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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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Calculations of putters' wages in the Brockwell and Low Main Seams at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] – A-D
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Ann Blythe (accidental death) …
Read MoreCOR/Da/2/57 – Darlington Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)
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(i) Cutting from Darlington and Stockton Times of 4 May 1991 Same as D/DT 3/8/44 Accompanied by (ii) a tracing of one of the photographs reproduced in the article (D/DT 3/3/38(46)) together with an attempt (iii) to name the people pictured: Nowers …
Read MoreD/DT 3/8/44a – Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field Club – Reference Library and Other Material
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Note from Bob Blythe …
Read MoreD/X 1967/1/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Society for the Prevention and Prosecution of Felons, Coundon
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – A-D
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1922 – November 1924 – A-D
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Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 126 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Letters from J.K. Hope …
Read MoreD/X 24/18 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham County Festival of Britain Committee
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R. Blythe …
Read MoreP/14/8/309 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Correspondence with the Church Commissioners …
Read MoreEP/SS.SF 2/24-30 – South Shields St. Francis Parish
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Letter to the Rev. Hector Stafford …
Read MoreM/BA/675 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 – 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
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Papers for a deputation concerning reductions in pay for workers in the Low Main Seam at Browney Colliery, 23 June 1932 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.4: Canchmen's Average Book, 1899 – 1914 – A-D
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 4 January 1943 – 28 June 1943 – A-D
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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Durham District (No.4) … for the year 1890, 1891 – A-D
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Committee meeting minutes, 1932 – A-D
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Council programmes, minutes and returns, January 1942 – December 1943 – A-D
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Political fund, cash book, 1914 – 1921 – A-D
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Sick department register – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
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None – A-D
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J.C.S. Blythe …
Read MoreP/14/8/311 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Mary Edith Walsham Blythe (accidental death) [277] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/1986 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Joseph Edleston from J.N. Blythe …
Read MoreD/Ed 12/2/704 – Edleston family of Gainford – Correspondence (part 2)
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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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Ladies At ‘Keep Fit' Class
Read Moremurt0035 – Local Authority Records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 116 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 122 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)
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Copy photograph of two lorries (from Lewins Bros. and James Blythe of Birtley) in the courtyard of Durham Castle …
Read MoreD/CL 27/277/305 – Durham County Library Collection – Photographs and postcards Durham City
