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Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
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Stockton & Darlington railway
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In pursuit of perfection
Listen to John (Pop) Porter talking in 1976 about how to grow prize leeks at Peterlee
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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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[K 51] Latin. 12 March 1570. Survey …
Read MoreD/Gr 330 – Greenwell Deeds
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[K 54] Latin and English. 26 June 1585. Apud Westm. vicesimo sexto die Junii anno regni nostri vicesimo septimo. Exemplification of an Act of Parliament defining the incorporation [etc.] …
Read MoreD/Gr 336 – Greenwell Deeds
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Songsheet for community singing in honour of H.M. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret …
Read MoreD/DLI 14/4/13 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Printed Material, Phase 2
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Photograph of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/534/8(93) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames P: Pe
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Tommy Mason At Power station
Read Morewhea0046 – Local Authority Records
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Newspaper cutting concerning the disposition of troops during the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/10(689) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Newspaper cutting concerning the officers of the 6th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/10(693) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Newspaper cutting concerning celebrations of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/10(694) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Photographs of the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the north-east …
Read MoreD/DRCC 20 – Durham Rural Community Council
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/285(204) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Dunn Headstone at St Michael, Bishop Middleham
Read MoreHeadstone. Circa 1718 to Tobyas Dunn, died 1718, and his wife Elizabeth. Sandstone ashlar slab c. 0.4 metre high, with trefoil-moulded top containing…
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After Elizabeth
Read MoreSubtitle: how James, King of Scots won the crown of England in 1603.
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Release 6 July 1766 Parties: (1) John Simpson of Morley …
Read MoreD/X 2341/13/1 – Zara Webb Archive
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Certificate by commissioners for taking oaths from married women 29 June 1855 – before Joseph Harris and Samuel Berridge in Leicestershire; – from Elizabeth …
Read MoreD/X 2341/16/1 – Zara Webb Archive
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Pro-forma oath in Common Pleas of commissioners for taking oaths from married women 2 July 1855 – by Clement Stretton of Leicester (Leicestershire) …
Read MoreD/X 2341/16/2 – Zara Webb Archive
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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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[2] May 1636 (1) Sir William Selby of Wynlaton …
Read MoreD/CG 7/270 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 1)
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6 July 1741 (1) Thomas Shafto of Dunston …
Read MoreD/CG 7/578 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 1)
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2 July 1825 Probate of the will of the Rt. Hon. Elizabeth …
Read MoreD/CG 6/1095 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 2)
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Copy administration with will annexed of John Byerley of Gilligate …
Read MoreD/CG 13/215 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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Copy of memorandum to be endorsed on a conveyance of 1836 by Thomas …
Read MoreD/HH 2/1/514 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Hanby, Holmes and their connections
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19 – 20 March 1734/35 (1) Robert Colling of Streethead …
Read MoreD/HH 3/3/190 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Startforth and Boldron
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25 April 1657 (1) William Ramsey of [Romald]kirk …
Read MoreD/HH 3/6/1 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Romaldkirk
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13 May 1857 (1) Revd. James Tate of Richmond …
Read MoreD/HH 6/1/483 – Hanby Holmes – Swaledale Manors: Deeds
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9 April 1874 (1) Sir George William Denys of Draycott Hall …
Read MoreD/HH 6/4/79 – Hanby Holmes – Swaledale Manors: Minerals
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27 February 1826 (1) Samuel Pullein (2) Henry Witham and Elizabeth …
Read MoreD/HH 7/1/577 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Settlements
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30 – 31 October 1702 (1) John Wade of West Gates …
Read MoreD/HH 8/3/238 – Hanby Holmes – Edleston Family: Landed property in and around Gainford
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Copy of the probate of the will of Richard Siddoway Bagnall of Winlaton …
Read MoreD/HH 10/1/3 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: R.S. Bagnall and Sons of Winlaton
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Printed notice advertising a free trip to London to the coronation [of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth] on 12 May for 50 North Country women entering the Lingfords coronation recipe competition …
Read MoreD/Lin 217 – Joseph Lingford and Sons (food merchants)
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Faculty for the introduction of four servers' seats in oak in the sanctuary in memory of John Gregg and George …
Read MoreEP/DH 62 – Deaf Hill-cum-Langdale St. Paul Parish
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Copy and translation of Letters Patent of Elizabeth 1 (2 April 1574) for the founding and erecting of Kepier School and Almshouse …
Read MoreEP/Ho 269 – Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael Parish – 12 Charities
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Order for the removal of George King and his wife …
Read MoreEP/Lam 7/114 – Lamesley St. Andrew Parish
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Order for the removal of John Hall …
Read MoreEP/Lam 7/140 – Lamesley St. Andrew Parish
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11 March 1780 Probate of the will dated 22 October 1779 of Thomas Wardell of Melsonby …
Read MoreD/Br/D 336 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 01) places A to B
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10 March 1729/3O (1) William Arrowsmith of Durham City …
Read MoreD/Br/D 457 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 02) places B
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18 July 1674 (1) Richard Thompson of Ufferton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 480 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 02) places B
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24 May 1790 (1) Rev. Thomas Bowlby of Houghton le Spring …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2144 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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12 May 1832 (1) Russell Bowlby of South Shields and Cleadon Meadows …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2325 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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21 November 1778 (1) Elizabeth Goddard of York …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1496 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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21 and 22 November 1800 (1) John Ralph Fenwick and Dorothy …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1688-1689 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 04) places B
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Letter from Elizabeth and Robert Watson at London to John Haughton at York …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2424 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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8 April 1755 (1) Thomas Hall …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2479 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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4 October 1779 (1) William Wetherell of Morton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2549 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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24 June 1670 (1) Elizabeth and Lucy Conyers …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2727 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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2 and 3 April 1694 (1) John Conyers of Laton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2730-2731 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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4 November 1746 (1) William Spencer …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2849 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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11 and 12 May 1778 (1) William Alexander of Haughton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2856-2857 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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11 June 1778 (1) Mary Phillipson of New Elvet …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2858 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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1 February 1643 (1) Thomas Clarke …
Read MoreD/Br/F 447 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers
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Copy of will and codicils …
Read MoreD/El 23/87 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge