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Easington: People, Past and Present
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Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
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Binchester
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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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The Pavilion
Read Morecrim0022 – Local Authority Records
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Photograph of [Mrs. J. Hodgkin] sitting at a writing desk. Taken by Reeves of 159 High Street …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(35) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
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Photograph of J. Jackson Lister …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(79) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Correspondence with the Land Commissioners for England concerning powers of Field Reeves …
Read MoreD/HH 6/17/5 – Hanby Holmes – Bowes Manor: Field reeves
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The Pavilion
Read Morecrim0024 – Local Authority Records
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The Pavilion
Read Morecrim0026 – Local Authority Records
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Register of men employed on screens at Dawdon Colliery, 1 December 1926 – 9 December 1950 – O-T
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Copy case for the opinion of counsel …
Read MoreD/St/B1/3/19 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 1) Administration of collieries by Bowes and Strathmore families
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Photograph of John Hodgkin sitting at a table reading a book. Taken by Reeves of 159 High Street …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(36) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
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Photograph of Dr. Hodgkin standing beside a desk. Taken by Reeves of 159 High Street …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(80) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
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Letter from Edmund Reeves of Clements Inn …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/478 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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Photocopy of photograph of group of workers [at R. O. F. Aycliffe] …
Read MoreD/X 1822/28(76) – Miscellaneous documents – Aycliffe Angels
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 30 December 1941 – 23 June 1941 – O-T
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Compensation Department, Report of Proceedings of the Arbitration Committee … (labelled 'Compensation Minutes, etc.'), 23 November 1928 – 4 November 1929 – O-T
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Group photograph of 'D' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(17) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Receipt from Edmund Reeves to Sampson Pick for 3s. 6d. fee farm rent due to Rev. W.G. Sawyer for a house in High Coniscliffe …
Read MoreD/X 1312/42 – Miscellaneous documents – Deeds and related papers of an estate in High Coniscliffe belonging to the Kitching family
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 4 January 1943 – 28 June 1943 – O-T
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – O-T
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General letters received (indexed) …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/121 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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List of stint owners …
Read MoreD/HH 6/17/25 – Hanby Holmes – Bowes Manor: Field reeves
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School magazine …
Read MoreD/X 1618/6/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham Girls’ Grammar School
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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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Photograph of the medical officer …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/35/1(93) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Har to Hay
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Correspondence received from Herbert Reeves and Co. …
Read MoreD/HH 10/11/193-196 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Lartington Charities
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Six subsidy houses on north side of Willow Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4893 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Reeves Field Book for Cockfield Fell …
Read MoreD/X 2117/6/1 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham boundaries, settlement patterns; Cockfield Fell
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The Pavilion
Read Morecrim0025 – Local Authority Records
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Schedule of stint owners …
Read MoreD/HH 6/17/28 – Hanby Holmes – Bowes Manor: Field reeves
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An explanation and summary of contents of the Reeves Field Book for Cockfield Fell …
Read MoreD/X 2117/6/2 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham boundaries, settlement patterns; Cockfield Fell
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Illustrated menu card for Christmas dinner at Oflag VIII F …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/394/1(9) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames L: Le
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Charges of Messrs Heslop and York …
Read MoreD/HH 6/17/29 – Hanby Holmes – Bowes Manor: Field reeves
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The Planting of Quakerism in England by Thomas Henry Reeves …
Read MoreD/Pe 10/30 – Pease family of Darlington – Society of Friends
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 75 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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The Pavilion
Read Morecrim0023 – Local Authority Records
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1948 – O-T
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1961 – O-T
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12 February 1975 (1) Rev. Canon William Alan Lathaen …
Read MoreEP/Shi 4/16 – Shincliffe St. Mary Parish
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Photograph of C.R. Kemp seated with a book …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(57) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 99 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 100 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 112 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 23 April 1942 – 28 December 1942 – O-T
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1923-1926 – O-T
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Letter from David [Garlick] …
Read MoreD/Wn 32/61/9(1-3) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letter from Edmund Reeves …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/571 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families