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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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Short service commission of Arthur Thomas Tyson Dickens …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/174/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames D: De to Di
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Originally enclosed with D/Wn 20/8 …
Read MoreD/Wn 20/9(1-7) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 20-23
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Christmas Numbers of All the Year Round by Charles Dickens …
Read MoreD/Lu 30/10 – Luck and Sons (drapers)
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1 November 1974 (1) Cyril Hanbury Park and Richard Francis Hanbury Park of 12 Houndgate …
Read MoreD/X 854/14 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Westbrook Villas, deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Two days in Teesdale
Read MoreSubtitle: Dickens' visit and its legacy.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 137 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Dickens, the schoolmaster and the clock
Read MoreSeries: (North country collections, literary associations).
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Article on 'Dickens and Scott in Teesdale' …
Read MoreEP/BC 14/118 – Barnard Castle St. Mary Parish – 14 Miscellaneous
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Programme for the production of 'A Christmas Carol' …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/3/51 – Durham Dramatic Society – Programmes, reviews etc
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Garage for Craigielea in Pierremont Gardens …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/6394 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Register of baptisms …
Read MoreEP/WG 1/2 – Witton Gilbert St. Michael Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 114 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Poster advertising a dramatic recital by Eric Barber of 'A Christmas Carol' …
Read MoreD/DDS 2/2/4 – Durham Dramatic Society – Durham House Settlement; Margaret Marshall; Miscellaneous
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A script of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens …
Read MoreD/DDS 1/2/6 – Durham Dramatic Society – Production
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With Dickens in Yorkshire
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Diary …
Read MoreD/X 479/2 – Miscellaneous documents – John George Hunter Brown of Sunderland
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 138-139 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – DICKENS, Charles
Read MoreDICKENS, Charles…
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Correspondence between T.R. Glyn …
Read MoreD/HH 10/17/341-347 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Teesdale Record Society
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Manor Way
Read Morepete0002 – Local Authority Records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 140 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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12 August 1818 (1) William Shaw of Bowes …
Read MoreD/Wn 34/1(1-2) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Scrapbook containing sundry newspaper articles relating to the reality behind Nicholas Nickleby …
Read MoreD/HH 10/17/264 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Teesdale Record Society
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Letter from Henry Pease …
Read MoreD/Pe 2/42 – Pease family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Tenancy of Fete Field owned by P.V. Dickens – W.A. Dale …
Read MoreD/NFU 3/158 – National Farmers’ Union
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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings concerning Bowes: Bowes Roman fort; Bowes Castle; Nicholas Nickleby and Dotheboys Hall; 'Yorkshire' schools; Master Humphrey's Clock; Charles Dickens in Yorkshire; Wodencroft; Bowes churchyard; the charitable bequest of Joseph Kipling (1762); Barningham Academy; Bowes village …
Read MoreD/X 1285/25/1-14 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of the Teesdale Record Society
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Notes and references by Virginia Surtees for her edition of the diaries of G.P. Boyce including photocopies of a chapter 'Splendid Strolling …
Read MoreD/X 772/47 – Miscellaneous documents – Personal and Literary Papers of Virginia Surtees
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – STANFIELD, Clarkson, R.A., native of Sunderland; the entry includes an appreciation of Stanfield by Charles Dickens
Read MoreSTANFIELD, Clarkson, R.A., native of Sunderland; the entry includes an appreciation of Stanfield by Charles Dickens…
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Newspaper cuttings concerning Dickens in Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 10/17/265-270 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Teesdale Record Society
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6 February 1775 (1) John Lowther of New Elvet …
Read MoreEP/Du.SO 113/47 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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25 January 1775 (1) Robert Lowth …
Read MoreEP/Du.SO 398 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 2)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 116 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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25 January 1775 (1) Robert Lowth …
Read MoreEP/Du.SO 398 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Poster advertising a recital by Mr. T.R. Hutchinson …
Read MoreD/X 1603/15 – Miscellaneous documents – Frosterley, Bridge End, and Stanhope, Gilmore, Methodist churches
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 141 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Stephen Dickens (accidental death) [1009] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1753 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Letter from John Kitching junior …
Read MoreD/NERA 2/3/52 – North Eastern Railway Association
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Correspondence concerning storage of Charles Dickens' relics (file no. 62) …
Read MoreUD/BC/172 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council
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Photograph of crowds assembled outside the unoccupied shop premises of Finlay …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/399 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Notes concerning the use of local characters and locations in the novels of Charles Dickens …
Read MoreD/HH 10/17/257-260 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Teesdale Record Society
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Announcement of a reading by Charles Dickens of Christmas Carol at the New Town Hall …
Read MoreD/Ph 194/1 – Photocopies and photographs – Charles Dickens at Durham City
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Report of the reading by Charles Dickens (as above) …
Read MoreD/Ph 194/2 – Photocopies and photographs – Charles Dickens at Durham City