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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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Ebeneezer Keel Blakey …
Read MoreCOR/C/2/431 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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Williamena Hilda Blakey (accidental death) [379] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/2286 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Receipt book …
Read MoreCP/Sac 16/1 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/6 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Photograph of Jan Timmer …
Read MoreD/X 1513/328 – Miscellaneous documents – L.G. Philips Displays (Durham) television tube manufacturers
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Alterations to shop at 74 Northgate …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4315 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1919 – March 1921 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 6 November 1913 – 9 March 1914 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), June 1916 – January 1917 – 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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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
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Salvation Army, Silver Street
Read Moreshot0123 – Local Authority Records
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – A-D
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – A-D
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – A-D
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1900 – 1904 – A-D
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Winlaton, Bessie Pit, Lodge, minutes, 1920 – 1923 – 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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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – A-D
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Photograph of Stan Blakey …
Read MoreD/CL 27/278/420 – Durham County Library Collection – Postcards and photographs: Allensford to Dipton
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Group photograph of the officers' mess of the 1st Cadet Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/35/5 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Photograph of Fred Blakey of Langley Park County Junior School …
Read MoreE/NW/G13(13) – Langley Park County Junior Mixed and Infants School
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Photograph of pupils in Form 3A of A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G231(13) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 153 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – BLAKEY, Walter, of Gilesgate, formerly a soldier in the 98th Regiment
Read MoreBLAKEY, Walter, of Gilesgate, formerly a soldier in the 98th Regiment…
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Photograph of a class taken in front of the school …
Read MoreD/X 1844/1/2(44) – Miscellaneous documents – History of Fishburn
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – A-D
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
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Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 1912 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – 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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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 127 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 155 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 158 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Jean Blakey (unlawfully killed) [375] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/2754 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Robin Winton Blakey (natural causes) [61] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/2391 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Letters from D.O. Blakey …
Read MoreEP/Bel 4/59 – Belmont St. Mary Parish
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Records of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/1 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), July 1880 – April 1883 – A-D
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Correspondence with Wm. Blakey …
Read MoreM/SF 146/22-25 – Spennymoor and Ferryhill Methodist Circuit
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Newspaper cutting of a photograph of netball teams from Sacriston …
Read MoreE/NW/G15(107) – Langley Park County Junior Mixed and Infants School