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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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Order to the constable of Gainford to apprehend George Harewood of Manfield in the North Riding of the County of York …
Read MoreD/X 874/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington and Gainford overseers of the poor records
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Hamilton …
Read MoreD/Lo/C 653 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence (part 2)
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Usworth Lodge, Stonemen's minutes, September 1909 – July 1912 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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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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Photograph of older class in Fishburn County School …
Read MoreD/X 1844/1/2(43) – Miscellaneous documents – History of Fishburn
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Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 28 June 1901 – 4 May 1903 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Examination by Durham Justices of the Peace of Hannah Harewood …
Read MoreUD/BC 108/7/5 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council
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Collection of letters relating to the purchase of a portrait of the 6th Marquess for the Carlton Club in 1918 …
Read MoreD/Lo/C 255 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence (part 1)
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Re negotiations for Lord Harewood' s mines …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 430 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 1)