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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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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – A-D
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Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 18 August 1932 – 24 June 1934 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages: Victory Pit, Murphy's Pit, Marshall's Pit & Usworth Colliery – all seams, 1911 – 1920 – A-D
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – A-D
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – A-D
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12 March 1862 (1) John Stephenson …
Read MoreD/El 17/55 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Great Chilton to Little Chilton
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Letter from John Bewley …
Read MoreD/St/C2/3/87 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/6 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Itemised estimate and receipt for domestic alterations and additions for Mr. C. S. Moore …
Read MoreD/X 169/161 – Miscellaneous documents – Williamson family deeds, Whickham and elsewhere
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Letter from Edith …
Read MoreD/X 1412/187 – Miscellaneous documents – Clement Thorpe Collin (1911-1982) and family, of Willington
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – A-D
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – A-D
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.4, 1 January 1923 – 15 December 1924 – A-D
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Enid Bewley (accident) [333] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1064 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Index to places in Robert & H. Conyers Surtees' Histories of Durham – Newton Bewley see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol. III, p. 150
Read MoreNewton Bewley see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol. III, p. 150
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Photograph of John Bewley of Philips Components …
Read MoreD/X 1513/498 – Miscellaneous documents – L.G. Philips Displays (Durham) television tube manufacturers
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29 January 1766 (1) Thomas Foster of Claypath …
Read MoreD/X 649/88 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster, Moses and Vane-Tempest families (part 1)
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Contact prints and negatives of Hart …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 574/4 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: Photographs E-K
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Interview with Mr Reuben Conroy and Mrs Florence Conroy
Read MoreAcc 7911 hasw0002 – Local Authority Records
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General Election accounts, 1918 – A-D
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Stonemen's minutes, June 1904 – July 1909 (enclosures) – A-D
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From Samuel Bewley jnr. …
Read MoreD/Ho/C 32/4 – Hodgkin family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/33/1 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/9 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Minutes …
Read MoreE/SE/C23 – Stockton, High Clarence County School
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Newton Bewley …
Read MoreEP/Wo 10/1-2 – Wolviston St. Peter Parish
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Correspondence between Charlewood …
Read MoreEP/Pi 88 – Pittington St. Laurence Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 42 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge Minute Book, 20 March 1930 – 13 August 1932 – A-D
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 36 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Photograph of Thomas Bewley sitting at a reading desk …
Read MoreD/X 173/2(85) – Miscellaneous documents – Edward Backhouse Mounsey of Darlington
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Field name 'Brick Field', Hutton Henry
Read MoreAn archaeological [desk-based assessment] was carried out between Cowpen Bewley and Warden Law. The field name "Brick Field" was shown on…
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book, no.1: Maudlin; Main Coal; Busty, West Maudlin, N.E. Maudlin; Both Maudlin and all seams, 1899 – 1911 – A-D
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Miscellaneous papers relating to Newton's Charity for the benefit of Norton …
Read MoreEP/Nor 12/17 – Norton St. Mary Parish
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Photograph of Students' Representative Council …
Read MoreD/X 1380/17 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham School
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5-6 May 1766 (1) Samuel Bewley of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/X 649/91 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster, Moses and Vane-Tempest families (part 1)
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D. Bewley …
Read MoreP/14/8/273 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 – A-D
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1884 – A-D
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Aged miners' Christmas pay-out book for an unidentified lodge [Lumley], 1962-1964 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, October 1928 – June 1931 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – A-D
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3 November 1953 – 7 March 1978 …
Read MoreE/SE/C45 – Bradbury and Mordon C.E. Mixed School