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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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G. Featherstone …
P/14/8/959 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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12 May 1793 (1) John Hall of Chaple in the parish of Stanhope …
D/X 1114/21 – Miscellaneous documents – Stanhope, East Black Dean deeds, and correspondence
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Order by Durham General Quarter Sessions …
UD/BC 108/5 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., December 1878 – June 1879 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, December 1920 – May 1923 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, register of members' contributions, 14 July 1961 – 29 December 1961 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Postcard with a coloured landscape view of Durham Cathedral and the Fulling Mill entitled 'Durham Cathedral from River' …
D/DW 1/1(74) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 1
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Group photograph of 'HQ' Company …
D/DLI 2/1/81(13) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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William Featherstone (complication of necessary medical intervention) [11] …
COR/CD 2/651 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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As D/WL/4/6/9 …
D/WL/4/6/58 – Weardale Lead Company – Reports and registers
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Photograph of 'H' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
D/DLI 2/2/135(29) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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17 April 1875 (1) Rev. Robert Maughan …
EP/Hea 11/6 – Heathery Cleugh St. Thomas Parish
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Correspondence between Ven. D. Hodgson …
EP/Hu 114 – Hunwick St. Paul Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 35 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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30 July 1985 (1) Methodist Church Trustees of Central Buildings …
M/We 560 – Weardale Methodist Circuit
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30-31 January 1778 (1) Ralph Gibson of [St. John's] Chapel …
D/X 1598/1/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Daddry Shield, Dry Gill, deeds; First World War recollections
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Photograph of White Lea Villa A.F.C. 1923-1924 season …
D/Ph 450/1/27 – Photocopies and photographs – Toal family of Crook
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Photographic postcard of Stanley and Billy Row Workmen's Club Committee 1910-11 Back row (l to r): Jas. Jones; Jos. Lumsden; J.R.P. Jackson; W. Parkin; Thomas Emerson Featherstone …
D/Ph 450/1/16 – Photocopies and photographs – Toal family of Crook
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Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902
A circular medal, obverse shows left-facing bust of Queen Victoria. Reverse shows Britannia, holding flag and laurel crown, soldiers, and ships and…
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Treasurers' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1893 – 1994 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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10 July 1871 (1) Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Bretton Bank …
M/We 553 – Weardale Methodist Circuit
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Overseers' account book …
EP/St 7/1 – Stanhope St. Thomas Parish – Overseers of the Poor
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Proposed erection of a pair of bungalows at east end …
RD/BC 142/11 – Barnard Castle Rural District Council – Building Control Plans
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, January 1917 – October 1920 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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5 July 1865 (1) Cuthbert Morson of Bishop Auckland …
D/X 1392/2/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Bishop Auckland, Carlton, Darlington and Spennymoor deeds
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Group photograph of 'H' Half Company …
D/DLI 7/346/5(27) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Proposed semi-detached bungalows at Hamsterley for Messrs. Featherstone and Bainbridge (plan no. 41/47) …
RD/BC 147/18 – Barnard Castle Rural District Council – Building Control Plans
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Allied Victory Medal 1914-19
A circular medal, obverse shows winged figure of Victory. Reverse has the inscription: 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919' surrounded…
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 23 April 1942 – 28 December 1942 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], 17 October 1916 – 22 September 1919 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Newcastle District (No.3) … for the year 1892, 1893 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 36 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 36 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Valentina Featherstone (suicide) [163] …
COR/Du.S 2/946 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Group photograph of an unidentified platoon …
D/DLI 2/1/859 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Battalions, Phase 2
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Estate book for John George Featherstone of 10 Livingstone Terrace …
D/HH 2/7/2044 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Wills and testamentary
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Letter from [Colpitts Harrison] …
D/X 1552/6 – Miscellaneous documents – Letters from Colpitts Harrison, Barnard Castle, to Swainston Harrison, London
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.3, 9 January – 20 December 1922 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Letters out (copies), May 1895 – July 1897 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, March 1925 – August 1927 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Photograph of coal face workers at Brancepeth Colliery Three Quarter Seam …
D/Ph 205/2 – Photocopies and photographs – Willington photographs
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West