowden Close, Sunny Brow) Hunwick and Helmington (including New Hunwick, Lane Ends) Land common to Evenwood and Barony and West Auckland Lynesack and Softley (including Butterknowle, Copley) Merrington (including Kirk Merrington) Middlestone (including Leasingthorne, Middlestone Moor) Middridge Middridge Grange Newfield Newton Cap (including High Grange, Toronto) North Bedburn (including Fir Tree, Harperley, High Beechburn, Howden le Wear, Low Beechburn) Old Park (including Binchester Blocks) Pollard's Lands (including Low Etherley, Woodhouses) South Bedburn Undivided moor common to Lynesack and Softley, Hamsterley and South Bedburn West Auckland (including High Etherley) Westerton Whitworth Without Windlestone Witton le Wear (including Beechburn, North Bitchburn) Cleatlam Cockfield Eggleston Forest and Frith Gainford Headlam Hilton Ingleton Langleydale and Shotton Langton Marwood (including Kinninvie) Middleton in Teesdale Morton Tinmouth Newbiggin Raby with Keverstone Staindrop Streatlam and Stainton Wackerfield Westwick Whorlton Winston (including Little Newsham) Woodland Barnard Castle Benfieldside (including Black Hill, Shotley Bridge) Bishop Auckland Chopwell (including Blackhall Mill, High Spen) Stella Winlaton (including Axwell, Barlow, Blaydon, Rowlands Gill) Brandon and Byshottles (including Brandon Colliery, Browney, Esh Winning, Langley Moor, Littleburn, Meadowfield, New Brancepeth, Waterhouses) Barmston Birtley (including Portobello) Bourn Moor (including New Lambton) Cocken Edmondsley Great Lumley (including Lumley Thicks) Harraton (including Fatfield, North Biddick) Lambton Lamesley (including Eighton, Kibblesworth) Little Lumley (including Breckon Hill) Ouston Pelton (including Perkinsville, West Pelton) Plawsworth (including Nettlesworth) South Biddick Urpeth (including Beamish, High Handenhold, High Urpeth, No Place) Usworth (including Springwell) Waldridge Washington (including Washington Station) Witton Gilbert (including Charlaw, Sacriston) Chester le Street (including Chester Moor, High Flatts, Newfield, Pelton Fell, Picktree, The Hermitage, Whitehill) Consett Crook and Billy Row (including Mount Pleasant, Pease's West, Roddymoor, Stanley, Sunniside) Darlington (including Albert Hill, Cockerton from 1915, Eastbourne, Harrowgate Hill) Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Blackwell Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Cockerton Denton Great Aycliffe Great Burdon Haughton le Skerne Heighington High Coniscliffe Houghton le Side Hurworth Killerby Low Coniscliffe Low Dinsdale (including Fighting Cocks) Middleton St. George (including Middleton One Row) Morton Palms Neasham Piercebridge Redworth Sadberge School Aycliffe Sockburn Summerhouse Walworth Whessoe Durham Durham Castle and Precincts Durham College Durham Crossgate Durham Elvet Durham Framwellgate Durham Magdalen Place Durham North Bailey [St. Mary le Bow] Durham South Bailey [St. Mary the Less ] Durham St. Giles Durham St. Nicholas Bearpark Belmont (including Carrville, Dragon Villa, Gilesgate Moor, New Durham) Brancepeth Broom (including Aldin Grange, Auton Stile, Broompark) Cassop cum Quarrington (including Bowburn, Old Cassop, Old Quarrington, Tursdale) Coxhoe (including East Hetton) Framwellgate Moor (including Brasside, Dryburn, Finchale, Harbour House, Newton Hall, Pity Me) Hett Kimblesworth Neville's Cross Pittington (including Elemore, Hallgarth, Littletown) Shadforth (including Ludworth) Sherburn (including Sherburn Hill) Sherburn House (including Byers Garth, Sherburn Hospital) Shincliffe (including Bank Top) St. Oswald's (including Old Durham) Sunderland Bridge (including Croxdale, High Butterby) Whitwell House Burdon Castle Eden Cold Hesledon (including New Hesledon) Dalton le Dale Easington (including Easington Colliery, Little Thorpe) East Murton (including Murton) Haswell (including South Hetton) Hawthorn Hutton Henry (including South Wingate, Station Town) Kelloe (including Quarrington Hill) Monk Hesleden (including Castle Eden Colliery) Nesbitt Seaham (including New Seaham) Seaton with Slingley Sheraton with Hulam Shotton (including Shotton Colliery) Thornley Wingate (including Deaf Hill, Trimdon Station, Wheatley Hill) Heworth (including Bill Quay, Felling, Pelaw, Wardley, Windy Nook) Gateshead (including Bensham, High Fell, Low Fell, Wrekenton) Heworth Hartlepool Middleton [Hartlepool] Throston Brierton Claxton Dalton Piercy Elwick Elwick Hall Greatham Hart Seaton (including Owton Manor) Stranton Thorpe Bulmer Throston Rural Hebburn Hetton le Hole (including Easington Lane, Hetton Downs) East and Middle Herrington (including East Herrington, Middle Herrington) East Rainton (including Middle Rainton, Rainton Bridge) Great Eppleton Little Eppleton Moor House Moorsley (including High Moorsley, Low Moorsley) Morton Grange (including Fence Houses) Newbottle (including High Dubmire, Philadelphia) Offerton Penshaw (including Cox Green, Shiney Row) Silksworth (including Grindon, High Newport) Warden Law West Herrington (including New Herrington) West Rainton (including Leamside, Rainton Gate) Houghton le Spring (including Chilton Moor) Jarrow Cornsay (including Cornsay Colliery, Hedley Hill) Craghead (including Holmside, The Middles) Ebchester Esh (including Flass Hall, Langley Park, Quebec, Ushaw Moor) Greencroft Healeyfield (including Allensford, Castleside) Hedleyhope (including East Hedleyhope, Hedley Hill) Knitsley Lanchester (including Burnhope, East Butsfield, Hamsteels, Hurbuck Cottages, Malton, West Butsfield, Whiteside) Langley Medomsley (including Allendale Cottages, Bradley Cottages, Broom Hill, Crookhall, Hamsterley) Muggleswick (including Waskerley) Satley Iveston (including Leadgate) Ryton (including Addison, Barmoor, Claravale, Crawcrook, Greenside, Ryton Woodside, Stargate) Dawdon (including Seaham Harbour) Bishop Middleham Bishopton Bradbury (including Great Isle, Little Isle) Butterwick and Oldacres Chilton (including Ferryhill Station, Rushyford) Cornforth (including West Cornforth) East and West Newbiggin (including East Newbiggin, West Newbiggin) Elstob Embleton Ferryhill (including Dean Bank, East Howle, Metal Bridge) Fishburn Foxton and Shotton Garmondsway Moor Great Stainton Little Stainton Mainsforth Mordon Preston le Skerne Sedgefield (including Hardwick, Winterton) Stillington Thrislington Trimdon (including Trimdon Colliery, Trimdon Grange) Woodham East Thickley (including New Shildon) Shildon South Shields (including East Jarrow, Simonside, Tyne Dock, Westoe) Boldon (including East Boldon, West Boldon) Boldon Colliery (including Scot's House) Harton Monkton Whitburn (including Cleadon, Marsden) Southwick Low Spennymoor Merrington Lane Tudhoe (including Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe Grange) Whitworth (including Spennymoor) Stanhope Urban Oxhill South Moor Stanley (including Kiphill, Oxhill from 1916, South Moor from 1916) Barforth Barningham Boldron Bowes Brignall Cotherstone Egglestone Abbey Gilmonby Holwick Hope Hunderthwaite Hutton Magna Lartington Lunedale (including Bowbank, Thringarth, Wemmergill) Mickleton (including Wham) Ovington Rokeby (including Greta Bridge) Romaldkirk Scargill Startforth Wycliffe with Thorpe Stockton on Tees (including East Hartburn, Fairfield, Portrack Grange) Aislaby Billingham (including Bellasis, Haverton Hill, Port Clarence) Carlton Cowpen Bewley Egglescliffe (including Urlay Nook) Elton Grindon (including Thorpe Thewles, Wynyard) Long Newton Newsham Newton Bewley Norton Preston on Tees Redmarshall Whitton Wolviston Sunderland (including Ayres Quay, Deptford, Hendon, Pallion, Roker) Bishopwearmouth Without Ford (including South Hylton) Fulwell Hylton (including Castletown, North Hylton) Ryhope Tunstall (including New Silksworth) Tanfield (including Burnopfield, Lintz, Shield Row, Tantobie, White le Head) South Cornsay Tow Law (including Dan's Castle, Inkerman) Edmondbyers (including Roughside) Hunstanworth Stanhope (including Bolt's Burn, Brotherlee, Burtree Ford, Cowshill, Daddry Shield, East Blackdene, Eastgate, Frosterley, Ireshopeburn, Killhope, Lanehead, Rookhope, St. John's Chapel, Wearhead, Westgate) Wolsingham (including Thornley) Seaton Carew West Hartlepool Whickham (including Dunston, Marley Hill, Swalwell) Stockley (including Oakenshaw, Page Bank) Willington or Show on map Add a story Sort A-Z Sort Z-A Latest first Oldest first Lizzie Holmes (1893-1979) The first woman in Horden to wear trousers George Butterworth (1885-1916) Most promising composer of his generation, killed at the Somme No more items. 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