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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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George Dodd …
Read MoreCOR/C/2/156 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Letter from Sergeant J. Archbold …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/371/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames K: Ka to Ke
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Photograph of Lieutenant K.D. Woodroffe …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/46/13(148) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Ba
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Correspondence between D. Hood; W. Garraway of Tow Law; William Dodd …
Read MoreD/X 1200/81 – Miscellaneous documents – William Garraway of Tow Law, councillor and school attendance officer
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1949 – A-D
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1956 – A-D
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1880 – A-D
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1919 – March 1921 – A-D
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – A-D
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Group photograph of the officers and non-commissioned officers of the 4th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/375 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Curacy licence of Percy Dodd to Leigh …
Read MoreEP/Ba 2/8 – Barningham St. Michael Parish
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – A-D
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – A-D
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1900 – 1904 – A-D
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – A-D
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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Durham District (No.4) … for the year 1892, 1893 – A-D
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11 October 1852 (1) Joseph Dodd of Birkenhead …
Read MoreD/HH 3/4/60 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Bowes
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18 June 1957 (1) The Official Trustee of Charity Lands (2) Rev. Wilfrid Widdas Tymms …
Read MoreEP/Ste 258 – Stella St. Cuthbert Parish
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Photographs of the staff sergeants and sergeants of the 8th Service Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/107 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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30 September 1898 (1) Cuthbert Greenwood Dixon-Johnson of Oakwood Croft …
Read MoreEP/Du.SC 82 – Durham St. Cuthbert Parish
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Letter from Clerk to Framwellgate Moor Parish Council to Rev. T.F. Dodd refusing permission for the creation of a burial ground round the chapelry of St Aidan …
Read MoreEP/Du.SC 97 – Durham St. Cuthbert Parish
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Cabinet print …
Read MoreEP/MT 2/10 – Middleton-in-Teesdale St. Mary Parish
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Faculty for the introduction of a new font in memory of John Dodd …
Read MoreEP/Lu 155 – Lumley Christ Church Parish
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13 August 1765 (1) Hon. Edw. Montagu (2) Anthony Isaacson the elder (3) Anthony Isaacson the younger (4) William Archdeacon (5) Snow Clayton (6) Charles Selbye (7) Warren Maude (8) Christopher Fawcett and Rev. John Ellison (9) Joseph Dodd and William Cuthbert (10) Hugh Awdors (11) Elizabeth Heath (12) Rev. John Thompson (13) Rowland Burdon (14) Stephen Watson (15) John Whitaker (16) William Peareth Bargain and sale by (1)-(15) to (16) of property in Pilgrim Street …
Read MoreD/Lo Acc 1750(D) Box 47/39 – Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1750(D)
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 39 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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22 November 1769 (1) Ralph Hopper of Inner Temple …
Read MoreD/Br/D 103 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 01) places A to B
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28 March 1810 (1) Henry Forster Mills of Emley …
Read MoreD/Br/D 957 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/6 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Newspaper cutting captioned 'Badminton Players' Wedding' …
Read MoreD/Ph 399/422/1 – Photocopies and photographs – Eveline Roberts Johnson of Trimdon: People
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Photograph of the wedding of an army officer …
Read MoreD/Ph 399/413/62 – Photocopies and photographs – Eveline Roberts Johnson of Trimdon: Eveline and Family
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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, 1955 – A-D
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1875 – 1892 – A-D
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Letter from Thomas Dodd of Nenthead (Cumberland) to London Lead Company …
Read MoreD/Bo/B 316 – Bowes Museum Collection – London Lead Company
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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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Sandra Dodd (misadventure) [399] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/876 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Notice by George Silvertop to Mrs. Margaret Dodd and Mr. and Mrs. Milburn applying for renewal of lease of houses in Ryton Woodside (copy) …
Read MoreNCB I/SC 634 – National Coal Board – Stella Coal Company
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Churchwardens' accounts and vestry meeting minute book …
Read MoreEP/CS 4/96 – Chester-le-Street St. Mary Parish – 04: Churchwardens
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Details of label mold …
Read MoreEP/Mi.SL 4/15 – Middleton St.George St. Laurence Parish
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Group photograph of officers of the 16th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/16/3 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Letter from Charles Dodd …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/287/1 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letters re a dispute between two of the London Lead Company's employees in the north …
Read MoreD/Bo/B 318-327 – Bowes Museum Collection – London Lead Company
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Copy letter from Joseph Peele to Mr. Dodd concerning an unspecified legal case and a petition heard in parliament that day in [Morton Davison v Earl of Bute …
Read MoreD/St/L2/1/7 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Lawyers’ correspondence and personal papers
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1953 – A-D
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