Chester-le-Street (district)

Coordinates: 54°51′36″N 1°34′26″W / 54.860°N 1.574°W / 54.860; -1.574

Chester-le-Street District
Shown within ceremonial County Durham
Area
• 1974	16,243 acres (65.73 km²)^[1]
Population
• 1973	48,730^[1]
• 1992	52,900^[2]
• 2001	53,692^[3]
History
• Origin	Chester-le-Street urban and rural districts
• Created	1974
• Abolished	2009
• Succeeded by	County Durham
Status	District
ONS code	20UB
Government	Chester-le-Street District Council
• HQ	Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street was a local government district in County Durham, England. Its council was based in Chester-le-Street. Other places in the district included Great Lumley and Sacriston.

Formation

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local administration throughout England and Wales carried out under the Local Government Act 1972. Chester-le-Street was one of eight non-metropolitan districts into which County Durham was divided, and was formed form the areas of the abolished urban district of Chester-le-Street along with the bulk of Chester-le-Street Rural District, namely the parishes of Bournmoor, Birtley (reduced in size), Edmondsley, Great Lumley, Lambton, Little Lumley, North Lodge (created from the part of Harraton outside Washington New Town), Ouston, Pelton, Plawsworth, Sacriston, South Biddick (reduced in size), Urpeth and Waldridge.^[1] The remainder of the rural district was transferred to the metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead and Sunderland, in the new county of Tyne and Wear.

Insignia

The district council did not have a coat of arms, but instead used the design of the chairman's badge of office as its logo. the design consisted of a circle divided by a curved cross into four quarters.

In the centre of the cross was a lion, taken from the arms of the Lambton family of Lambton Castle.
In the top left quarter was a crosss of Saint Cuthbert. The saint's remains lay in Chester for more than a century, and the town was the see of a bishop. The saint's relics and the bishopric were subsequently transferred to Durham. The River Wear formed the background.
In the top right quarter was a depiction of the pithead gear of a coal mine, illustrating the area's traditional source of wealth. Behind this was shown the Chester-le-Street Viaduct
In the bottom left quarter was a falcon, with Lumley Castle in the background.
In the bottom right quarter was a depiction of the legendary Lambton Worm.^[4]

The emblems in the upper left and lower left quarters were subsequently altered to a bishop's mitre and a Roman eagle standard.^[5]

Abolition

The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England being replaced by a new unitary authority called Durham County Council.

Electoral divisions

Chester-le-Street North and East Chester East ward; Chester North ward
Chester-le-Street South Chester South ward; Edmondsley and Waldridge ward
Chester-le-Street West Central Chester Central ward; Chester West ward; Pelton Fell ward
Lumley Bournmoor ward; Lumley ward
Ouston and Urpeth Grange Villa and West Pelton ward; Ouston ward; Urpeth ward
Pelton North Lodge ward; Pelton ward
Sacriston Kimblesworth and Plawsworth ward; Sacriston ward

Villages in Chester-le-Street District

References

1 2 3 Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 46. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
↑ OPCS Key population and Vital Statistics 1992
↑ "Chester-le-Street". Census 2001. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
↑ Description of the Chairman's Badge, information sheet published by Chester-le-Street Council, 1989.
↑ "History and Profile". Chester-le-Street District Council. 2001. Retrieved 2002-04-30.

2009 structural changes to local government in England

Bedfordshire

Abolished	Bedford Mid Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire

New	Bedford Central Bedfordshire

Existing (1990s)	Luton

Cheshire

Abolished	Chester Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Neston Macclesfield Vale Royal

New	Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire East

Existing (1990s)	Warrington Halton

Cornwall

Abolished	Caradon Carrick Kerrier North Cornwall Penwith Restormel

New	Cornwall

Existing (1890s)	Isles of Scilly

County Durham

Abolished	Chester-le-Street Derwentside Durham Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley

New	Durham

Existing (1990s)	Hartlepool Darlington Stockton-on-Tees

Northumberland

Abolished	Alnwick Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Castle Morpeth Tynedale Wansbeck

New	Northumberland

Existing (1990s)	None

Shropshire

Abolished	Bridgnorth North Shropshire Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham South Shropshire

New	Shropshire

Existing (1990s)	Telford and Wrekin

Wiltshire

Abolished	Salisbury West Wiltshire Kennet North Wiltshire

New	Wiltshire

Existing (1990s)	Swindon

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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