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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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Christmas card of the British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany); from Joe to Bob [Musgrove] …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/924/5 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mu to My
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – 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, 1928-1976 – I-N
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, November 1916 – September 1917 – I-N
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Certificate of transfer to the Army Reserve of Private Robert William Musgrove …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/924/2 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mu to My
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/4 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Three Doly Ditties on Darlington …
Read MoreD/X 1338/195 – Miscellaneous documents – Teesdale Record Society: Michael Aislabie Denham archive
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – 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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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1920 – May 1921 – I-N
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Soldier's service and pay book of 4462498 Private Robert William Musgrove …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/924/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mu to My
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Robert Musgrove of Blackhall; posing in soccer strip …
Read MoreD/MRP 19/1 – Mining Records Project – (part 1)
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W.C.A. files identified for preservation by the Chief Clerk as a sample of the documentation in use …
Read MoreCCo/Con 10 – Consett County Court
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Margaret Musgrove …
Read MoreCOR/C/2/329 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 119 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.5, 14 January – 21 December 1925 – I-N
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/2 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – I-N
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General expenditure ledger, 3 July 1900 – 24 March 1904 – I-N
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – I-N
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Letters out (copies), May 1895 – July 1897 – I-N
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Sacriston and vicinity …
Read MoreD/MRP 2/2 – Mining Records Project – (part 1)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 114 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – I-N
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 12 January 1911 – 13 February 1913 – I-N
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Statement of the case and plea of William Birch …
Read MoreD/X 487/3/87 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 4)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 143 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – I-N
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1919 – March 1921 – I-N
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1900 – 1904 – I-N
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Christmas card of The Durham Light Infantry …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/924/4 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mu to My
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Photograph of three soldiers …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/924/7 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mu to My
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Pay notes for J. Musgrove …
Read MoreD/MRP 2/1 – Mining Records Project – (part 1)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 78 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 – 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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Arbitration committee minutes, 1923-1926 – I-N
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Letters out (copies), February 1903 – April 1905 – I-N
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – I-N
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/31/1 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Proposed memorandum of agreement …
Read MoreNCB I/SC 654 – National Coal Board – Stella Coal Company
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 117 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 140 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South