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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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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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From Sarah Abbott …
D/Ho/C 52/2 – Hodgkin family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Letter from the Rev. George Osborn Bate …
M/BA/902 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit
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Letter from Thos. Tutin and I.T. Abbott …
D/X 972 /13 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Cathericks Buildings and Northgate
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Interview with Mr Robert Belcher
01 Mr_Belcher_Hord0002 – Local Authority Records
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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New window and doorway at 4 Easson Road …
Da/NG 2/2741 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Photograph of 'H' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
D/DLI 2/2/135(29) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Angela Louise Abbott (misadventure) …
COR/Du.N 2/182 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Certificate by the Rev. George Abbott that 'Town Head' Wesleyan Methodist Church …
M/BA/887 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit
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The great Metro guide to Tyne and Wear / by Vernon Abbott and Roy Chapman
Series: (RailTrail).
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Council meeting minutes, February 1903 – May 1917 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, July 1945 – April 1948 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Duplicate photograph of E/E G235(5) …
E/E/G236(8) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Letter to Abbott and Tutin …
D/X 972 /4 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Cathericks Buildings and Northgate
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From Sarah Abbott …
D/Ho/C 48/1-19 – Hodgkin family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Plan of a proposed shop front to old premises in Bondgate [2 Bondgate] …
Da/NG 2/459 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Council programmes, minutes and returns, February 1941 – December 1941 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Letters out (copies), July 1880 – April 1883 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, January 1917 – October 1920 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 12 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Group photograph of 'H' Half Company …
D/DLI 7/346/5(27) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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House on south side of Yarm Road for Rev. Wm. Abbott; J.E. Chilton …
Da/NG 2/4733 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Treasurers' cash book, September 1886 – March 1888 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 1 February 1919 – 17 April 1920 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Record of stonemen's, bordroom-men's, drawer's, and repairer's wages, 1920 – 1928 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Kitchen and bathroom for 3 Elton Terrace …
Da/NG 2/3946 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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British War Medal 1914-20
A circular medal, obverse shows uncrowned left-facing effigy of King George V. Reverse shows St George on horseback armed with a sword and dates…
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Loan and repayment book, 1926 – 1927 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 10 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Marion Abbott (natural causes) [23] …
COR/CD 2/1219 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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C. Abbott …
P/14/8/30 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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The Honours List is a comic affair. The usual lot go steadily on … Here the only deserving man-Abbott – appears to have got nothing … …
D/He 157 – Headlam family of Holywell
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Letter from I.T. Abbott …
D/X 972 /6 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Cathericks Buildings and Northgate
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Letter from I.T. Abbott and T. Tutin …
D/X 972 /8 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Cathericks Buildings and Northgate
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Letter from John Kitching junior to brother Teddy; Mr Abbott asked Backhouse and himself into the drawing room for dessert; Teddy to look into the drawers of the cabinet and 'douse the moth-eater butterflies and moths' with their mother's benzine …
D/NERA 2/3/47 – North Eastern Railway Association
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 27 March 1941- 8 December 1941 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 30 December 1941 – 23 June 1941 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.2, 5 January 1920 – 5 December 1921 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.4: Canchmen's Average Book, 1899 – 1914 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Letter from John Pease …
D/X 972 /7 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Cathericks Buildings and Northgate
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Letter from the Rev. George Osborn Bate …
M/BA/901 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit
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Letter from Rev. George Osborn Bate …
M/BA/906 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit