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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

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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

2 May 1836 (1) Mary Millner of Biddick House …

D/CG 4/72 – Clayton and Gibson – Brandling family of Low Gosforth

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Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 5) John and Josephine Bowes

D/St/C 1 – Estate and Family Records

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/29/104 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/20 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/26(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/23 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/10/5 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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22 February 1787 (1) George Heath now of South Follingsby …

D/Br/D 2095 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/15 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/29 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/34/1 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Notice from Thomas Wheldon to John Bowes and Charles Millner of boundary award of Commissioner appointed by Act of Parliament to set out the boundaries between Hunderthwaite and Cotherstone …

D/St/E3/19/133 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Wemmergill (part 2)

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/6 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/7(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/17 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/28(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/9 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/10 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/17 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/25 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Parish Scrap Book. Due to the great variety of materials included in this volume …

EP/SS.SH 14/1 – South Shields St. Hilda Parish – 14 Miscellaneous

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Letter from Peter Lawson and Son …

D/St/C2/14/3 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 2) Hylton, London etc.

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Report by Thomas Dickinson to Charles Millner …

D/St/B2/99 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Lead

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/1 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/4a – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/10/10 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/29/127 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/5 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Thomas Dickinson …

D/St/C 5/27/23 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner to John Bowes …

D/St/C 5/27/27 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Land Tax returns …

Q/D/L 12 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/12 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/27/14 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/7 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/22 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/27 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/10/7 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Requesting testimonial as to Mr. Fill's eligibility for post as Dean and Chapter's bailiff at South Shields …

NCB I/JB 979 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/3 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/11 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/14 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/26 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/10/8 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/29/47 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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17 December 1839 (1) Edward …

D/X 1462/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Boldon coal mines lease

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Letters from John Murray …

D/St/C2/14/2 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 2) Hylton, London etc.

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Letter from Thomas Wheldon to Charles Millner concerning the settlement of the tithe modus for Middleton …

D/St/C2/14/4 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 2) Hylton, London etc.

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/8 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/2/19 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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Letter from Charles Millner …

D/St/C 5/10/2 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence

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