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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
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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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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(192) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Precept requiring the attendance at Usworth of the overseers of Lamesley before William Peareth …
Read MoreEP/Lam 7/160 – Lamesley St. Andrew Parish
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7 March 1793 (1) Robert Clayton of Newcastle on Tyne …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1043 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Re Hebburn colliery …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 457-468 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 1)
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1 January 1850 (1) Lord Ravensworth and Edward Western (2) John Bowes (3) John Bowes …
Read MoreD/CG 16/1134 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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1 and 2 October 1686 (1) Thomas Shutwell of Redhouse …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2785-2786 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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29 March 1866 (1) Thomas Greenwood of 14 Westbourne Terrace …
Read MoreD/X 1334/112 – Miscellaneous documents – Heworth, Heworth Shore and Sunderland property belonging to John George Joicey
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Deeds re the close known as Lee Close William Morley of Heighington and John Peareth of Manfield (Co. York) to John Simpson of Staindrop …
Read MoreD/Bo/C 550-551 – Bowes Museum Collection – Lee Papers
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1825 (1) Ann …
Read MoreD/CG 16/1130 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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14 and 15 May 1804 (1) Bridget Reed of Durham City …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1049-1050 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Extract of the probate of the will dated 18 October 1762 …
Read MoreD/X 540/1 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham deeds and Waskerley Reservoir photographs
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Incomplete bond for £235 …
Read MoreD/X 455/1(901) – Miscellaneous documents – Christopher Johnson and son, of Durham City, lawyers
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Photograph of Second-Lieutenant J.T. Peareth …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(391) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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31 December 1844 (1) William Peareth late of Usworth House …
Read MoreD/CG 16/1133 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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5 May 1797 (1) Elizabeth Peareth …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1046 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Letter from Nicholas Wood …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/60/26 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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7 August 1847 (1) Thomas Brunton …
Read MoreNCB 2/56/2 – National Coal Board
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Abstract of title to hereditaments and premises at Southwick …
Read MoreNCB 2/56/12 – National Coal Board
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 17 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 150 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Photograph of a group of officers of the 3rd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(276) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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1827 (1) Ann Peareth …
Read MoreD/CG 16/1131 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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Letter from William Peareth at Usworth Rouse to William Russell at Brancepeth Castle concerning payment of 2 sums of £800 and £828 2s.6d. …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1051 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Letter from William Peareth …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/60/28 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 18 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 24 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Index to family trees in Robert Surtees, 'The History of the County Palatine of Durham' – Peareth family of Usworth see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.2, p.45
Read MorePeareth family of Usworth see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.2, p.45
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9 – 10 April 1761 (1) William Peareth of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/CG 13/36 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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Abstracts of disentailing assurances of 12 June 1852 and 18 November 1887 relating to the Peareth family's Usworth Estate …
Read MoreD/CG 16/1135 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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24 March 1866 (1) Dean and Chapter of Durham (2) Thomas Greenwood of 14 Westbourne Terrace …
Read MoreD/X 1334/111 – Miscellaneous documents – Heworth, Heworth Shore and Sunderland property belonging to John George Joicey
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Supplemental abstract of deeds and writings relating to the title …
Read MoreNCB 2 /56/1 – National Coal Board
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 1 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Photograph of Second-Lieutenant J.T. Peareth …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(97) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Charity Commission scheme for the regulation of the educational charity of Mrs. Susan Peareth …
Read MoreEP/Whit 306 – Whitburn St. Mary Parish
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4 May 1797 (1) Elizabeth Peareth of Newcastle on Tyne …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1045 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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1 and 2 October 1686 (1) Thomas Shutwell …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2787-2788 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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6 October 1686 (1) Barnard Peareth of Stillington yeo …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2791 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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Court order adjourning case of John Smith D.D. v Henry Peareth et. al. concerning non-payment of tithes to rector of Bishopwearmouth …
Read MoreD/No 187 – Norfolk family of Kirkella – Cleadon, Whitburn, Framwellgate (Durham) and Sunderland
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Court order in the case of Katharine Peareth …
Read MoreD/X 1334/110 – Miscellaneous documents – Heworth, Heworth Shore and Sunderland property belonging to John George Joicey
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Memorandum of William Peareth relating to a colliery in Birtley belonging to Lord Ravensworth …
Read MoreD/X 1769/21 – Miscellaneous documents – Lord Ravensworth and Partners colliery records
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Sending a copy of a letter relating to a conveyance of part of the Hylton estate …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1042 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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Photograph of Second-Lieutenant J.T. Peareth …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(94) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 17 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(197) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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1827 (1) Ann Peareth …
Read MoreD/CG 16/1174 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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Charity Commission Scheme re Susan Peareth Educational Charity …
Read MoreEP/Bo 292 – Boldon St. Nicholas Parish
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7 October 1686 (1) William Reed …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2792 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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Court order (Exchequer) for defendants in case John Smith D.D. v Henry Peareth et.al. concerning payment of tithes to rector of Bishopwearmouth …
Read MoreD/No 189 – Norfolk family of Kirkella – Cleadon, Whitburn, Framwellgate (Durham) and Sunderland