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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 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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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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Robert Kitchener Chambers (industrial disease) …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/314 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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20 October 1812 (1) William Bates of Derwent Coat …
Read MoreD/El 58/2 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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5 August 1817 (1) Rev. John Chambers of Little Stainton …
Read MoreD/El 58/7 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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6 August 1817 (1) Rev. John Chambers of Little Stainton …
Read MoreD/El 58/8 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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30 April 1741 (1) Thomas Dixon …
Read MoreD/No 78 – Norfolk family of Kirkella – Cleadon, Whitburn, Framwellgate (Durham) and Sunderland
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Miscellaneous documents – Newby, Robson & Cadle of 10-11 Finkle Street, Stockton on Tees, solicitors
Read MoreD/X 1193 – Other Records
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
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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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Photograph of regimental transport: Hamer …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(37) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph captioned Regimental Transport …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/176(3) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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21 January 1782 (1) Ralph Heron of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/CG 7/1905 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 3)
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Agreement of Henry Wallace …
Read MoreD/CG 16/244 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Ellis Chambers of Front Street …
Read MoreD/DMA 17/10/52 – Durham Miners Association – Lodge records
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – 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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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – A-D
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
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Review of the Work of the Compensation Department during the Year 1928, [1929] – A-D
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Winlaton, Bessie Pit, Lodge, minutes, 1920 – 1923 – 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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Leautina C.M. Chambers …
Read MoreCOR/C/2/404 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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Correspondence between W. T. Pallin …
Read MoreD/Whes 16/8 – Whessoe Foundry Company
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Group photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/58(40) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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12 August 1820 (1) Rt. Revd. Shute …
Read MoreD/HH 2/6/37 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Principal clients of the Wheldon era
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Accounts of R. Chambers concerning Morritt …
Read MoreD/HH 2/4/106-107 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Morritt of Rokeby
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Photograph captioned Regimental transport …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(35) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Draft conveyances for the purchase by the Earl of Eldon from James Leybourn Chambers of lands at Little Stainton …
Read MoreD/El 22/104-105 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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30 April 1730 (1) Richard Atkinson …
Read MoreD/No 69 – Norfolk family of Kirkella – Cleadon, Whitburn, Framwellgate (Durham) and Sunderland
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 8 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 14 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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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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Denham Tracts or a few pictures of the olden time in connection with the North of England …
Read MoreD/X 1338/40 – Miscellaneous documents – Teesdale Record Society: Michael Aislabie Denham archive
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
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Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 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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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1902 – 1905 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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1760 Apprenticeship indenture of George Chambers …
Read MoreD/Bo/D 15 – Bowes Museum Collection – Deeds
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[F 11] English. 1768. A quarterly schedule for the poor of the township of Witton Gilbert for the year 1768: John Appleby …
Read MoreD/Gr 458 – Greenwell Deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East