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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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Photograph of Colonel Russell …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/7(49) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(112) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Newspaper cutting concerning a request by Major T.J. Groves …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(143) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Halliday …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(295) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Conveyance of land in Weldon Terrace …
Read MoreD/SJ A 96 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Interview with Mr A Pratt
Read More01 Mr A Pratt_Hord0006 – Local Authority Records
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 17 February 1916 – 12 February 1919 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Group photograph of the officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(81) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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K. Groves …
Read MoreP/14/8/1181 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)
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Photograph of Surgeon John Stuart Groves …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/265(12) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(125) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Newspaper cutting concerning the election of Major T.J. Groves …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(144) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Photograph of Major T.J. Groves …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(193) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Brigade routine orders …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(229) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Photograph of a group of senior officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(257) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Notices and invoices by Sunderland Urban Sanitary Authority to Rev. T.H. Hurrell …
Read MoreEP/Mf.SMM 4/15 – Millfield St. Mary Parish
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Plan of proposed houses …
Read MoreRD/La 143/833 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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13 14 November 1758 (1) Francis Lowson of Darlington …
Read MoreD/XD 119/10 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Majestic Inn, 29 and 29a Blackwellgate, Darlington
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 48 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1966 – E-H
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Photograph of Colonel C.F. Vickery …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(132) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Group photograph of the officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(201) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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The King on the prosecution of Robert Groves v Henry Myers Draft brief for the prosecution …
Read MoreD/HH 2/19/30 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Miscellaneous
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Conveyance of a plot of land in Weldon Terrace …
Read MoreD/SJ A 82 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Conveyance of land in Weldon Terrace …
Read MoreD/SJ A 104 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Draft will of Chrisopher Groves (the younger) with related correspondence …
Read MoreD/SJ P 261 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Plan of proposed addition of scullery …
Read MoreRD/La 143/1923 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Photograph of Amanda Groves (age 9) injured when her bike hit a pothole …
Read MoreD/CL 27/278/1499 – Durham County Library Collection – Postcards and photographs: Easington to Greta Bridge
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Letters out (copies), February 1903 – April 1905 – E-H
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Photograph of Major T.J. Groves …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(231) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Group photograph of the officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(294) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Conveyance of land …
Read MoreD/SJ A 86 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Elevation and plan of a design for the casework of the organ at the Presbyterian Church …
Read MoreD/Ha 150/111/2 – Harrison and Harrison (organ builders) of Durham City – Organ Plans
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Plan of proposed tenement houses …
Read MoreRD/La 143/919 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Gravestone of Ralph Robson who died on 16 July 1894 …
Read MoreD/X 779/12/41 – Miscellaneous documents – W.L. Colley of Byers Green (part 2)
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.3, 9 January – 20 December 1922 – E-H
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Photograph of a group of officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(232) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Group photograph of officers of the Durham Heavy Regiment …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/7(37) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Black and white postcard of Boys' Brigade of St Chad …
Read MoreD/X 2353/5/23 – Rev Dr Meg Gilley Archive
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Conveyance of land in Weldon Terrace …
Read MoreD/SJ A 103 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Conveyance of land in Weldon Terrace …
Read MoreD/SJ A 80 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Conveyance of land in Weldon Terrace …
Read MoreD/SJ A 98 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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27 October 1803 (1) The churchwardens and overseers of Darlington (2) William Groves …
Read MoreD/X 667/83 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington Poor Law records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 55 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – E-H
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(304) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Photograph of Captain W.A. Murley …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(165) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West