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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 …
Read MoreQ/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/11 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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General letters received …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/85 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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14 May 1825 (1) George Burn (2) John Colling Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of a customary messuage in Cotherstone Consideration: £200 …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/26/3 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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A slide of a Daimler bus …
Read MoreD/Ph 399/4 – Photocopies and photographs – Eveline Roberts Johnson of Trimdon: Places
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Photograph of Mrs. Burn outside New Close Farm …
Read MoreD/Ph 110/22/2 – Photocopies and photographs – Witton Gilbert
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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
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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License for John William Burn …
Read MoreEP/Ja.SPe 2/16 – Jarrow St. Peter
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Faculty for the removal of the bodies of Dr. and Mrs. Burn from the old cemetery at Bishopwearmouth to the new one …
Read MoreEP/Biw 381 – Bishopwearmouth St. Michael Parish – 04 Churchwardens
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Photograph of a girls' hockey team of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G238(39) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of Gunner Forcer …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/7(195) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Allied Victory Medal 1914-19
Read MoreA circular medal, obverse shows winged figure of Victory. Reverse has the inscription: 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919' surrounded…
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Gravel pit, by Ludwell Burn, Weardale
Read MoreGravel pit
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 September 1912 – 2 May 1913 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between 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
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Etching entitled 'Durham' …
Read MoreD/CL 27/82/36 – Durham County Library Collection – Durham Prints, R.W. Benton
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Newspaper cutting concerning a letter written by Private E.A. Burn …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/10(393) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Joanne Burn (misadventure) [1209] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1452 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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76 houses in Brougham Street for Thomas Barningham …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4515 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Newspaper report from the Weekly Chronicle …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/915/2 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mc
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1825 (1) George Burn of Cotherstone …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/26/2 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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1898 (1) W.H. Mawson of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/842 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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D. Burn to Buddle …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1743 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Foord …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1759-1769 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Letter from Jos. Cowen …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/68/21 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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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 23 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 129 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Oral history recording of interview with Mandy Jones (Mandy English) …
Read MoreD/NELH 1/1/7(1) – North East Labour History Society – Popular Politics project
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Letter from Jos. Cowen …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/61/102 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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6 November 1893 (1) Charles Hylton Jolliffe of Goldicote …
Read MoreD/X 1181/23 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of the estate of the Jolliffe family, barons Hylton, at Chester le Street and elsewhere
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/2 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Military Medal
Read MoreA circular medal, obverse shows effigy of King George V. Reverse has inscription: 'FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD' topped by royal cypher and…
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Medal Envelope
Read MoreA square, brown envelope for a medal. Used to store, Commemorative Coronation Medal 1911, DURLI:2003.156.4.1. Associated person: Burn, William Stain…
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Adit by Langtae Burn, Burnhope
Read More[Adit]
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Bield, by Nookton Burn, Hunstanworth
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Horsley Burn, Easter House
Read MoreThis minor but interesting chapel dates from the early 19th century and is almost certainly one of the earlier generation of Wesleyan chapels, based…