Plawsworth
The Red Lion, Plawsworth
Plawsworth Location within County Durham
OS grid reference	NZ263479
Civil parish	Kimblesworth and Plawsworth
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER LE STREET
Postcode district	DH2
Dialling code	0191
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	North Durham
List of places UK England County Durham 54°49′30″N 1°35′28″W / 54.825°N 1.591°W / 54.825; -1.591

Plawsworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Sacriston, on the A167 between Durham and Chester-le-Street. In 1961 the parish had a population of 1570.^[1]

Etymology

The name Plawsworth appears to be derived from the Old English for "games enclosure", from plega ("play, sport") + worð ("enclosure"). Or else, the first element may be a personal name *Plega, giving the name a meaning of "Plega's enclosure".^[2]

Civil parish

Plawsworth was formerly a township in the parish of Chester-le-Street,^[3] from 1866 Plawsworth was a civil parish in its own right,^[4] on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished added to the parish of "Kimblesworth & Plawsworth".^[5]