In a message dated 15/01/2008 10:12:40 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Another approach might be to take a detailed look at any of the censuses, noting the descriptions of each enumeration district and which parish it lay within. Parish boundaries did alter somewhat as the 19th century progressed and new parishes kept being formed. _____________________________________________________________________________ The parish of St Aiden's Grangetown was not created until 1911 out of the parish of Ryhope St. Paul, which was itself formed out of Bishopwearmouth in 1854. Ecclesiastical parish boundaries are not shown on Ordnance Survey maps after 1879, but Civil Parish boundaries are. You may get a map showing the existing boundaries from the Durham Diocesan office.. Stan