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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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Correspondence between E.N. Gent …
Read MoreD/HH 8/1/34 – Hanby Holmes – Edleston Family: Yorkshire and Durham Manorial
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17 September 1786 (1) Thomas Handsom late of Aldbrough …
Read MoreD/HH 8/3/268 – Hanby Holmes – Edleston Family: Landed property in and around Gainford
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8 April 1937 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) The Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company …
Read MoreD/SC 1/151 – Stanton Croft and Company – solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Letters from Harrison and Harrison …
Read MoreEP/Gai 118 – Gainford St. Mary Parish
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Notebook of R. & S. Adamson …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/18 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 1)
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Letter from Pictor & Sons …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/315 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 1)
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Correspondence between R. & S. Adamson …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/2205 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 4)
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Memorandum and specification from J. Fawcett …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/1336 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 3)
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Card …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/1516 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 3)
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Postcard to R. & S. Adamson …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/1615 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 3)
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Letter of Weatherill and Moses …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/5/46 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for School Boards and Miscellaneous
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Copy of 'Gulielmmi IV Regis Cap XC' An act to repeal an Act of the 11th year of his late majesty King George IV for the lighting and watching of Parish's in England and Wales and to make other provisions in lieu thereof (28 August 1833)' Property of E. C. Adamson 'Morland' Gainford …
Read MoreD/Ad 9/5 – Adamson family of Gainford – Business papers, R. Adamson and E.C. Adamson
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Of J. Gainford at Sydney …
Read MoreD/Ed 1/11/10/100-101 – Edleston family of Gainford – Gainford Parish (part 2)
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Correspondence of Sarah Cumming and of Gurney …
Read MoreD/Ed 9/12/1012-1030 – Edleston family of Gainford – Trust Papers
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Schedules of property and investments held by Robert Holmes Edleston and Miss S.A.C. Edleston …
Read MoreD/Ed 9/12/1298 – Edleston family of Gainford – Trust Papers
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Abstract of Title of property at Gainford belonging to the Onward Building Society …
Read MoreD/Ed 10/1/78 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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21 August 1798 (1) William Bell of Gainford …
Read MoreD/Ed 10/1/145 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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Letter of A.W. Headlam at Whorlton to (Rev J. Edleston?) at Gainford informing him of the indentity of the owner of the hay tithe …
Read MoreD/Ed 3/2/1 – Edleston family of Gainford – Whorlton Chapelry
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Advertisement for sale of two semi-detached houses …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/11/38 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Sale catalogue of furnishings and antiques belonging to John Ceswell Brigham of 26 Coniscliffe Road …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/11/46 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Sale catalogue of The Livy of Batard de Bourgogne …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/11/48 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Advertisement for the sale of freehold house in Gainford …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/11/49 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Notices of marriages …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/12/2-9 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Postcard album of Europe and North Africa …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/18/2 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Postcard album of British and European localities …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/18/4 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Newspaper cuttings of foreign affairs in which the Edlestons were interested …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/19/7 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Newspaper cuttings of notices of deaths …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/19/15 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Certificate for admittance of William Heart as Master Paviour in Ordinary to his Majestie …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/8 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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English history notes …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/22 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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A Soliloquy of an Evergreen Octogenarian …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/29 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Souvenir of Ordination of Rev. T. Whiteside …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/32 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Thoughts on travel set down during a journey abroad …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/46 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Copy Certificate of Service in Civil Employment of Mr. Finkelstein- Litvinoff …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/59 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Extracts from Literary Gazette …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/71 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Copy of the Coronation Calendar for 1937 …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/79 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Copy of the rules of the British Museum Reading Room …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/83(I) – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Itinerary of Stanley Urban District Council 24th Library Outing on 11 June 1949 in South Durham and North Yorkshire …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/85 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Copy of a Local History Questionnaire prepared by the County of Durham Federation of Women's Institutes …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/91 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Copy of request for fox hounds from Newcastle Courant …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/94 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Advertisement for A History of Horstead and Stanninghall …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/101 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous rough notes including antiquarian notes and notes re monumental inscriptions …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/20/106-547 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Sketch map showing High Street …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/7/10 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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The Times …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/8/58 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Armstrong's reply to Wiseman's Pastoral Letter on the Immaculate Conception …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/8/271 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Regeneration and Baptism …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/8/279 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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List of the Bishops of the Anglican Church …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/8/283 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Extract from letters of Saint Francois de Sales …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/8/300 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Particulars of the Grand Suspension Bridge erected over The Straits of Menai …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/8/330 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Photographs of unidentified persons and groups …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/9/757-901 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous
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Sale catalogue of paintings …
Read MoreD/Ed 18/11/1 – Edleston family of Gainford – Miscellaneous