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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 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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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 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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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' – COULSON, William, of Western Hill, mining engineer
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – COULSON, William, formerly of Shamrock House and Pimlico, mining engineer
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Notice and plans of two houses on the east side of Lock Street …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/791 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Notice and plan of proposed additions to a dwelling house [1-3] …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/868 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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3 May 1884 (1) John Gradon of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 905/2/28-29 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Northgate and Durham City, Silver Street, deeds
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Mortgage of land at Stanhope Park …
Read MoreD/X 455/1(923) – Miscellaneous documents – Christopher Johnson and son, of Durham City, lawyers
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1956 – A-D
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1880 – A-D
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 6 November 1913 – 9 March 1914 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), January 1913 – February 1914 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – A-D
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – A-D
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Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 18 August 1932 – 24 June 1934 – 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
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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
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Letters to R. & S. Adamson from John Wandless …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/285 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 1)
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Correspondence between Broadley and Coulson …
Read MoreEP/Fi 59 – Fir Tree St. Mary Parish
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Report of a structural survey of the parish hall …
Read MoreEP/Hea 4/57 – Heathery Cleugh St. Thomas Parish
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Class photograph of Year 5 and 6 pupils of Hamsteels Primary School and their teacher …
Read MoreE/NW/G 244/30 – Hamsteels Primary School
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Group photograph of the officers of the 4th Volunteer Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/57(3) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Group photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/58(19) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Group photograph of officers of the 4th Volunteer Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/72 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/93 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Transactions, 1867-1902. Vol. 14. Williams & N
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Transactions, 1867-1902. Vol. 14. Part 1. Williams & N
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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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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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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 October 1923 – 16 July 1925 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – 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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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – A-D
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Papers relating to the Coulson family …
Read MoreCC/SOCIAL SERVICES 272 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Social Services Department
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Notice to the Churchwardens and Overseers of Staindrop that the Churchwardens and Overseers of Cleatlam intend to apply to the Justices of the Peace to bind Thomas Coulson of Cleatlam to Edward Railton of Staindrop …
Read MoreEP/Stai 7/165 – Staindrop St. Mary Parish
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Group photograph of pupils …
Read MoreE/NW/G 244/31 – Hamsteels Primary School
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25 January 1840 (1) William Coulson …
Read MoreD/SJ ZZ 74 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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22 November 1837 (1) John Hall …
Read MoreD/SJ ZZ 78 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham