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Seaside holidays at Crimdon
See the resort in its 1950s heyday, with beach houses, a pavilion, aluminium huts and beauty contests
Binchester
From Roman fort to colliery village – explore archives, archaeology and local studies collections
Elvet Bridge, Durham
Lots to discover about this ancient landmark and the surrounding buildings, pictured here in 1829
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
Bones, breeds and beasts of burden
Discover more about cattle in the rural life of County Durham and beyond
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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Photograph album of Rachel A. and Edward B. Mounsey including the wedding announcement and certificate …
Read MoreD/Wa 3/6/32 – Wallis family of Darlington – Mounsey Family
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Photograph of Starbeck …
Read MoreD/X 1070/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Dobson family of Willington
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Postcard from [Anne Watson] …
Read MoreD/Wn 24/10 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Postcard from [Anne Watson ] on train for Stockholm …
Read MoreD/Wn 24/11 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letter from J.W. Pease …
Read MoreD/Pe 2/189 – Pease family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Photograph of Doris Ayre [on her honeymoon] sitting on a mooring bollard at Poole Quay …
Read MoreD/Ph 475/1 (101) – Photocopies and photographs – David Ayre of Stanley, near Crook, photographs
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Letters from David Pryce Cumby …
Read MoreD/X 436/30 – Miscellaneous documents – Jepson, Cumby and Spurrier families of Heighington
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Photograph of Harold Lawrenson and his wife Joyce (nee Needham) of Girlington in Bradford feeding pigeons on honeymoon in London …
Read MoreD/Ph 450/1/55 – Photocopies and photographs – Toal family of Crook
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Correspondence from Henry Wallis at Newcastle to Amy B. Wallis at Darlington …
Read MoreD/Wa 5/1/1491-1498 – Wallis family of Darlington – Wallis Family
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Album containing photographs …
Read MoreD/Wn 21/19 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 20-23
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Photograph of Doris Ayre [on her honeymoon] standing next to a ship at Poole Quay …
Read MoreD/Ph 475/1 (100) – Photocopies and photographs – David Ayre of Stanley, near Crook, photographs
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Page detached from a photographic album containing on front of page; Photograph of Lila Haslewood and H.C. Watson on their wedding day outside Startforth Hall …
Read MoreD/Wn 16/3 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Postcard from ' Bill' [W.I. Watson] to [Kathleen] Marshall …
Read MoreD/Wn 24/8 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Picture postcard from 'Annie' …
Read MoreD/CL 27/75/22 – Durham County Library Collection – Hutchinson family of Hetton le Hole postcards
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Scrapbook of programmes …
Read MoreD/X 1658/22 – Miscellaneous documents – Shafto family of Whitworth
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Photograph of Doris and David Ayre sitting at a restaurant table on their honeymoon in Bournemouth …
Read MoreD/Ph 475/1 (96) – Photocopies and photographs – David Ayre of Stanley, near Crook, photographs
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Miscellaneous documents – Dryderdale, Shull, near Hamsterley
Read MoreD/X 2209 – Other Records
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Letter from Anne [Watson] …
Read MoreD/Wn 24/14 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Photograph of Doris and David Ayre sitting at a restaurant table on their honeymoon in Bournemouth …
Read MoreD/Ph 475/1 (97) – Photocopies and photographs – David Ayre of Stanley, near Crook, photographs