Escomb Parish

Abolished: 1937

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names for this unit exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
ESCOMB Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
ESCOMBE Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BISHOP AUCKLAND Tn/CP Parish-level Unit   1866 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 90.
WITTON PARK Tn Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 119.

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by ESCOMB EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
COUNTY DURHAM Ancient County   1937 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
AUCKLAND RegD/PLU Poor Law Union/Reg. District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
AUCKLAND RSD Sanitary District     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
AUCKLAND RD Local Government District   1937 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
BISHOP AUCKLAND Registration sub-District     1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
DARLINGTON Wd Ancient District   1937 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.
AUCKLAND ST ANDREW CP/AP Parish-level Unit   early F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 100.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
18 Aug 1882 was reduced to enlarge NEWTON CAP CP/Tn Near Ditchburn Grange   1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
25 Mar 1886 was reduced to enlarge BISHOP AUCKLAND AND POLLARDS LANDS CP Part of the hamlet of Hatherley Houses in 1891: 12.   1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 17588
01 Apr 1937 was abolished to enlarge BISHOP AUCKLAND CP Area: 944 acres. Population in 1931: 3167.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 86335. The County of Durham Review Order, 1937
01 Apr 1937 was abolished to enlarge ETHERLEY CP/Tn Area: 26 acres. Population in 1931: 81.   1931 Census of England and Wales, Table B, 'Areas altered between 26th April, 1931 and 30th June, 1934, showing constitution as at the latter date, in terms of constitution as at the former date, together with particulars of acreage and population'.; M. of H. Order No. 86335. The County of Durham Review Order, 1937

Boundary Map of Escomb Parish

If the boundaries of the Parish-level Unit changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Escomb (Parish) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10132850

Date accessed: 14th November 2025