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Easington: People, Past and Present
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Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
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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
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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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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – I-N
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 October 1923 – 16 July 1925 – I-N
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27 November 1930 (1) Hon. Gustavus Lascelles Hamilton Russell (2) George Robson …
Read MoreD/Br/E 289 – Brancepeth Estate – Estate Papers
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – I-N
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 27 March 1941- 8 December 1941 – I-N
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – I-N
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Letter to Mr. Kingston …
Read MoreD/X 532/2 – Miscellaneous documents – John Ebblewhite of Stockton, bankrupt
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Photograph of Mr. A. A. Muir …
Read MoreD/Ph 533/6 – Photocopies and photographs – Civil Defence Training Centre, Framwellgate, Durham
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Photograph of Cllr. J. R. Kingston …
Read MoreD/Ph 533/8 – Photocopies and photographs – Civil Defence Training Centre, Framwellgate, Durham
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Photograph of Mrs. J. R. Kingston …
Read MoreND/Du 28/2/1(32) – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Mayors and Mayoresses
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Letter from T. Bourne …
Read MoreD/X 532/1 – Miscellaneous documents – John Ebblewhite of Stockton, bankrupt
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General expenditure ledger, 3 July 1900 – 24 March 1904 – I-N
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – I-N
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, December 1920 – May 1923 – I-N
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 121 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 147 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – I-N
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, December 1914 – November 1915 (enclosure) – I-N
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Towneley Lodge, minutes, 1919 – 1923 – I-N
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Marriage licence for John Layfield of Ferryhill and Margaret Joy Kingston of St. Oswald's Durham …
Read MoreEP/Cr 1/48 – Croxdale St. Bartholomew Parish
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26 November 1930 (1) Hon. Gustavus Lascelles Hamilton Russell (2) George Robson of Trimdon Grange; Robert Davis of Langley Park; Thomas Edward Bowen Bates of Darlington; Martin Duddin of Quarrington Hill; and William Kingston of Outon Style …
Read MoreD/Br/E 288 – Brancepeth Estate – Estate Papers
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30 May 1809 (1) Oliver Toulmin of Duke St. …
Read MoreD/St/D14/39 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Unplaced
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Photograph of last gala parade of colliery ban ner depicting Billy Kingston …
Read MoreD/X 696/8/14 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City Trust, formerly City of Durham Preservation Society
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L. A. Kingston …
Read MoreP/14/8/1593 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 86 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 101 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 106 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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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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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – I-N
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Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – I-N
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1883 – December 1890 – I-N
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Photograph of Councillor Kingston adding the name of Margaret Jackson to the list of May Queens …
Read MoreE/C/G858 – Durham Blue Coat School
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Photograph of J. R. Kingston …
Read MoreDu 1/70/10 – Durham City Council (1179 – 1974) – Photographs of Mayors and Mayoresses
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Re financial …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1088-1133 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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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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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., June – December 1908 – I-N
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 4 January 1943 – 28 June 1943 – I-N
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8 May 1818 (1) John Forster of Biggin …
Read MoreD/El 44/53 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from Mollie and Reg Sidgwick …
Read MoreD/X 1412/266 – Miscellaneous documents – Clement Thorpe Collin (1911-1982) and family, of Willington
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], 17 October 1916 – 22 September 1919 – I-N
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 128 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 132 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – I-N
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – I-N
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19 September 1778 [Copy c.1845] (1) William Sleigh of Stockton …
Read MoreD/HH 2/6/1269 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Principal clients of the Wheldon era
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Sale catalogue of cattle …
Read MoreD/St/X17/19 – Strathmore Estate – Local Affairs