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Easington: People, Past and Present
Search images and oral histories by the people of Easington and the surrounding area
Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
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Binchester
From Roman fort to colliery village – explore archives, archaeology and local studies collections
Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Durham Light Infantry objects, photos, memorials and memories of this military campaign in South Africa
Stockton & Darlington railway
Track the development of early railways in County Durham since the 1820s
In pursuit of perfection
Listen to John (Pop) Porter talking in 1976 about how to grow prize leeks at Peterlee
Birth, marriage and death certificates
Start with a quick surname check for records after 1837 held by County Durham’s registration service
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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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
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September 1926 (1) Edward Howard Ashworth of Southampton …
Read MoreD/HH 8/3/40112 – Hanby Holmes – Edleston Family: Landed property in and around Gainford
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Correspondence between J.M. Moore & Armstrongs …
Read MoreEP/Har 12/4 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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Curacy licence …
Read MoreEP/Nor.SM 2/30 – Norton St. Michael Parish
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Copy will of William Wharton of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 51/18 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Claypath, deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – A-D
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Cutting concerning the 'Services of the late Major-General Sir Charles Ashworth' …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/18(47) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Letters from J.M. Moore & Armstrongs …
Read MoreEP/Har 12/3 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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Correspondence between Rev. G.H. Ashworth …
Read MoreEP/Har 12/6 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), February 1886 – March 1889 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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Group photograph of the sergeants of the 1st Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/268(21) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 137 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 144 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/222/4(24) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames F: Fe to Fl
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1878 – A-D
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Photograph of W. Ashworth and another soldier …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/22/11 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames A: As to Ay
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Group photograph of 'A' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(14) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Newspaper cutting from an unidentified paper of a photograph of the principals at the R.E. Old Comrades' Association dinner of [23 June 1937] …
Read MoreD/DLI 11/4/2/29(116) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve, Phase 2
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 114 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 147 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Photograph of Peter Ashworth …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/534/4(19) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames P: Pe
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A.S. Ashworth …
Read MoreD/DL 6/50/6 – Darlington Borough Council – Box lists
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17 July 1903 1)George Howell Ashworth of the vicarage …
Read MoreEP/Har 4/49/1 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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Plan of proposed wood building …
Read MoreRD/La 143/1103 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Album with the initials R. A. F. [Rachel Ann Fryer …
Read MoreD/X 1756/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Pease, Backhouse and Mounsey families of Darlington
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 143 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
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Photograph of W. Ashworth …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/22/12 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames A: As to Ay
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/14(112) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Correspondence between Rev. G. H. Ashworth …
Read MoreEP/Har 4/48/2 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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14 May 1913 1)Rev. George Howell Ashworth of The Vicarage …
Read MoreEP/Har 4/49/2 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 138-139 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], 17 October 1916 – 22 September 1919 – A-D
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
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Photograph album of Lance-Corporal Wilfred Ashworth …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/22/3 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames A: As to Ay
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3 October 1922 (1) Elizabeth Harby Stanton of Stubb House …
Read MoreD/CG 12/65 – Clayton and Gibson – Harrison, Stanton and Bell of Stubb House
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 140 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Sick department register – A-D
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Recollections by the Reverend George H. Ashworth of his time as curate at All Saints …
Read MoreEP/Mo.AS 131 – Monkwearmouth All Saints Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 135 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 146 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1883 – December 1890 – A-D
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Correspondence between Rev. G. H. Ashworth …
Read MoreEP/Har 4/48/1 – Harton St. Peter Parish
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Conveyance by release 3 February 1770 Parties: (1) Thomas Forster of Claypath …
Read MoreD/X 51/17 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Claypath, deeds
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Correspondence between the Church Commissioners …
Read MoreEP/Hew.SA 4/64/1 – Heworth St. Alban Parish – 04: Churchwardens
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 136 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South