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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
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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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – U-Z
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Post medieval Ridge and Furrow Witton Gilbert
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30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall …
Read MoreD/CG 13/262 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 8 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Bishop Middleham
Read MoreThe village of Bishop Middleham lies in a valley about 9 miles south-west of Durham. Although much of County Durham had probably first been settled in…
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Invoice from H.O. Witton at Heacham …
Read MoreD/Ed 10/3/284 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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15 October 1513 John Baynbrige …
Read MoreD/Sa/D 247 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 6 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 9 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Letters out (copies), October 1914 – August 1915 – U-Z
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – U-Z
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30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall …
Read MoreD/CG 13/265 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 7 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, awards, August 1912 – February 1918 – U-Z
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – U-Z
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 10 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Letters from the Imperial War Graves Commission …
Read MoreEP/WG 4/24 – Witton Gilbert St. Michael Parish
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Old file no.: 114 u Pit: Charlaw Witton Increased putters' score prices …
Read MoreD/St/C2/22/117 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 5) McQueen, Bradley, Kirkup
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Questionnaire from 'S. Dunelm' Cavendish Square …
Read MoreD/X 487/8/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 4)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 5 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall …
Read MoreD/CG 13/264 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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Correspondence between Martin Wilkinson and George White re the proposed Witton Gilbert inclosure …
Read MoreDu 1/29/6-10 – Durham City Council (1179 – 1974) – Corporation (part 1)
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – U-Z
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Sick department register – U-Z
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Register of baptisms …
Read MoreEP/WG 1/1 – Witton Gilbert St. Michael Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 4 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 43 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 3 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 9 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – U-Z
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – U-Z
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between U-Z.
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30 September 1774 (1) Cuthbert Ward of Newlandside Hall …
Read MoreD/CG 13/263 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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19 November 1578 (1) Richard Witton de Rainbold Church …
Read MoreD/St/D3/2/176 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 1, D/St/D/3/1-3)