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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
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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Licence from James I to William Gascoigne …
Read MoreD/St/D2/2/20 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Kirklevington Estate
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17 April 1611 Exemplification of a final concord between William Aplegarth and John Allan …
Read MoreD/St/D2/2/23 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Kirklevington Estate
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19 August 1872 (1) Robert Stainton Ellis …
Read MoreM/Da 1156 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Ernest Gascoigne (industrial disease) [1048] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/2188 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Group photograph of the Aldershot Athletic Hockey Club …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/909/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames L: La
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Index to family trees in Robert Surtees, 'The History of the County Palatine of Durham' – Gascoigne family of Ravensworth see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.2, p.211
Read MoreGascoigne family of Ravensworth see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.2, p.211
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13 May 1871 (1) William Gascoigne of Hurworth …
Read MoreD/HH 8/3/293 – Hanby Holmes – Edleston Family: Landed property in and around Gainford
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Illustrated log …
Read MoreD/SG 6/33 – Durham Scout Group
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Photograph of members of the Church Lads' Brigade at Whitby Camp …
Read MoreEP/Daw 13/9 – Dawdon St. Hild Parish
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22 October 1602 (1) Richard Gascoigne of Coulde Inglebye …
Read MoreD/St/D2/2/3 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Kirklevington Estate
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Treasurers' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Illustrated log …
Read MoreD/SG 6/30 – Durham Scout Group
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Photograph of pupils in Form LVI of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G234(5) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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18 September 1872 (1) Rev. Henry Young …
Read MoreM/Da 1264 – Darlington Methodist Circuit – Individual churches F – J
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Photograph of members of Willington A.F.C. [amateur football club] …
Read MoreD/X 1520/968 – Miscellaneous documents – Northern Echo photographs, used in North Magazine
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Copy of a newspaper article from The Northern Echo …
Read MoreD/BAFC 33/18/17 – Bishop Auckland Football Club
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15 April 1653 (1) James Hall of Kirkleventon …
Read MoreD/St/D2/2/29 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Kirklevington Estate
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9 and 10 May 1827 (1) Charles Hunter …
Read MoreM/Da 1258-1259 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Miscellaneous documents – John Keith Greig of Wolviston
Read MoreD/X 1918 – Other Records
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17 October 1934 (1) Managers of St. Oswald's School (2) Doris Gascoigne of Shildon House …
Read MoreEP/Heb.SO 11/41 – Hebburn St. Oswald Parish
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], 17 October 1916 – 22 September 1919 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Genealogical notes on Hawdon and Goodricke families 20th century – made by John Hawdon …
Read MoreD/X 2341/17/2 – Zara Webb Archive
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William Salvin v Sir Thomas Gascoigne and Charles …
Read MoreD/Sa/L 120-121 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Legal Papers (part 1)
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26 April 1431 (1) Thomas de Toweton …
Read MoreD/St/D8/1/51 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Yorkshire (excluding Wemmergill and Kirklevington estates)
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9 and 10 October 1840 (1) George Middleton …
Read MoreM/Da 1262-1263 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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9 and 10 May 1827 (1) Charles Hunter …
Read MoreM/Da 1258-1259 – Darlington Methodist Circuit – Individual churches F – J
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 96 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 102 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 104 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Letters out (copies), May 1895 – July 1897 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Mary Gascoigne [afterwards wife of William Salvin] …
Read MoreD/Sa/F 402-403 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Family Papers (part 1)
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Plan of proposed wash houses …
Read MoreRD/La 143/1441 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Personal file re Thomas Gascoigne …
Read MoreU/Ho 184 – Houghton-le-Spring Poor Law Union
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16 May 1853 (1) Rev. Thomas Poulton Clark …
Read MoreM/Da 1154 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Map of Cornsay Common showing the lands held by William Leybourne …
Read MoreD/X 823/4 – Miscellaneous documents – Cornsay Common, Cornsay Almshouses etc.
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James Gascoigne (natural causes) [2154] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1075 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 107 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 110 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, November 1916 – September 1917 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1927 – 1933 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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23 March 1610/11 (1) John Gascoigne of Blackborn …
Read MoreD/Br/F 16 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 97 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 105 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.