Place:Kimblesworth, Durham, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

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Kimblesworth is now a relatively small village in County Durham, England. It is situated between Durham and Chester le Street. The appropriate civil parish since 1974 is Kimblesworth and Plawsworth. The population of this parish at the 2011 UK census was 1,614.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Kimblesworth from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"KIMBLEWORTH, an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Durham; on the Northeastern railway, 2¾ miles N by W of Durham. Acres: 571. Real property: £480. Population: 37. Houses: 7. This place was once a parish; and it still ranks as a rectory, annexed to the [perpetual] curacy of Witton-Gilbert, in the diocese of Durham."

Kimblesworth was originally an ancient parish in the Chester Ward and also of the Durham Ward after 1829. It had no subsidiary townships. It was made a civil parish in the 19th century in 1858 and immediately became part of the Durham Rural District. Since 1974, within the City of Durham District it has joined forces with the neighbouring parish of Plawsworth as Kimblesworth and Plawsworth.

Research Tips

• County Durham Archives. Durham County Record Office is located on the Lower Ground Floor of County Hall, the administrative headquarters of Durham County Council, in Durham City.
• Northumberland and Durham FHS covers both Northumberland and the northern part of County Durham. The Family History Society have a research centre in Percy House in central Newcastle upon Tyne (full address on website), open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• The Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society covers the southern part of County Durham as well as the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire on the south side of the River Tees. Their homepage includes a map to show the society's coverage. (Once again, full address and other details on the website)
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1832 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time. This map includes the boundaries of the various Wards (or "hundreds") in existence at that time.
• Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Durham 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.
• Unfortunately, the Victoria County History for Durham is limited in its coverage. It only includes the cathedral city of Durham, including an account of the cathedral itself. Also covers Stockton Ward in the south-east of the county (bordering North Yorkshire) including Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees.