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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 …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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12 May 1370 Robert de Whalton to John Bulkyn …
D/Sa/D 1465 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Deeds
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6 October 1673 (1) Christopher Copeland of Lamb Hill in the parish of Bowes …
D/MOB 7/31 – Manor of Bowes
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Short service attestation notice of Edwin Dale …
D/DLI 7/164/5 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames D: Da
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Copy letter from David Dale …
D/Co 10/6(3) – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Correspondence between Philipson …
D/Co 10/31 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger …
D/Co 10/60 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Letters from William Jenkins …
D/Co 10/28 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Letters from J.W. and Gurney Pease to David Dale …
D/Co 10/2 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Correspondence between Just Wright …
D/Co 10/39 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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1 June 1813 Admittance of Thomas Butson …
D/HH 6/1/34 – Hanby Holmes – Swaledale Manors: Deeds
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May 1844 (1) John Robinson of Lartington …
D/HH 3/1/41/6 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Opinion of G.W. Melville Dale …
D/HH 3/2/266-267 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Barnard Castle
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Diary …
D/X 914/11 – Miscellaneous documents – Diaries of John Pease of Darlington
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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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13 December 1890 (1) Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease …
D/Br/B 98 – Brancepeth Estate – Business
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John Dale and Mary Ann Charlotte Plummer …
SF/Da/MM 7/30(6) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Postcard photograph of a prisoner of war …
D/DLI 7/480/6(16) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mo
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Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902
A circular medal, obverse shows left-facing bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse shows Britannia, holding flag and laurel crown, soldiers, and ships and…
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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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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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – 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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[L 8] English. 14 November 1684. Will of John Dale …
D/Gr 443 – Greenwell Deeds
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Photograph portrait of Private E. Dale in walking-out dress …
D/DLI 7/164/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames D: Da
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Certificate of character on discharge of Private Edwin Dale …
D/DLI 7/164/4 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames D: Da
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Group photograph of 'HQ' Company …
D/DLI 2/1/81(13) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Three cottages on east side of back lane [Greenbank Road] …
Da/NG 2/1991 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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20 October 1662 Conveyance of lands in Bowes by Dale and others Endorsed: notes of production in Edwards v Lord Rokeby …
D/HH 3/8/314 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Miscellaneous deeds, wills, agreements
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22 July 1869 (1) William Henry Moore of Blackhill …
D/Co 31/37 – Consett Iron Company – Assets, Deeds
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Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger …
D/Co 10/55 – Consett Iron Company – Company administration, Shares, Financial, Legal
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Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger …
D/Co 10/18(1) – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Correspondence between Philipson & Cooper …
D/Co 10/22(2) – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Correspondence between Frank Brown & Co. …
D/Co 10/41(1) – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Memorandum by R.W. Cooper …
D/Co 10/6(11) – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Letter from E.I. George to David Dale …
D/Co 10/6(24) – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Bundle labelled 'Section 23: Chopwell Woods and proposed railway' …
D/Co 10/30 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Copy letter from David Dale …
D/Co 10/50 – Consett Iron Company – Correspondence, reports etc
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Bundle labelled …
D/Co 51/25 – Consett Iron Company – Other organisations
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Abstract of title …
D/Whes 3/44 – Whessoe Foundry Company
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7 January 1835 (1) John Robinson (2) Robert Dale Deed of further charge of £100 upon the premises mortgaged by D/HH 7/3/29 …
D/HH 7/3/30 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Deeds
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26 November 1845 (1) John Robinson of Lartington …
D/HH 7/3/34 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Deeds
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21 October 1658 (1) Christopher Hanby of West Gates …
D/HH 6/10/15 – Hanby Holmes – Bowes Manor: Conveyances to freeholders