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Easington: People, Past and Present
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Binchester
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Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
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Stockton & Darlington railway
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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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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – I-N
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – I-N
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – I-N
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 October 1923 – 16 July 1925 – I-N
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book, no.1: Maudlin; Main Coal; Busty, West Maudlin, N.E. Maudlin; Both Maudlin and all seams, 1899 – 1911 – I-N
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Joint Committee Meetings (North District), Agenda book (with notes), 1914 – 1915 – I-N
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1897 – 1899 – I-N
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Photograph of Lucy McDonald and Dawn Shearsmith …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/299/1(2) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Lesley Anderson …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/299/1(27) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Gordon bond as Lysander …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/300/1(4) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Group photograph of the cross-country running team of the 1st Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/290(16) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Group photograph of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent and the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/58(53) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph of officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/65(25) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph of the shooting team of 'B' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/12(802) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Letter from the Area Estates Manager …
Read MoreEP/WPe 6/46 – West Pelton St. Paul Parish
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House near St. Mary Street at Blackhill …
Read MoreUD/Ben 22/50 – Benfieldside Urban District Council
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Programme for the production of Jane Eyre …
Read MoreD/X 1554/61 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham Dramatic Society
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Photograph of Thomas McDonald …
Read MoreP/14/6(289) – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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E. McDonald …
Read MoreP/14/8/1858 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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1914-15 Star
Read MoreA four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves. A banner in centre is inscribed '1914-15'. Star is topped by a crown and…
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1880 – I-N
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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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General Election accounts, 1918 – I-N
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – I-N
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – I-N
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – I-N
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, November 1916 – September 1917 – I-N
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/14(177) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Group photograph of the boxing team of the 1st Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/290(4) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Group photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/14(262) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Group photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/58(54) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Group photograph of officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/182 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph of Neil Gander and Lucy McDonald …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/300/1(48) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Lucy McDonald …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/300/1(56) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Michael Smith …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/300/1(91) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Postcard: 'Garrigill' – village in the distance – early 20th century – postmarked Alston 18 May 1910; – addressed to Mrs McDonald …
Read MoreD/WFH/Im/B 34/6/11 – Dr William F Heyes Collection
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Photograph of pupils in Form 3A of A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G231(13) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Helen Mary W. McDonald Grave number 18 Af Date of death 20 September 1974 Date of burial 26 September 1974 …
Read MoreCP/Sac 13/92 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Photograph of officers of Royal Army Medical Corps unit at Neville's Cross Training College …
Read MoreD/Ph 343/3 – Photocopies and photographs – Photographs associated with Dr J.R. McDonald (RAMC)
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John James McDonald …
Read MoreCOR/Da/3/159 – Darlington Coroner – Non-inquest files
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George McDonald (industrial disease) [282] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1788 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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S. W. McDonald …
Read MoreP/14/8/1855 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – I-N
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Sick Fund Post Office Order Book, 23 July 1919 – 1 April 1920 – I-N
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Arbitration committee minutes – I-N
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – I-N
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – I-N
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