In a message dated 11/05/2004 20:02:51 GMT Daylight Time, david.williams4153@ntlworld.com writes: Hello everyone Is there anyone out there, please, who can tell me where Whitworth was Back in 1881. I have someone there in the 1881 Census (RG11 4922/16). David: . It was precisely where it still is today! A whole place is difficult to move! . Whitwoth, Co Durham was one of the "ancient" (ie pre-1600) parishes of County Durham (NDFHS/OI parish abbreviation WHW). Although a tiny village (until they built the Bobby Shafto pub there just a few years ago there was only the church and Whitworth Hall, now a Hotel, left), Whitworth parish became much more prominent in the mid-nineteenth century when the town of Spennymoor mushroomed up a few miles way around an ironworks established mainly in the parish of Whitworth. The usual inertia of the C of E ensured that Spennymoor, with its large population remained in Whitworth parish for many years before it became an ecclesiastical parish of its own. Whitworth today, as I said above, is tiny, but being set in rural surroundings, very pretty. Some of the grounds of the Hall have been opened to the public as a sort of (free) park, with a lake full of wild fowl, deer wandering everywhere, the lovely old walled garden and, of course, that pub, named after Whitworth Hall's best-known former owner There is a programme of special events throughout the summer - the next time you are hereabouts give it a visit: it is well worth it. Whitworth is best described as a little way off the road from Spennymoor to Bishop Auckland, a few miles SW of Durham City. . A second question, if I may. Is there somewhere on the Internet that I can find out in which Census District certain places are? I've looked, but blowed if I can find anything to help. If I wanted to know, for example, where to find, say, Langley Park in 1881 and again in 1891 Census, how can I do that? thanks. David Williams in essex. It all depends on what you mean by "census district". Up to 1851 the census was organised by Registration sub-districts with, wherever practical, one piece per sub-district, but the later ones in highly populated areas had more than one piece per sub-district. As the population of Co Durham at least, boomed throughout the 19th century, there are more and more pieces with every subsequent census, especially after 1861 when the Registrar General took over responsibility from the Home Office. The best guides as to what is where are the "Street Indexes" and microfilm "Contents Lists" available in local County Record Offices, and compiled by their staff. . Geoff Nicholson . 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU Ask for details of NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert, working for YOU.