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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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C. Hunter Cowan …
Read MoreNT/AP 1/5/163 – Aycliffe and Peterlee New Town Development Corporation – Board and non-departmental records
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Mabel Cowan (natural causes) [496] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/3908 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/11 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Copy photograph of the Cowan Memorial in Newcastle …
Read MoreD/X 1520/1366 – Miscellaneous documents – Northern Echo photographs, used in North Magazine
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – 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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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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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – 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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J.R. Cowan …
Read MoreP/14/8/658 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Tony Kristopher Cowan (road traffic collision) [2951] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1801 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Angela Cowan (alcohol related) [626] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1964 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Plan 2431 …
Read MoreUD/BC 230/95 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council – Building control plans
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Alterations to Park Hotel on south side Victoria Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4976 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Copy notice to quit lands in the parish of Winlaton …
Read MoreD/St/E6/3/3 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Winlaton
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Letter from Elizabeth Cowan …
Read MoreD/Wn 32/59/43 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – A-D
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – A-D
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Lists of men, employed at Usworth Colliery, who have forfeited their right to the minimum wage, because of absence from work, under Rule No. 4 of the Durham District Rules in force under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, No. 31 Pay – ending 7 August 1915 – No. 51 Pay ending 25 December 1915 – 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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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, March 1921 – October 1923 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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Joseph Johnson Cowan (natural causes) [1042] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/3532 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of Dairy Lane …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1631 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Photograph of Dairy Lane …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1632 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Photograph of the road junction …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1633 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Photograph of land at Dairy Lane …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1634 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
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Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – A-D
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – A-D
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13 September 1863 (1) Joseph Love of Beulah House near the city of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 1168/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Willington, West End Terrace, Commercial Street and Brookside deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Angela Marie Cowan (drug related) [139] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1239 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Treasurers' cash book, September 1886 – March 1888 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Record of stonemen's, bordroom-men's, drawer's, and repairer's wages, 1920 – 1928 – A-D
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – A-D
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 2C of Wellfield Secondary School …
Read MoreE/E/G240(13) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 2B of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G238(16) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – A-D
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