This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The towns of Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington and Hartlepool are the only unparished areas outside the administrative county. There are 181 civil parishes. Darlington The former Darlington County Borough is unparished. Archdeacon Newton 10 Barmpton 10 Bishopton 10 Brafferton 10 Coatham Mundeville 10 Denton 10 East and West Newbiggin 10 Great Burdon 10 Great Stainton 10 Heighington 10 High Coniscliffe 10 Houghton le Side 10 Hurworth 10 Killerby 10 Little Stainton 10 Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent 10 Middleton St George 10 Morton Palms 10 Neasham 10 Piercebridge 10 Sadberge 10 Summerhouse 10 Walworth 10 Whessoe 10 County Durham The former Chester le Street Urban District and Consett Urban District and parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District, Crook and Willington Urban District and Stanley Urban District are unparished. When the City of Durham parish was formed in 2018, three areas remained unparished as the boundaries were based on wards and not aligned to those of the surrounding parishes. Barforth 21 Barnard Castle (town)2 Barningham 21 Bearpark 12 Belmont 12 Bishop Auckland (town)3 Bishop Middleham 17 Bolam 1 Boldron 21 Bournmoor 5 Bowes 21 Bradbury and the Isle 17 Brancepeth 12 Brandon and Byshottles 4 Brignall 21 Burnhope 15 Cassop-cum-Quarrington 12 Castle Eden 13 Chilton (town)17 City of Durham 11 Cleatlam 1 Cockfield 1 Cornforth 17 Cornsay 15 Cotherstone 21 Coxhoe 12 Croxdale and Hett 12 Dalton-le-Dale 13 Dene Valley 3 Easington Colliery 13 Easington Village 13 Edmondbyers 25 Edmondsley 5 Eggleston 1 Egglestone Abbey 21 Eldon 18 Esh 15 Etherley 1 Evenwood and Barony 1 Ferryhill (town)17 Fishburn 17 Forest and Frith 1 Framwellgate Moor 12 Gainford 1 Gilmonby 21 Great Aycliffe (town)10 17 18 Great Lumley 5 Greater Willington (town)8 Greencroft 15 Hamsterley 1 Hamsterley Common 1 Haswell 13 Hawthorn 13 Headlam 1 Healeyfield 15 Hedleyhope 15 Hilton 1 Holwick 21 Hope 21 Horden 13 Hunderthwaite 21 Hunstanworth 25 Hutton Henry 13 Hutton Magna 21 Ingleton 1 Kelloe 12 Kimblesworth and Plawsworth 5 12 Lanchester 15 Langleydale and Shotton 1 Langton 1 Lartington 21 Little Lumley 5 Lunedale 21 Lynesack and Softley 1 Marwood 1 Mickleton 21 Middleton in Teesdale 1 Middridge 18 Monk Hesleden 13 Mordon 17 Morton Tinmouth 1 Muggleswick 15 Murton 13 Nesbitt 13 Newbiggin 1 North Lodge 5 Ouston 5 Ovington 21 Pelton 5 Peterlee (town)13 Pittington 12 Raby with Keverstone 1