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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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Postcard with a coloured landscape view of Framwellgate Bridge …
D/DW 1/7(97) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 7
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Message …
D/DLI 13/3/17 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Miscellaneous
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Luke Clark () [1993] …
COR/CD 2/576 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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David Clark (accidental death) …
COR/Du.N/2/421 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Stephen Clark (industrial disease) [21] …
COR/Du.N 2/986 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Allan Clark (industrial disease) [1589] …
COR/CD 2/2108 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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P. Clark …
P/14/8/550 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Enclosure award for Blackburn Division 'respecting the claim of Sir Thomas John Clavering …' …
Q/D/E 19b – Quarter Sessions – Deposit and Registration Records
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Robert Clark …
COR/Du.N 3/39 – Durham North Coroner – Non-inquest files
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Kenneth Brian George Clark (accidental death) [898] …
COR/Du.S 2/1865 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Mr. Edleston from J. Clark …
D/Ed 12/2/50 – Edleston family of Gainford – Correspondence (part 2)
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14 and 15 May 1813 (1) Thomas Tunstall of Preston-upon-Skerne …
D/El 40/50-51 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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Contract …
D/Lo Acc 1738(D) Box 2/4 – Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1738(D)
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155 (25) (C.152) Clark …
D/Lo Acc 1750(D) Box 36/8 – Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1750(D)
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Letter from Robert Clark …
D/St/C 5/603/41 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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10 November 1715 (1) Thomas Clark of [blank] Yorkshire …
D/RT 299/6 – Robert Thompson of Sunderland – shipbuilder
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Letter from Ann Clark to Thomas Heslip …
D/St/C 5/38/22 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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26 March 1574 (1) Sir George Bowes of Streatlam …
D/St/D7/114 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Other properties in County Durham
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Copy [incomplete] of plan and section of proposed additions to Grange Road Baptist Chapel …
B/Da 99 – Darlington Baptist Church
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Group photograph of No. 2 Section …
D/DLI 7/1/5 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames A: Ab to Al
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Pension Fund register …
D/Co 56/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Pension Fund register …
D/Co 56/6 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Measurement of new quick fences at Pecknall …
D/HH 7/4/757 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Estate
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Letter from E.P. Clark …
D/Ni 21/54 – J. Nimmo and Co. (brewers)
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Postcard photograph of soldiers of the 18th Battalion …
D/DLI 7/125/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames C: Ch to Cl
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Conveyance of land in Weldon Terrace …
D/SJ A 96 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Papers re conveyance of property in Sherburn Road …
D/SJ L 22 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Papers re case of Caulfield v. Caulfield including proofs of Alfred Caulfield …
D/SJ P 355 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Group photograph of Lily Laundry staff …
D/LL 99 – Lily Laundry
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General letters received …
D/HH 1/4/59/1-90 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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6 April 1832 (1) Robert Baldwin and Charles Craddock (2) John Clark and Robert Clark Bond of (1)to (2) in £2 …
D/HH 2/10/247 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Copy notice of Thomas Wheldon …
D/HH 2/10/249 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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28 November 1884 (1) Henry Raine Thompson of Manchester Terrace …
D/HH 3/2/138 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Barnard Castle
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Copy of the will of Peter Clark …
D/HH 3/8/365 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Miscellaneous deeds, wills, agreements
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13 August 1801 (1) Emanuel Walton of Newhouse …
D/X 758/18 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Silver Street, deeds
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13 August 1801 (1) Emanuel Walton of Newhouse …
D/X 758/19 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Silver Street, deeds