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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 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – COLPITTS, John, of Hylton House, North Road, formerly a coach driver; later innkeeper, brewer and owner of several licensed houses in Durham
Read MoreCOLPITTS, John, of Hylton House, North Road, formerly a coach driver; later innkeeper, brewer and owner of several licensed houses in Durham…
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Abstracts of title to Hanby Stack farm …
Read MoreD/Cr 2 – Cradock family of Gainford and Hartforth
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Thomas Colpitts II's cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E 2/2/19 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Kirklevington
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Thomas Colpitt's account of receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/7 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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Thomas Colpitts' Gainford corn tithes cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E1/22/218 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam (part 2)
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George Colpitts' Gainford corn tithes cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E1/22/220 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam (part 2)
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George Colpitts' highland cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E3/5/50 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Wemmergill (part 1)
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Thomas Colpitt's account of receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/5 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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Account of Thomas Colpitts II of Streatlam [?and Wemmergill] estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/51 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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Thomas Colpitts II's cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/54 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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George Colpitts' cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/61 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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14 December 1763 (1) Thomas Colpitts II …
Read MoreD/St/E8/46 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Other properties in County Durham
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Letter from M[ary] Colling to her sister 'Miss Colpitts' …
Read MoreD/St/C4/3/16 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Miscellaneous
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Promissory note …
Read MoreD/St/C2/1/9 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Account of John Parmaly …
Read MoreD/St/C2/1/10 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Letters from Margaret Suggett and William Mead …
Read MoreD/St/C2/1/22 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Letter from Mr. Barker …
Read MoreD/St/C2/1/32 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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George Colpitts' book of rules and examples concerning measurements and mathematical problems …
Read MoreD/St/C2/1/34 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Letters from various people to John Colpitts concerning the administration of Streatlam and Wemmergill estates …
Read MoreD/St/C2/1/44 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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2 September 1746 (1) William Vint of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/St/D1/4/86 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 1, D/St/D/1/1-4)
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Account of Thomas Colpitts II for Streatlam estate receipts and expenditure (Damer account) …
Read MoreD/St/E1/6/13 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam (part 1)
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4 March 1840 (1) Rev. George Stanley Faber …
Read MoreD/Sh.H 188-189 – Sherburn Hospital
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Account of John Sidgwick with Mrs. Bowes and the Countess of Strathmore …
Read MoreD/St/B1/2/161 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 1) Administration of collieries by Bowes and Strathmore families
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George Colpitts' account for Norwood and Carterthorn collieries (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/B1/2/163 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 1) Administration of collieries by Bowes and Strathmore families
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Letter from Thomas Colpitts …
Read MoreD/St/C1/2/126 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 1) General and family members
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1827 (1) Charles Colling of Monk End …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/28/17 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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13 May 1824 (1) William Colpitts of Bishop Auckland …
Read MoreD/HH 3/5/4 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: County Durham
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Thomas Shafto's account of the costs incurred by George Bowes and Colonel Liddell in entertaining the 'River Jury' …
Read MoreD/X 1493/459 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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2 February 1740/41 (1) Thomas Colpitts on behalf of George Bowes of Gibside …
Read MoreD/X 1493/589 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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Typed notes entitled 'Our ancestors 1792 – 1998' …
Read MoreD/X 1534/2/26 – Miscellaneous documents – Bourne family of Cotherstone; Wood, Grey, Mansfield, Willis, Beal and Colpitts families; and local history sources
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2 February 1747 (1) William Atkinson of Bogmoor House …
Read MoreD/X 691/1 – Miscellaneous documents – County Durham deeds
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Notes made by Mr. I. Petherick concerning the method of transcribing the diary …
Read MoreD/Ph 368/4 – Photocopies and photographs – Harrison Family of Barnard Castle
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Letter from Thomas Colpitts …
Read MoreD/X 1635/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Thomas Colpitts, Gainford corn tithes
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2 March 1772 Copy will of George Lisle of Carville …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2091 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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Photograph of officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/65(2) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Bill of Costs of Richard Thompson for attending John Colpitts …
Read MoreD/DD 5 – Dickinson Dees and Company
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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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22 August 1802 (1) Robert Waller of Stainton …
Read MoreD/HH 3/5/38 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: County Durham
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1825 (1) Jane Colpitts and others (the daughters and coheirs of Thomas Colpitts) and Edward Littlefair of Potters Cross …
Read MoreD/HH 3/5/42 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: County Durham
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Group photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/58(20) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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George Colpitts' cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E 2/2/23 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Kirklevington
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Estimates of George Colpitts and Richard Dobson of sums expended on farmhouse repairs at Hylton and Marley Hill …
Read MoreD/St/E5/15/8 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 2)
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Volume containing: (1) Thomas Colpitts' account with the Earl of Strathmore concerning highland lead mines …
Read MoreD/St/E3/5/29 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Wemmergill (part 1)
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Copy description of boundary of the barony of Evenwood 1762 …
Read MoreD/St/E1/13/8 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam (part 2)
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Thomas Colpitts' cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/12 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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Thomas Colpitts' cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/13 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined
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Thomas Colpitts' cash account (receipts and expenditure) …
Read MoreD/St/E4/4/27 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam and Wemmergill combined