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Easington: People, Past and Present
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Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
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Binchester
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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
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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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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1880 – A-D
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), January 1913 – February 1914 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – A-D
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, March 1914 – December 1914 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
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Photograph of Ernest Booth …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/74/24 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of [Ernest Booth] on a motorcycle …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/74/28 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of unidentified soldiers on board a boat [on the Suez Canal] …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/74/41 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Handlist of the original bundles – 20th century – note that not everything listed has been included in the collection and an asterisk indicates missing items Bundle A – D/X 2341/5/3 – D/X 2341/3/7 – indenture between George Dent of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 2341/18/1 – Zara Webb Archive
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Postcard showing cottages – early 20th century – postmarked Piercebridge 14 June 1908; – addressed to Miss M. Booth …
Read MoreD/WFH/Im/B 30/1/2 – Dr William F Heyes Collection
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Correspondence between: Capt. F. Scarth Beadon at the Estate Office …
Read MoreD/CG 5/1271 – Clayton and Gibson – Burdon family of Castle Eden
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Correspondence between: Clayton …
Read MoreD/HH 2/6/984-1068 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Principal clients of the Wheldon era
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Inland Revenue succession duty on real property form providing description and valuation of two cottages adjoining a parcel of land in Bondgate …
Read MoreD/DBS 7/3/9 – Darlington Building Society
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24 November 1864 (1) Robert Booth of Etherley …
Read MoreD/DBS 7/3/12 – Darlington Building Society
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Copy letter from A.C. Harrison to J.C.H. Booth …
Read MoreD/Ni 18/24 – J. Nimmo and Co. (brewers)
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Letter from E.P. Clark …
Read MoreD/Ni 21/54 – J. Nimmo and Co. (brewers)
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File of miscellaneous documents relating to the parish …
Read MoreEP/Su.SM 134 – Millfield St. Mark Parish
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Applications for planning permission and letters to T.W. Booth …
Read MoreCP/Pi 69 – Pittington Civil Parish
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Copy photograph of unidentified members of the pathology laboratory cricket team …
Read MoreD/Ph 386/68/5 – Photocopies and photographs – Sedgefield Hospital and Spennymoor Labour Party
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12 May 1896 (1) John West Annandale now of Govan …
Read MoreD/X 1001/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Shildon and Darlington deeds
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Slide of a letter from John E. Smith …
Read MoreD/Ph 470/2/1 – Photocopies and photographs – West Stanley Colliery Disaster
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Copy surrender and defeasance – Manor of Bondgate 24 April 1872 – admission of John Proud of Bishop Auckland …
Read MoreD/X 287/BA 5/1 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham deeds
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Medal Box and Medal Ribbon
Read MoreA brown, cardboard medal box, with address and official War Office stamp on lid and 'O.H.M.S.' stamp. Lid of box has inscription: 'Mr S…
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – A-D
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – A-D
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Postcard (showing the interior of St. Matthew's Church …
Read MoreD/Loco 3/1/2 – Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon
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Postcard (showing the interior of a cave) from 'G' to [Miss Booth] …
Read MoreD/Loco 3/1/5 – Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon
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Photograph of Ernest Booth …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/74/22 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of [Ernest Booth] on a motorcycle …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/74/29 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of [Ernest Booth] riding a motorcycle …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/74/31 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photographs of the staff sergeants and sergeants of the 8th Service Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/107 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – BOOTH, John, of Sherburn, farmer
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Correspondence between Watson …
Read MoreD/CG 7/1872 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 3)
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1855 (1) John Bowes (2) Lancelot Parker Booth of Bishop Auckland Draft lease by (1) to (2) of 478a. 3r. 31p. of lands in the parishes of Cockfield and Auckland …
Read MoreD/HH 5/3/17 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Tenancies and leases
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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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A list of the other directorships held by J.C.H. Booth …
Read MoreD/Ni 21/68 – J. Nimmo and Co. (brewers)
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Letters from J.F. Booth and Son …
Read MoreEP/Ha.SH 4/22 – Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish – Churchwardens
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 4A of Wingate Modern School …
Read MoreE/E/G247(3) – Wingate Modern School
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Photograph of pupils in Form IV Technical of A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G231(12) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of pupils in Form 2C of A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G231(18) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 2B of Wellfield Secondary School …
Read MoreE/E/G239(16) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of two teachers and pupils in Form [61 ] of Wellfield Secondary School …
Read MoreE/E/G240(3) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Account of William Booth for repairs to keels on Hylton ferryboat …
Read MoreD/No 209 – Norfolk family of Kirkella – Cleadon, Whitburn, Framwellgate (Durham) and Sunderland
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Mandate for the induction of John Bowes into Bishop Wearmouth rectory by Robert Booth …
Read MoreD/St/C1/2/56 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 1) General and family members