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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 …
Read MoreQ/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Receipt book …
Read MoreCP/Sac 16/1 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/6 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – E-H
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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 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1883 – December 1890 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages: Victory Pit, Murphy's Pit, Marshall's Pit & Usworth Colliery – all seams, 1911 – 1920 – E-H
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – E-H
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 September 1912 – 2 May 1913 – E-H
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 7 June 1929 – 25 June 1931 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, March 1914 – December 1914 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, December 1902 – June 1904 – E-H
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Edward Embleton (accidental death) [255] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/2511 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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27 February 1821 (1) George Embleton of Stockton …
Read MoreD/El 40/93 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 133 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/2 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/4 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Laura Embleton Grave number 253 C Date of death 7 October 1977 Date of burial 12 October 1977 …
Read MoreCP/Sac 13/192 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1920 – May 1921 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – E-H
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Copy letter of Thomas Embleton of Armonside to J. M. Ogden re William Beckwith's failure to pay rent for land at Broom Hill …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 59/18 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places Ch to G)
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30 September 1820 (1) George Dodds of Bill Quay …
Read MoreD/X 1334/88 – Miscellaneous documents – Heworth, Heworth Shore and Sunderland property belonging to John George Joicey
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'A Catalogue of Place-names in Teesdale' by D. Embleton …
Read MoreD/DT 3/10/31 – Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field Club – Reference Library and Other Material
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Records of Permits to Erect Monuments …
Read MoreCP/Sac 14/1 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1966 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), January – February 1921 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, July 1945 – April 1948 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages, 1908 – 1919 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – E-H
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Group photograph of 'B' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(15) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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26 October 1839 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/83 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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11 April 1840 (1) John Fawcett of the city of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/88 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – E-H
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], 17 October 1916 – 22 September 1919 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – E-H
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Grant of administration to George Embleton of Stockton …
Read MoreD/El 40/91 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 102 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 114 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 121 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Letter from James Hardy to M.A. Denham …
Read MoreD/X 1338/5/55 – Miscellaneous documents – Teesdale Record Society: Michael Aislabie Denham archive
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – E-H
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – E-H
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