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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
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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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1852 (1) Edward Western of Great James Street …
Read MoreD/St/B1/6/72 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 2) Partnership and partnership collieries
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6 January 1852 (1) Thomas Ellison Hawks of Winlaton (2) John Gray of Garesfield …
Read MoreD/CG 6/1259 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 2)
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Re reluctance of his brothers …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 876 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 8 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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12 September 1834 (1) Rt. Rev. William …
Read MoreEP/GF 2/16 – Gateshead Fell Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 9 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 158 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Group photograph of officers of the 3rd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/311(21) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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25 March 9 George 11 [1769] (1) George Rose …
Read MoreEP/Ga.SM 14/74 – Gateshead St. Mary Parish
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Re trouble found by Buddle in engaging suitable locomotive enginemen 'the demand for these persons must be increasing every day'; anxious to know completion date of engines to arrange shipment with Messrs. Plummer and Greenwell from Stockton; re tenders for waggon gearings from Messrs. Rayne and Messrs. Hawks and dividing the order between them; requesting Buddle's help in supplying patterns for them …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1733 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 12 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 7 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Committee meeting minutes, 1932 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 10 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., June – December 1883 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Newcastle District (No.3) … for the year 1895, 1896 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Group photograph of officers of the 3rd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/311(78) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Lumley Forge, Breckon Hill, Chester-le-Street
Read MoreLumley [Forge] is first recorded in 1779, when the property was purchased by the iron manufacturer, William Hawks, who set about building a new forge…
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – HAWKS, George, partner in Messrs. Hawkes, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead; of Redheugh Hall
Read MoreHAWKS, George, partner in Messrs. Hawkes, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead; of Redheugh Hall…
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 4 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 3 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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5 December 1846 (1) John Hawks of Derwenthaugh …
Read MoreD/CG 29/18 – Clayton and Gibson – Whickham – Shield and Hall Families
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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5 December 1846 (1) Thomas Hall of Whickham …
Read MoreD/CG 29/17 – Clayton and Gibson – Whickham – Shield and Hall Families