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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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The Bugle: Issue Number 8 …
Read MoreD/DLI 18/1/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – The Rifles Regiment
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Eileen Dobson [1863] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 3/32 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Non-inquests
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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 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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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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Railway from Brandling Junction Railway in Gateshead to Neville Street …
Read MoreQ/D/P 133 – Quarter Sessions – Deposited Plans
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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 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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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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8 May 1816 (1) William Metcalf of Maltby …
Read MoreD/El 45/25 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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12 March 1824 (1) Mary …
Read MoreD/St/D1/7/87 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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Account of William Stephenson with Richard Dobson for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E5/6/8 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Account of William Stephenson with Richard Dobson for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E5/6/29 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Account of William Stephenson with Richard Dobson for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E5/6/36 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Postage account book of Richard Dobson (estate not known) …
Read MoreD/St/E15/1/3 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Multiple and unidentified estates
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Letters from various people to Richard Dobson concerning the administration of Streatlam estate …
Read MoreD/St/C2/13/1 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 2) Hylton, London etc.
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Copy assurance policy affected by Sir John Dean Paul on the life of Richard Dobson …
Read MoreD/St/C2/13/8 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 2) Hylton, London etc.
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7 March 1746/47 (1) Thomas …
Read MoreD/St/D9/6/50 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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Copy monthly cash accounts of Richard Dobson for Streatlam estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E1/6/46 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam (part 1)
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Summons and warrant of distress for non-payment of poor rates by Richard Dobson …
Read MoreD/St/E1/7/17 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Streatlam (part 1)
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4 August 1766 (1) Rev. David Gregory …
Read MoreD/Sh.H 181-182 – Sherburn Hospital
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Applications …
Read MoreD/Co 49/4/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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28 November 1820 (1) Thomas Wheldon …
Read MoreD/HH 2/8/26 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Trusts and settlements (Wheldon era)
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1879 (1) Robert Stephenson of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 3/9/18 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Abraham Hilton of Hilton and Barnard Castle
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Photograph of the High Street …
Read MoreD/Ph 355/2 – Photocopies and photographs
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Memorial card in memory of Alexander Stewart …
Read MoreD/X 1070/4 – Miscellaneous documents – Dobson family of Willington
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Family studio photograph of Mr. and Mrs. R. Dobson and their children …
Read MoreD/X 1070/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Dobson family of Willington
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26 December 1899 (1) William Dobson of Darlington (2) Alfred Wilkinson of Copley …
Read MoreD/X 1032/135 – Miscellaneous documents – Latimer Hinks solicitors: property deeds, chiefly Darlington area
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26 January 1839 (1) Dean & Chapter of Durham (2) Ralph Stamper of London …
Read MoreD/X 915/251 – Miscellaneous documents – Londonderry estates in County Durham: deeds
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1919 – March 1921 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between 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
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, December 1909 – November 1910 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, March 1914 – December 1914 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Arbitration committee minutes – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Unsolved murders of the North
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Letter from John Dobson …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/143/82 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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13 October 1381 (1) William Dobson (2) William son of William Dodde Feoffment by (1) to (2) of all his messuage in Gateshead in Pypewellgate lying in width between e. messuage of Simon Bell and w. messuage of William Dobson and in length between n. the king's highway of Pypewelgate and S. Basschopdyke Warranty clause Sealing clause Witnesses: John de Sedbergh …
Read MoreEP/Ga.SM 14/40 – Gateshead St. Mary Parish
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Pencil sketch of Michael Dobson …
Read MoreEP/SS.SH 14/217 – South Shields St. Hilda Parish – 14 Miscellaneous
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Photograph …
Read MoreEP/Ho 1229/1 – Houghton-le-Spring St. Michael Parish – 13 Church Societies
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Dobson …
Read MoreEP/Du.SO 112/2/83 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Charitable Education in the Weardale District of County Durham (1700 – 1830) by J.L. Dobson …
Read MoreEP/SJ 14/5 – St. John’s Chapel St. John Parish
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Report …
Read MoreM/DDV 1701 – Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 4B of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G237(10) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of a girls' hockey team of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G238(39) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School