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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 'Durham Cathedral' and the Fulling Mill …
D/DW 1/6(19) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 6
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Joseph Connor …
P/14/7/52 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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Sharon Connor (accidental death) [993] …
COR/Du.N 2/1924 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Francis Joseph Connor (industrial disease) [19] …
COR/Du.N 2/847 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1880 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between 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
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Photocopy of press cutting from unknown publication regarding the first school mass held at St. Patrick's School …
E/C/G 1198/9 – Langley Moor, St. Patrick, Junior Mixed and Infants’ School
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Photograph of Class 1 at St. Patrick's RC Primary School …
E/C/G 1199/3 – Langley Moor, St. Patrick, Junior Mixed and Infants’ School
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Photograph of a girls' football team at St. Patrick's Primary School …
E/C/G 1202/2 – Langley Moor, St. Patrick, Junior Mixed and Infants’ School
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Group photograph of officers of the 437 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment …
D/DLI 11/4/2/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve, Phase 2
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 September 1912 – 2 May 1913 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Letters out (copies), December 1877 – July 1880 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Photograph of a class of children at St. Patrick's School …
E/C/G 1199/1 – Langley Moor, St. Patrick, Junior Mixed and Infants’ School
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Copy of licence to the curacy of the Rev. Stanley Latham Connor …
EP/SW 2/56 – South Westoe St. Michael Parish
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Group photograph of non-commissioned officers and men …
D/DLI 2/3/23 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – CONNOR, Rev. William, vicar of Cassop-cum-Quarrington
CONNOR, Rev. William, vicar of Cassop-cum-Quarrington…
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Letter from G. Connor …
D/DMA 17/94/3 – Durham Miners Association – Lodge records
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Notes on the life of Charlotte Cross by Mrs. Mary Connor (her niece) …
D/X 1240/35 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of Charlotte Cross, pupil teacher at Tow Law, Kitty Blackburn and another
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 1912 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Seaham Conservative Club Winners
seah0001 – Local Authority Records
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between 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
Contains the records for people with surnames between 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
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, March 1921 – October 1923 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Order to the Overseers of the Poor of Darlington to relieve the wife and the infant child of Michael Connor serving as a substitute in the Middlesex Militia …
D/X 666/108 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington Poor Law, Sunderland and other records
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Group photograph of sergeants of the 2/7th Battalion …
D/DLI 2/7/27 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1953 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1922 – November 1924 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel E. Vaux …
D/DLI 2/7/18(179) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph of staff at St. Patrick's Primary School …
E/C/G 1200/5 – Langley Moor, St. Patrick, Junior Mixed and Infants’ School
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Photograph of children in a football team at St. Patrick's …
E/C/G 1202/1 – Langley Moor, St. Patrick, Junior Mixed and Infants’ School
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Correspondence between William Armstrong & Sons …
EP/Wo 65 – Wolviston St. Peter Parish
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Photograph of 'H' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
D/DLI 2/2/135(30) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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John James Connor (suicide) …
COR/Du.S 2/194 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Sam Connor (took his own life) [684] …
COR/Du.S 2/2315 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Northern Catholic History 47 2006
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Treasurers' cash book, September 1886 – March 1888 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 1 February 1919 – 17 April 1920 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Browney Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 26 December 1925 (pay 52) – week ending 7 May 1927 (pay 19) – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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'The New Community Hospital …
D/Ph 386/4 – Photocopies and photographs – Sedgefield Hospital and Spennymoor Labour Party