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Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
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In pursuit of perfection
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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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The Bugle: Issue Number 8 …
Read MoreD/DLI 18/1/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – The Rifles Regiment
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Index to 1st edition 1:10560 OS maps of Yorkshire NR (1856) sheets 1-24 – Todd Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 23(NE) Barningham township
Read MoreTodd Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 23(NE) Barningham township
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Index to 1st edition 1:10560 OS maps of Yorkshire NR (1856) sheets 1-24 – Rowtin Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 11(SW) Bowes township
Read MoreRowtin Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 11(SW) Bowes township
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Two old adits, Langdon Beck
Read MoreTwo post medieval [adits]
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Washfold by Arngill Beck
Read MoreA washfold.
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Limekiln, Harwood Beck
Read More[Lime kiln]
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Halliwell Beck, Heighington area
Read MoreThe name of the beck is thought to derive from Holywell.
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Dene Beck culvert, Coatham Mundeville
Read MoreCulvert for the Dene Beck. Outer walls are of stone construction. (1)
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Postcard: 'By Skeer's Beck …
Read MoreD/WFH/Im/B 47/66 – Dr William F Heyes Collection
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Postcard: 'Horse Procession Whit Monday …
Read MoreD/WFH/Im/B 26/7/4 – Dr William F Heyes Collection
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General letters received …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/93 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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1850 (1) Mary Wheldon …
Read MoreD/HH 2/1/510 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Hanby, Holmes and their connections
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Correspondence between the Director of Education …
Read MoreEP/Ebc 133 – Ebchester St. Ebba Parish
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29 and 30 October 1816 (1) John Bowes …
Read MoreD/St/D1/14/116 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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Plan of proposed house …
Read MoreRD/La 143/1033 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Amended plan of proposed additions to house …
Read MoreRD/La 143/1329 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Plan of proposed house …
Read MoreRD/La 143/572 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Photograph of the engineering department …
Read MoreD/X 1513/63(34) – Miscellaneous documents – L.G. Philips Displays (Durham) television tube manufacturers
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Photograph of a [yearling] named Burton Beck …
Read MoreD/X 1658/26(44) – Miscellaneous documents – Shafto family of Whitworth
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Review of the Work of the Compensation Department during the Year 1928, [1929] – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1945] – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Postcard of Langdon Beck …
Read MoreD/CL 27/277/921 – Durham County Library Collection – Scenic postcards of County Durham
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Index to 1st edition 1:10560 OS maps of Yorkshire NR (1856) sheets 1-24 – Holwick Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 02(SW) Holwick township
Read MoreHolwick Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 02(SW) Holwick township
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Index to 1st edition 1:10560 OS maps of Yorkshire NR (1856) sheets 1-24 – Lance Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 05(SE) Cotherstone township
Read MoreLance Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 05(SE) Cotherstone township
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Index to 1st edition 1:10560 OS maps of Yorkshire NR (1856) sheets 1-24 – Lance Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 05(SW) Cotherstone township
Read MoreLance Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 05(SW) Cotherstone township
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Possible site of Manor House, Gainford Hall
Read MoreThis is probably the site of the [medieval] [manor house] of Gainford. Bishop Beck (1283-1310) is recorded as building or repairing a castle at…
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Gate next to Old Bridge over Nor Beck, 2016 2016
Read More
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Postcard: 'Skears Beck …
Read MoreD/WFH/Im/B 45/16 – Dr William F Heyes Collection
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Estimate of expense of making …
Read MoreD/HH 10/18/322 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Turnpikes
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Notice from the Secretary to the Committee of Council on Education in London …
Read MoreD/Ed 1/8/58 – Edleston family of Gainford – Gainford Parish (part 1)
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From Thomas Beck; Re John Pease's supposed worldliness in that having given up business for preaching he continued to speculate on the railways; Include notes for John Pease's replies …
Read MoreD/Ho/C 52/10 – Hodgkin family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Amended plans for 2 houses on south side of Deneside Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/5284 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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20 January 1846 (1) Victoria …
Read MoreD/X 1321/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Stanhope, St. John’s Chapel market charter and Town Hall charity
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Photograph of two men standing in front of the door to Durham Town Hall …
Read MoreD/X 1513/63(3) – Miscellaneous documents – L.G. Philips Displays (Durham) television tube manufacturers
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/30/1 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 32 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Photograph of Blackie Boy …
Read MoreURA 4/2/17 – Urban Regeneration Agency
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Eden Lodge, subscription accounts, 4 January 1946 – 1 June 1948 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Index to 1st edition 1:10560 OS maps of Yorkshire NR (1856) sheets 1-24 – Tutta Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 12(SE) Rokeby township
Read MoreTutta Beck OS map Yorkshire (NR) 12(SE) Rokeby township
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Bowburn Colliery East reclamation: Tursdale Beck improvement plan …
Read MoreDC/Env 51 – Durham County Council (1974 – 2009) – County Environment Department
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Icehouse, How Beck, Cotherstone
Read More[Ice house]
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Rifle Range at Deepdale Beck near Lartington
Read MoreA rifle range is shown on the second edition [Ordnance Survey] maps of 1894-99 (1) running alongside Deepdale Beck. The range remains marked on OS…
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Quarry, Arndale Beck
Read MoreA small [post medieval] [quarry] was identified during a field survey on Barningham Moor.
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Middle Bronze Age palstave, Hudeshope Beck Valley, Middleton In Teesdale
Read MoreA [Bronze Age] [palstave] was found in the bed of Hudeshope Beck, Middleton-in-Teesdale in February or March 1927. it is in the Bowes Museum, Barnard…
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Elstob Beck
Read MoreThe remains of a circular [enclosure] about 40 metres in diameter are visible as a [cropmark] on an [aerial photograph]
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Photographic print of a white painted building identified on the rear as Langdon Beck – 19th/20th century – E. Yeoman No. 5171 …
Read MoreD/WFH/Im/C 13/81 – Dr William F Heyes Collection