The parish includes the nearby villages of Baycliff, Dendron, Leece, Gleaston, Newbiggin, Roosebeck, Scales and a number of smaller hamlets.

An inscription in Durham Cathedral gives the names of several places in the former Kingdom of Northumbria, including Aldingham, where the relics of Saint Cuthbert were kept in 875 by monks fleeing from Danish Vikings.

[7] It is known that during his life, Cuthbert held lands around Cartmel on the neighbouring peninsula across the Leven Estuary, although it is not known if his possessions extended this far west.

[8] The large building which stands opposite the church, called Aldingham Hall has no connection with the earlier Lords of the Manor.

Stonard never saw it finished, however, as he died in 1849 and left it to his manservant, Edward Jones Schollick, who had reportedly saved his master's life on the sands of Morecambe Bay.

North Ward covers the villages of Aldingham, Baycliff, Scales and the hamlets of Sunbrick, Beanwell and Swinestead.