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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 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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School Netball Team
Read Morehasw0119 – Local Authority Records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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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 104 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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8 January 1847 (1) William Thompson of Darlington …
Read MoreD/X 497/6/2(iii) – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington deeds of John Harris of ‘Woodside’, civil engineer (part 1)
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14 January 1856 (1) John Fall of Hutton Moor …
Read MoreD/X 497/6/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington deeds of John Harris of ‘Woodside’, civil engineer (part 1)
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Todds Fall …
Read MoreD/Hew 4/1 – Hewitt, Brown-Humes and Hare – solicitors, Bishop Auckland
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.4, 1 January 1923 – 15 December 1924 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 9 February 1905 – 7 February 1907 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 106 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 107 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 110 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Review of the Work of the Compensation Department during the Year 1924, [1925] – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 28 June 1901 – 4 May 1903 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 76 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Final concord. Richard Hutchinson and William Forster …
Read MoreD/X 179/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City deed
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8 January 1847 (1) Joseph Thompson of Darlington …
Read MoreD/X 497/6/2(iv) – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington deeds of John Harris of ‘Woodside’, civil engineer (part 1)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 99 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 108 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 112 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Redworth, Todd Fall Farm
Read MoreA local farmer noticed the [cropmarks] of three circular features. These are probably the remains of a small [Iron Age] (800BC to AD43) settlement….
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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14 January 1856 (1) John Fall of Hutton Moor near Ripon …
Read MoreD/X 497/6/2(v) – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington deeds of John Harris of ‘Woodside’, civil engineer (part 1)