Search the Collection
Use our collection search to explore the people, places and events that make County Durham what it is today
Find a Family Name
Filters
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
-
'M9'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning notices served on the London and North Eastern Railway Co. by Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. expressing their intent to work coal under the railway in the parishes of Cramlington and Weetslade …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/30 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
'M11'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning claims against income tax by Mrs. Shawe-Storey for expenses incurred in the management of her Arcot royalty …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/32 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
Photograph of Richard Barratt (vignette) …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(72) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
-
Photograph of Jeremiah Barratt [married the sister of Thomas Bingham?] …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(74) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
-
Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Application of Olive Barratt for almshouse from Bowes' Almshouse Trust …
Read MoreEP/Biw 1047 – Bishopwearmouth St. Michael Parish – 12 Charities
-
Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1900 – 1904 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Michael Barratt …
Read MoreCOR/Da/3/145 – Darlington Coroner – Non-inquest files
-
'M10'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning annual mineral rights duty owed to the Inland Revenuefor the Arcot royalty …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/31 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
'M7'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning a dispute with Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. over the payment of tonnage rent for the Arcot royalty …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/28 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
'Tongues' …
Read MoreEP/Mo.AS 103 – Monkwearmouth All Saints Parish
-
Negatives of the graves of Private D.P. McGregor …
Read MoreD/DLI 1/12/66 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Regiment
-
Photograph of a road by a terrace street of house in [Pelton] …
Read MoreD/CL 27/277/1307 – Durham County Library Collection – Photographs and postcards E-P
-
Photograph of the grave of Private G.L. Barratt …
Read MoreD/DLI 1/12/54 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Regiment
-
John Barratt …
Read MoreCOR/Da/3/64 – Darlington Coroner – Non-inquest files
-
General letters received by Thomas Wheldon …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/36/1-79 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
-
National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1950 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Postcard with a photograph of the interior of Durham Cathedral …
Read MoreD/DW 1/1(234) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 1
-
Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 4 January 1943 – 28 June 1943 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Alfred Kemp Brown and Emma Barratt …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/37(14) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
-
'M1'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning negotiations for new leases and supplementary agreements by Mrs. Shawe-Storey to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. (later Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.) for the Arcot royalty …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/27 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
Letters to R.S. Barrett (and reply) concerning damages to Surgery Cottages …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/35 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
Alfred Kemp Brown and Emma Barratt …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/36(41) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
-
[Acc.: 7742] Copy photograph of pupils of St Godric's Roman Catholic School posing in front of the school with a teacher and a nun …
Read MoreD/X 1796/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham, St Godric’s Roman Catholic School
-
Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
Photograph of boat club …
Read MoreE/HB 2/733 – College of St. Hild and St. Bede – College of the Venerable Bede
-
Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
-
Joint Committee Meetings (East District), Agenda book (with notes), 1917 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
-
'M8'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning royalty rents to be paid by Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. for the Arcot royalty …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/29 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
'M12'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning colliery damages and annual update of plans of workings at the Arcot royalty …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/33 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries
-
Letter to R.S. Barrett enclosing copy notice to Mrs. Shawe-Storey of an application for the formation of the Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. …
Read MoreD/St/B1/17/34 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 3) Other collieries