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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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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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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, December 1902 – June 1904 – E-H
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Photograph of Alice Fay [a film star] …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/82/2(158) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bo
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Photograph of Fay …
Read MoreD/Ph 399/400/2(61) – Photocopies and photographs – Eveline Roberts Johnson of Trimdon: Photograph albums and scrapbooks
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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, Committee minutes, July 1899 – August 1901 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Stonemen's minutes, September 1909 – July 1912 – E-H
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Letter from Miss Stamper …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/227/59b – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Photograph of Fay …
Read MoreD/Ph 399/400/2(56) – Photocopies and photographs – Eveline Roberts Johnson of Trimdon: Photograph albums and scrapbooks
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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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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, April 1898 – June 1899 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.2: North Pit, 1899 – 1908 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Deputation copy book, 1912 – 1913 (loose pages) – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1909 – April 1910 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book, no.1: Maudlin; Main Coal; Busty, West Maudlin, N.E. Maudlin; Both Maudlin and all seams, 1899 – 1911 – E-H
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Norman Fay (accidental death) [515] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/2157 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Usworth Lodge, Deputation copy book, 1912 – 1913 – E-H
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Letter from Hopper Williamson …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/227/59a – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Sick department register – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Record of stonemen's, bordroom-men's, drawer's, and repairer's wages, 1920 – 1928 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Loan and repayment book, 1926 – 1927 – E-H
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