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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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Sunderland AFC
Read Moremisc0038 – Local Authority Records
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – CARTER, John, of Chapel Passage, freemason
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 6 November 1913 – 9 March 1914 – A-D
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Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 18 August 1932 – 24 June 1934 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, March 1914 – December 1914 – A-D
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Photograph of the shooting team of 'B' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/12(802) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Photograph of the boxing team of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/148(278) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Group photograph of the 3rd Platoon …
Read MoreD/DLI 5/3/1/3 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Home Guard
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Group photograph of the first football team of Farnborough School …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/618/2(2) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Se
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TEST: Order by executors and trustees of Elizabeth Carter to executors and trustees of the late Earl of Strathmore to pay the interest due on £10 …
Read MoreD/St/D1/14/23 – TEST: Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
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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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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 1892, 1893 – A-D
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1945] – A-D
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 October 1923 – 16 July 1925 – A-D
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, December 1914 – November 1915 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, April 1934 – February 1937 – A-D
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Miscellaneous documents – Moore family of Trimdon Colliery, school exercise books
Read MoreD/X 2249 – Other Records
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Photograph of retired Major-General D.A.H. Graham meeting 'old soldiers' of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/14(283) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph of 'H' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(29) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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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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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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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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Letters out (copies), February 1886 – March 1889 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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Eden Lodge, subscription accounts, 4 January 1946 – 1 June 1948 – A-D
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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1902 – 1905 – A-D
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Record of recipients of Aged Miners' funds, May 1924 – A-D
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Group photograph of men of 'C' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/16/6 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Group photograph of the sergeants of the 17th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/17/1(17) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Photograph of five British Army officers at a prisoner of war camp …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/880/1(93) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames G: Ge to Gl
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TEST: Copy declaration of trust by the executors of the will of the late Mrs. E. Carter …
Read MoreD/St/D1/14/21 – TEST: Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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TEST: Abstract of the several assignments executed by the Trustees of the will of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Carter to the children of the late General and Mrs. Chester who have attained 21 …
Read MoreD/St/D1/14/25 – TEST: Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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TEST: 12 April 1770 Writ of Dedimus potestatem authorising Sir George Saville …
Read MoreD/St/D3/2/34 – TEST: Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 1, D/St/D/3/1-3)
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1909 – April 1910 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – A-D
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Register of men employed on screens at Dawdon colliery, 3 April 1908 – 12 April 1926 – A-D
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – A-D
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1953 – A-D
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General Election accounts, 1918 – A-D
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