In a message dated 26/04/2007 10:39:49 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Just need some explanation of English terminology when relating to regions really! _________________________________________________________ See Defining where places are is not straightforward as boundaries changed at various times. There is the township of Monkwearmouth in the borough of Sunderland. It is also part of the ancient Parish of Monkwearmouth. Tudhoe Grange in the township of Tudhoe forms part of the town of Spennymoor (which was formed as a separate parish from Whitworth in 1875) and was constituted a separate parish in 1875. In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Kelloe like this: "Kelloe, par., township, and vil., Durham - par. (containing Coxhoe, Thornley, Wingate, &c.), In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Rainton like this: "RAINTON (West), a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Houghton-le-Spring parish, Durhamshire. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/index.jsp Regards Stan Mapstone