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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 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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20 October 1766 (1) Ralph Smith of Snow Green …
D/Ma 12/6/5 – Hugh Mackay and Sons (carpet manufacturers)
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1838 (1) Thomas Birkett of West End …
D/HH 3/1/36/7 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 6 November 1913 – 9 March 1914 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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17 June 1882 Declaration of Robert Crowe of the Cottage …
D/Br/D 2908 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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5 April 1935 Ellen Alderson Birkett of North Terrace …
D/HH 4/1/543 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Manors: Teesdale and other
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Photograph of a colour party of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/291(78) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
D/DLI 2/8/178 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 88 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Guarantee of Henry John Marshall of Durham City …
D/Br/D 3177 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 09) places S to T
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Miscellaneous documents – Moore family of Trimdon Colliery, school exercise books
D/X 2249 – Other Records
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Letter from W.J. and H. Watson …
D/X 920/4/88 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowron family of Cotherstone
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – 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.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Tracey Elizabeth Birkett (suicide) [173] …
COR/CD 2/39 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 158 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Bill from the Talbot Hotel …
D/Bo/G 51/11 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (plans; places A to Ca)
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Photograph of the whole school taken in the school's Jubilee Year …
D/X 1618/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham Girls’ Grammar School
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Letter from Jno. Hixon …
D/Ro 4/8 – Robson family (Catcote Estate)
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25 May 1860; copy made …
D/Ni 20/102 – J. Nimmo and Co. (brewers)
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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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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, July 1892 – June 1894 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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20 July 1844 (1) Robert Crudass of Plawsworth Hall …
D/Ma 12/6/8 – Hugh Mackay and Sons (carpet manufacturers)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 87 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Group photograph of Staff College No. 5 Junior Staff Course …
D/DLI 7/512/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames O:
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11 December 1940 Katharine Birkett of West Park …
D/HH 4/1/586 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Manors: Teesdale and other
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13 May 1925 (1) Ernest Clifford Adamson (2) Thomas Birkett …
D/Ad 13/115 – Adamson family of Gainford – Gainford properties leased by the Adamson family
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Group photograph of a representative cadre of the 2nd Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/288(8) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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General letters received (indexed) …
D/HH 1/4/121 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 86 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 67 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Group photograph of officers of the 8th Battalion …
D/DLI 2/8/177 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph …
D/DLI 2/1/280(608) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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30 September 1873 (1) Henry Garthorne of Norton …
D/Br/D 2902 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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8 December 1887 (1) Thomas Mitchelson Reay of Whitworth House …
D/X 846/15 – Miscellaneous documents – Sedgefield, West End, deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1957 – 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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Bill from James Veitch to Thomas Birkett for tenants fixtures taken over in house situated at North Terrace …
D/Ad 13/116 – Adamson family of Gainford – Gainford properties leased by the Adamson family
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Abstract of title to premises at Sedgefield belonging to the respresentatives of the late Joseph Bewick and in mortgage to the representatives of the late Adam Birkett …
D/X 846/28 – Miscellaneous documents – Sedgefield, West End, deeds
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Birkett …
EP/Du.SO 112/4/107 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, awards, August 1912 – February 1918 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1927 – 1933 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.