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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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Group photograph of 'B' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(16) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – I-N
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Letters out (copies), July 1897 – October 1901 – I-N
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – I-N
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Group photograph of 'B' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/617/13(16) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Sa to Sc
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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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Group photograph of the cross-country running team of 'E' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/273(1) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Council programmes, minutes and returns, January 1942 – December 1943 – I-N
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 August 1911 – 11 November 1911 – I-N
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – I-N
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D. McAvoy …
Read MoreP/14/8/1832 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Sick department register – I-N
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Photograph of 'B' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(18) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
