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Use our collection search to explore the people, places and events that make County Durham what it is today
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Church Registers Database
Find out what baptism, marriage and burial registers we keep and their covering dates
Easington: People, Past and Present
Search images and oral histories by the people of Easington and the surrounding area
Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
Search for County Durham miners by name
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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Postcard photograph captioned All happiness be thine ¿ …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/480/5(51) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mo
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Lesley Ann Caile (adjourned for criminal proceedings) [1039] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/2882 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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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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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – A-D
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 60 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1953 – A-D
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Bond for the maintenance of bastard children …
Read MoreEP/Bis 7/1 – Bishopton St. Peter Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 37 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 37 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 39 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 40 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 30 December 1941 – 23 June 1941 – A-D
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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1896 – 1899 – A-D
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John Arthur Caile (misadventure) [595] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/148 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Sick department register – A-D
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Illustrated postcard of East End …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/480/5(76) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mo
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, December 1920 – May 1923 – A-D
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, register of members' contributions, 14 July 1961 – 29 December 1961 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 61 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West