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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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Joseph Cox …
Read MoreCOR/Da/3/59 – Darlington Coroner – Non-inquest files
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Group photograph of 'B' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(16) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Group photograph of the officers …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/35/1(88) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Har to Hay
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Photocopy of a photograph from Building Societies' Gazette with Darlington Building Society's Board of Directors …
Read MoreD/DBS 1/3/1 – Darlington Building Society
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Letter from Miles Shutliff …
Read MoreD/X 1493/604 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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Receipted bill made out to T. W. Bushby by Cox and Falconer …
Read MoreD/XD 54/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – T.W. Bushby, diary and travel journal
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 21 February 1918 – 30 July 1919 – 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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Photograph of a group visiting a ruin …
Read MoreD/DT 3/8/41(1d) – Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field Club – Reference Library and Other Material
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Photograph of a scene from the production 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' by Constance Cox …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/425 – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of regimental transport: Hamer …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(37) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Group photograph captioned Scots Guards …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/15/1(172) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Photograph captioned Regimental Transport …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/176(3) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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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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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – A-D
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Letter from Private A. Cox …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/777/9 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames W: Wils to Win
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Cynthia Cox [933] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 3/43 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Non-inquests
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Frederick Henry Cox …
Read MoreCOR/CW/3/77 – Chester Ward West Coroner – Non-inquest files
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Photograph of 'E' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(23) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Draft statement of William Cox concerning a trespass in pursuit of game at Middleton …
Read MoreD/HH 2/13/132 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Poaching
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Photograph captioned Regimental transport …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(35) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Elsie Cox (accidental death) [941] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/3750 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 8 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 32 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 35 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Photograph of a Field Club party by unidentified monastic ruins …
Read MoreD/DT 3/10/9(92) – Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field Club – Reference Library and Other Material
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Photographs of the production Lord Arthur Saville's Crime …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/291/1 – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of a scene from the production 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' by Constance Cox …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/5/421 – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Bryan Salvin jn. …
Read MoreD/Sa/F 48-51 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Family Papers (part 1)
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Copy letter from Cuthbert Holmes …
Read MoreD/X 1116/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Cuthbert Holmes of Bearpark
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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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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1962 – 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
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Brusselton Lodge, register of members' contributions, 12 January 1951 – 29 June 1951 and 11 January 1952 – 27 June 1952 – A-D
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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1902 – 1905 – A-D
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – A-D
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31 October 1796 (1) Shute [Barrington] …
Read MoreQ/D/E 25 – Quarter Sessions – Deposit and Registration Records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 9 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 29 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Vignette portrait of Rev. S. Parkinson …
Read MoreEP/WR 259 – West Rainton St. Mary Parish
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Photograph of boys of the 1st Hartlepool Company of the Boys' Brigade …
Read MoreEP/Ha.SH 13/870 – Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish – Church Societies
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Group photograph of members of the sergeants' mess …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/167/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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General letters received by Thomas Wheldon …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/21/1-187 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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Photograph of a group of officers of the 7th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/7/19(85) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., June – December 1908 – A-D
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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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