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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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2 October 1804 (1) Dorothea Brack of Middleton Lodge …
Read MoreD/CG 6/285 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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Letter from Dorothea Brack …
Read MoreEP/Wo 72 – Wolviston St. Peter Parish
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17 August 1763 (1) Sir Gilfrid Lawson …
Read MoreD/Br/B 180 – Brancepeth Estate – Business
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25 and 26 January 1726/27 (1) John Brack of Willington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1809-1810 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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Probate copy of will …
Read MoreD/St/D6/3/39 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Hylton Estate
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Ella Louise Brack (natural causes) [429] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1917 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 32 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1962 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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5 November 1708 (1) Humphrey Brake of Willington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1553 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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27 and 28 February 1723 / 1724 (1) John Brack of Willington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1554-1555 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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1 November 1728 (1) John Hylton of Hylton …
Read MoreD/St/D6/3/37 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Hylton Estate
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19 and 20 May 1710 (1) Thomas Parkin of Willington …
Read MoreD/St/D9/3/49 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 29 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 155 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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7 November 1903 (1) Richard Olds of 3 Gardiners Terrace …
Read MoreD/DMA 17/95/34 – Durham Miners Association – Lodge records
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Feoffment 2 September 1729 Parties: (1) Jane Brasse of Claypath …
Read MoreD/X 373/2/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, South Street and Claypath deeds; Durham Court of Chancery
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Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 29 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 30 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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18 May 1796 (1) Dorothea Brack of Charlotte Street …
Read MoreD/Br/F 103 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers
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1 May 1723 (1) John Hilton of Hilton Castle …
Read MoreD/St/D6/3/29 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Hylton Estate
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29 and 30 May 1724 (1) John Brack of Willington …
Read MoreD/St/D9/3/73 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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1 and 2 May 1728 (1) John Brack …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1559-1560 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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A list of lands had 'on John Brack' [in Willington] n.d. [c.1725] Endorsed: A list of 'Sunday Preachers' …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1633 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 04) places B
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Edwin Brack (natural causes) [1786] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/992 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 1 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 31 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.2, 5 January 1920 – 5 December 1921 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Letter from Brack Shorter at Newcastle to [Matthew Russell] …
Read MoreD/Br/F 297 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers
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Schedule of deeds …
Read MoreD/St/D9/3/72 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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Probate copy of will 17 August 1741 of John Brack of Washington …
Read MoreD/St/D6/3/40 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Hylton Estate
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13 July 1753 (1) Richard Cavendish …
Read MoreD/St/D6/3/42 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Hylton Estate
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 4 January 1943 – 28 June 1943 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1927 – 1933 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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17 and 18 July 1696 (1) Humphrey Bracke of Willington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1548-1549 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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17 February 1727 (1) Abraham Stout the younger of Durham …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1558 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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8 July 1725 (1) Henry Forster …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1736 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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1 July 1648 (1) Mary Coleman of Tudhoe …
Read MoreD/X 487/1/132 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 2)
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5 April 1782 (1) William Brack …
Read MoreD/X 523/12-13 – Miscellaneous documents – East Murton deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 31 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Sick department register – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Phillip David Brack (suicide) [136] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/2947 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 27 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 29 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 30 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 33 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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14 May 1728 (1) William Dunn (2) John and Jane Brack Final concord as at D/Br/D 1561 …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1562 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Bond for payment of £20 …
Read MoreD/Sa/F 298 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Family Papers (part 1)