I wonder if anyone can tell me where the parish of Leasingthorn is within County Durham. I have this place name as the abode of a John WHITFIELD dated 1720 but can't find such a place name on the Genuki pages for Co. Durham. Maybe the spelling of the place name has changed or the place has disappeared or swallowed up into another more prominent place. I am trying to piece together the Whitfield family of Norton and Stockton and where they may have come from before arriving in these places. Grateful for any help Regards Jenny DeAngelis