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Easington: People, Past and Present
Search images and oral histories by the people of Easington and the surrounding area
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
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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Lambton Hall Durham. The seat of Lord Durham …
Read MoreD/CL 23/381 – Durham County Library Collection – Engravings
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Engraving entitled 'Lumley Castle…' …
Read MoreD/CL 27/82/129 – Durham County Library Collection – Durham Prints, R.W. Benton
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Group photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/156(1) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Abstract of title of William Watson to land at Houghton le Side (I) Bargain and sale 1 September 1617 Parties: (1) Cuthbert Marshall …
Read MoreD/X 2341/5/1 – Zara Webb Archive
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4 November 1572 Letters Patent granting to Sir George Bowes of Streatlam …
Read MoreD/CG 17/1 – Clayton and Gibson – Bowes and Straker families of Bradley Hall
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Copy …
Read MoreD/X 1253/4 – Miscellaneous documents – Documents collected by John Oxberry (1857 – 1940), a Gateshead antiquary
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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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Copy letter from Hoyle …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 80/3 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places H to S)
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Correspondence between the Durham Dilapidations Board; the Bounty Office; Edwin Pye and Son …
Read MoreEP/Au.SA 4/54 – Auckland St. Andrew Parish – Churchwardens
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Letters from William Pye …
Read MoreD/St/C1/3/4 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 2) George Bowes
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28 October 1613 Copy of confirmation by Robert Pye …
Read MoreD/St/D7/83 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Other properties in County Durham
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Plans for the conversion of three out-buildings to cottages at William Street …
Read MoreND/Du 13/24 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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Plans for two dwelling houses at Langley Bridge …
Read MoreND/Du 14/1 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 153 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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None – O-T
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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North west view of Brancepeth Castle …
Read MoreD/CL 23/136 – Durham County Library Collection – Engravings
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Accounts of William Pye …
Read MoreD/St/E15/7/57 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Multiple and unidentified estates
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Letter of William Pye to Jeremiah Hutchinson re Darlington and Blackwell Mills (1747); letter (copy) of various inhabitants of Barnard Castle to Earl of Darlington re division of common fields; certificate of Barnard Castle Court Leet re seizure of butter (1841) …
Read MoreD/X 15/1-3 – Miscellaneous documents – Barnard Castle records
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9 October 1934 (1) Bernard Gillett of the Royal Spirit Vaults public house …
Read MoreD/X 1855/1/30 – Miscellaneous documents – Bishop Auckland, Royal Spirit Vaults, Fore Bondgate, deeds
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Accounts of William Pye …
Read MoreD/St/E15/7/59 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Multiple and unidentified estates
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19 May 1764 (1) Thomas Lewen of the parish of St Nicholas …
Read MoreD/X 649/105 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster, Moses and Vane-Tempest families (part 1)
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Durham Cathedral. With the bishops castle &c. from the banks of the Wear …
Read MoreD/CL 23/223 – Durham County Library Collection – Engravings
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Plans for two houses at Langley Bridge …
Read MoreND/Du 14/18 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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George Edwin Pye (industrial disease) [1468] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/502 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 147 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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View of Lambton Hall …
Read MoreND/Du 9/107 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Engravings and manuscripts
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Plan for two sculleries at Meadowfield …
Read MoreND/Du 14/40 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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Plan 2436 …
Read MoreUD/BC 230/98 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council – Building control plans
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Letter from W. Harrison …
Read MoreD/X 1253/6 – Miscellaneous documents – Documents collected by John Oxberry (1857 – 1940), a Gateshead antiquary
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Correspondence between Archdeacon Benjamin Pye …
Read MoreD/X 1253/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Documents collected by John Oxberry (1857 – 1940), a Gateshead antiquary
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 101 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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6 May 1741 (1) Sir Robert Eden …
Read MoreEP/Du.ML 21 – Durham St. Mary the Less Parish
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Durham Cathedral. With the bishops castle &c. from the banks of the Wear …
Read MoreD/CL 23/224 – Durham County Library Collection – Engravings
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Letter from Moses Pye to C.S. Bell requesting his report on Monckton Farm …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 80/14 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places H to S)
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Copy of the will …
Read MoreEP/Au.SA 12/71 – Auckland St. Andrew Parish – Charities
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Marriage licence …
Read MoreEP/HaS 76 – Haughton-le-Skerne, St Andrew Parish
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Accounts of William Pye …
Read MoreD/St/E15/7/58 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Multiple and unidentified estates
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Plan for temporary galvanised building at Meadowfield Social Club …
Read MoreND/Du 14/42 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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Plan 2389 …
Read MoreUD/BC 230/79 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council – Building control plans
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23 May 1721 (1) William Pye …
Read MoreD/X 649/101 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster, Moses and Vane-Tempest families (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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 94 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 138-139 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 149 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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10 and 11 July 1741 (1) Thomas Usher of Broomhaugh …
Read MoreD/St/D5/2/114 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 1, D/St/D/5/1-5)
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Plans for two subsidy houses at Farnley Hey Road …
Read MoreND/Du 13/313 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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12 February 1929 (1) Bernard Gillett of Bishop Auckland …
Read MoreD/X 1855/1/28 – Miscellaneous documents – Bishop Auckland, Royal Spirit Vaults, Fore Bondgate, deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 76 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 140 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Lumley Castle …
Read MoreD/CL 23/416 – Durham County Library Collection – Engravings