Search the Collection
Use our collection search to explore the people, places and events that make County Durham what it is today
Find a Family Name
Filters
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
-
Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)
-
Treasurers' cash book, July 1922 – November 1924 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Portrait of Rev. H.J. Wattsford …
Read MoreEP/Bis 202 – Bishopton St. Peter Parish
-
Correspondence between Miss M. Usher …
Read MoreEP/Gr 117 – Grindon St. James Parish
-
Land Tax …
Read MoreQ/D/L 10 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
-
Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Sick department register – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)
-
Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 3 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
-
Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 9 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
-
25 October 1879 (1) Robert Baldwin of 104 Ebury Buildings …
Read MoreD/HH 2/7/1321 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Wills and testamentary
-
Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)