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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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Isabella Burns …
Read MoreCOR/C/2/325 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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A. Burns …
Read MoreP/14/8/439 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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W.K. Burns …
Read MoreP/14/8/440 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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25 April 1969 (1) Mr. & Mrs. F. Burns (2) The Urban District Council of Brandon & Byshottles Conveyance from (1) to (2) of 64 Office Street …
Read MoreOGC 2/5 – Office of Government Commerce
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Sixty houses …
Read MoreDa/NG2/8660 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1956 – A-D
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), January 1913 – February 1914 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – A-D
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Papers concerning the poor attendance of hewers and a putters' strike in the Low Main Seam at Browney Colliery, 11 and 26 June 1935 – 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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Group photograph of officers of the 437 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment …
Read MoreD/DLI 11/4/2/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve, Phase 2
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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, 16 September 1912 – 2 May 1913 – A-D
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), December 1877 – July 1880 – 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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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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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Durham District (No.4) … for the year 1893, 1894 – 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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James Burns (industrial disease) [751] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/2109 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of 'E' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(23) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of a group of soldiers of 'H' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/602/16(200) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Group photograph of the corporals of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(12) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Group photograph of 'B' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(15) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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'Coal Mining' …
Read MoreD/MRP 157/3 – Mining Records Project – (part 3)
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Note by an unidentified hand [Edward Backhouse?] concerning the law relating to the cutting of trees and ornamental trees …
Read MoreD/X 1667/1/24 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 1. Backhouse Family
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/3 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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General Service Medal 1918-62
Read MoreA circular medal, obverse shows effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. Reverse shows a winged figure of Victory standing with a wreath in hand above a winged…
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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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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1962 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – 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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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.4, 1 January 1923 – 15 December 1924 – A-D
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Calculations for putters' wages at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, July 1945 – April 1948 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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Postcard photograph of Private Burns …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/33/20 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames A: As to Ay
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Carie Burns (criminal proceedings) [476] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/1696 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of James Burns …
Read MoreP/14/6(237) – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 1A of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G237(18) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School