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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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Photograph of John Bolam …
Read MoreP/14/6(315) – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/103 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/119(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/121 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/127 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/153 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/17 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/18(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam to John Bowes …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/57 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/96(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/61/109 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from William Bolam and others concerning the terms for letting Hutton Henry and Hurworth coals …
Read MoreD/HH 7/1/693 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Settlements
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Letters out (copies), June 1916 – January 1917 – A-D
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 April 1899 – 17 January 1910 – A-D
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 21 February 1918 – 30 July 1919 – 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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Papers re the dispute over a right of way on the Earl of Strathmore's Gibside Estate …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 88/386 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places T to W and major estates)
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Photograph of a soldier (possibly Corporal A. Bolam) and a girl …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/71/5(38) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of a soldier (possibly Corporal A. Bolam) with a woman and two children …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/71/5(40) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of 'C' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(19) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Authorization by Sir Henry Augustus Clavering …
Read MoreD/CG 7/1646 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 2)
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11 October 1892 (1) Blaydon Local Board (2) W.T. Bolam (3) Robert Liddell of Blaydon on Tyne …
Read MoreD/CG 7/1653 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 2)
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Rent roll of estates in Northumberland and Durham …
Read MoreD/CG 7/3758 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 3)
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Croix De Guerre, France
Read MoreA cross pattee, with two crossed swords between the arms. Centre of obverse shows the symbol of the French Republic, a woman wearing a laurel,…
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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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Eden Colliery wages book, [1945] – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, April 1934 – February 1937 – 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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Soldier's service and pay book of Lance-Bombardier A. Bolam …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/71/3 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Group photograph of 'HQ' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(13) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Plan of proposed privy and ashpit …
Read MoreRD/La 143/399A – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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12 June 1953 (1) M.D D. Crichton Stuart of Falkland Palace (2) John William Bolam and George Bolam both of Stobhouse Farm …
Read MoreD/CG 6/918 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 2)
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Copy letter from G.B. Forster …
Read MoreD/CG 7/573-4 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 1)
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Scheme for the execution of improvements at Swalwell Farm …
Read MoreD/CG 7/1529 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 2)
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Letter from William T. Bolam and Son …
Read MoreD/CG 7/3930 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 3)
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Schedule of dilapidations of the benefice of Bolam …
Read MoreEP/Gai 111 – Gainford St. Mary Parish
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Correspondence between Rev. S.H. Greenway …
Read MoreEP/Fe 13/5 – Felling Christ Church Parish
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Letter of E. Lowes at Bolam to Alice Edleston at Gainford …
Read MoreD/Ed 6/4/79 – Edleston family of Gainford – Bolam Chapelry
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/16 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/31(i,ii) – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/63 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/84 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/134 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William T. Bolam …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/602/142 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 24 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle