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Binchester
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Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
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Stockton & Darlington railway
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In pursuit of perfection
Listen to John (Pop) Porter talking in 1976 about how to grow prize leeks at Peterlee
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Richard Annand, VC
The first British Army soldier of the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in May 1940
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[K 45] English. 20 July 1542. 34th year of Henry VIII. Marriage settlements. Indenture between (1) Henry Pudsay of Barfurthe …
Read MoreD/Gr 317 – Greenwell Deeds
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Letter from niece at North Cave …
Read MoreD/NERA 2/3/32 – North Eastern Railway Association
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Letter from Mrs. M.V. Brannigan …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/555/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Ra to Re
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St Cuthbert's corpse
Read MoreSubtitle: a life after death.
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Out-letter book …
Read MoreD/HH 1/3/167 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: Out letters and letter books
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20 April 1899 (1) Jane Bergh of Stockton on Tees …
Read MoreD/DBS 7/7/29 – Darlington Building Society
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J.E. Hodgson (chemist), Darlington
Read MoreD/Hg – Business and Industry Records
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Newspaper cutting re death of Fred Boardman …
Read MoreEP/BC 11/25 – Barnard Castle St. Mary Parish – 11 Schools
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Photographs of the Lady Chapel …
Read MoreEP/Ho 1186/1-3 – Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael Parish – 04 Churchwardens
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Newspaper article re the death of Rev. John Coubon …
Read MoreEP/SS.SH 14/404 – South Shields St. Hilda Parish – 02 Clergy
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29 August 1820 (1) Elizabeth Woodcock …
Read MoreEP/Whit 296 – Whitburn St. Mary Parish
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5 February 1689 / 1690 Copy will of Thomas Cradock …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1139 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Forms for the payment of second and subsequent instalments of succession duty on real property by Mary Eliza Bowman of Gainford …
Read MoreD/Ed 10/1/230-233 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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Rutland …
Read MoreD/Lo Acc 451(D) File 29/4 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Liddell …
Read MoreD/Lo Acc 451(D) File 37/5 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Letter from Clementine Heusler …
Read MoreD/Pe 1/24 – Pease family of Darlington – Family
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Letter from Robert E. Bevan …
Read MoreD/Pe 2/231 – Pease family of Darlington – Correspondence
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12 January 1765 Award of Thomas Hogg of the College …
Read MoreD/Sh.H 240 – Sherburn Hospital
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Letter from John Smith …
Read MoreD/Wn 2/14 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Part letter [from the wife of Thomas William Pixley] …
Read MoreD/Wn 7/14 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Found enclosed in D/Wn 8/4 …
Read MoreD/Wn 8/1 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Letter of condolence from Elsie [blank] at Darlington to Amy Wallis at Blackwell [on the death of John E. Mounsey] …
Read MoreD/Wa 3/2/188 – Wallis family of Darlington – Mounsey Family
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Margaret Laing Grave number 230 C Date of death 21 January 1977 Date of burial 25 January 1977 …
Read MoreCP/Sac 13/167 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Gertrude Ellen Clish Grave number 446 A Date of death 17 February 1975 Date of burial 20 February 1975 …
Read MoreCP/Sac 13/103 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Elizabeth Ellen Hodgson Grave number 72 D Date of death 6 June 1975 Date of burial 11 June 1975 …
Read MoreCP/Sac 13/115 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Book of condolence …
Read MoreDCC/CE 2/1/8 – Durham County Council (2009 -) – Chief Executive
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Copy of probate of the will of Martin Dunn of South Bailey …
Read MoreD/X 614/24 – Miscellaneous documents – Wolsingham Manor and Bail Hill House estate
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Newspaper cutting from the Guardian with an obituary remembering Virginia Surtees after she died in London on 22 September 2017 …
Read MoreD/X 772/102 – Miscellaneous documents – Personal and Literary Papers of Virginia Surtees
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Register of cases …
Read MoreD/X 1599/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Midwife’s case registers of Martha Corner (nee Fryatt) of Spennymoor
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Newspaper cutting reporting the death of Mary Francis …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/100(69) – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/101(134) – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Newspaper cutting from the Daily News …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/332(3) – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Sympathy card [on death of Lady Starmer] to Dorothy [her housekeeper's daughter] …
Read MoreD/X 2019/15 – Miscellaneous documents – Sir Charles Starmer and Lady Starmer of Darlington
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Paul David Kilcran (accidental death) [126] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/2484 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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James Dominic O'Hara (accidental death) [103] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1942 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Lanchester Union Workhouse …
Read MoreH/NWD 19 – North West Durham Health Authority
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Deed of covenant 28 August 1848 Parties: (1) William Trotter of Bishop Auckland …
Read MoreD/X 287/BA 3/5 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham deeds
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Assignment 15 July 1839 Parties: (1) Charles Henry Cook …
Read MoreD/X 287/SS 1/7 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham deeds
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Conveyance 19 June 1850 Parties: (1) Rachael Gray of 62 Basinghall Street …
Read MoreD/X 373/1/16 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, South Street and Claypath deeds; Durham Court of Chancery
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Conveyance by release 12 May 1807 Parties: (1) John Rowe of Stockton …
Read MoreCC/X 130/1/14 – Former County Council Deeds to 38 Gilesgate, Durham and Violet Hill Farm, Norton
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These books were compiled to record the transfer of documents of non-effective soldiers. The army service records of other ranks who became non-effective in each year …
Read MoreD/DLI 15/2 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Enlistment and Discharge Books
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Folder containing miscellaneous historical notes and newspaper cuttings (most dated) covering various aspects of the history …
Read MoreD/DT 1/12/8 – Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field Club – Field Club Management and Administration
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Letter from J. Pease …
Read MoreD/DL B298(temp) – Darlington Borough Council – Box lists
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Translated extracts and transcripts of documents concerning Swaledale …
Read MoreD/HH 10/17/143 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Teesdale Record Society
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30 July 1863 (1) Robert Booth of Etherley …
Read MoreD/DBS 7/3/11 – Darlington Building Society
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Letter from M.J. Forrest …
Read MoreEP/Au.SA 6/9 – Auckland St. Andrew Parish – Parochial Church Council
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Letter from Anthony Wilkinson …
Read MoreEP/Ay 2/62 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Clergy
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8 July 1296 (1) Margaret …
Read MoreEP/Du.SM 498 – Durham St. Margaret Parish – Churchwardens: Parish property
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Letters from W.F. Raymond to Charles Tennyson concerning death of Matthew Russell …
Read MoreD/Br/F 327-328 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers
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Letter from Miss Chaytor at Durham to Mrs. Matthew Russell concerning the death of the latter's husband …
Read MoreD/Br/F 329 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers