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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 …
Q/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Fothergill …
EP/Du.SO 112/4/62 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 September 1912 – 2 May 1913 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Thomas William Fothergill (industrial disease) [495] …
COR/Du.S 2/967 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Emily Fothergill (natural causes) [1165] …
COR/Du.S 2/2533 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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William Sanders Fothergill and Isabella Crichton …
SF/Da/MM 7/43(27) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Memorandum …
D/X 1667/11/23 – Miscellaneous documents – 10-14. Quaker records
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Letter of recommendation from the North Division Monthly Meeting of Somerset Field at Bath to the Darlington Monthly Meeting on behalf of Samuel Fothergill who had moved to Darlington …
D/X 107/140 – Miscellaneous documents – Turnpike, Quaker and other records, South Durham and North Yorkshire
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Lists of putters' wages in the Low Main Seam [at Browney Colliery] for pay 26 to pay 29, July 1935 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 119 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 137 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 144 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 6 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Correspondence to the Rev. Henry Fothergill …
M/BA/838 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit
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Photograph …
D/CL 25/33 – Durham County Library Collection – Cricket
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26 January 1833 (1) William Gordon and John Todd …
EP/Ha.SH 4/39 – Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish – Churchwardens
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17 September 1806 (1) John Winn of Leeds …
D/X 776/150 – Miscellaneous documents – Richardson family of Sunderland and related families
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28 May 1816 Admittance of Elizabeth Birkbeck (by Thomas Birkbeck …
D/HH 6/1/473 – Hanby Holmes – Swaledale Manors: Deeds
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Correspondence with G.A. Fothergill about donations to the library …
Da/Bk 2/2 – Darlington Borough Council – Darlington Library Department
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Calculations for putters' wages at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Correspondence concerning colliery housing at Browney Colliery, 6 October 1937 – 10 February 1938 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Letters to Mr. Fothergill from the Rev. Bruce W. Rose …
M/BA/837 – Bishop Auckland Methodist Circuit
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F.S. Fothergill …
E/Da/G 202 – Darlington Technical College
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Folder containing: religious motto …
D/Wa 5/4/181-198 – Wallis family of Darlington – Wallis Family
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29 October 1832 (1) Ralph Dunn of Hetton-le-Hole …
EP/Ha.SH 4/38 – Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish – Churchwardens
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 123 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Alterations and extensions to 'Greystone' on east side of Carmel Road …
Da/NG 2/5768 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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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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Letters out (copies), August 1915 – June 1916 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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F.S. Fothergill …
E/Da/G 201 – Darlington Technical College
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Thomas Fothergill and The British Railways Board – an agreement (matter no. WCA T1006) …
CCo/BA 33 – Bishop Auckland County Court
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 114 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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1 – 2 June 1818 (1) William and Alexander Fothergill …
D/HH 6/1/657 – Hanby Holmes – Swaledale Manors: Deeds
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'Fothergill's Journal – An Account of the Life and Travels in the Work of the Ministry of John Fothergill' …
D/X 1756/39 – Miscellaneous documents – Pease, Backhouse and Mounsey families of Darlington
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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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.2, 5 January 1920 – 5 December 1921 – 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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Browney Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 14 May 1927 (pay 20) – week ending 21 April 1928 (pay 17) – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Papers concerning the poor attendance of hewers and a putters' strike in the Low Main Seam at Browney Colliery, 11 and 26 June 1935 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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'Wanderings in War Tracks' …
D/DLI 13/8/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Miscellaneous
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 143 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 27 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Group photograph of sergeants of the 8th Battalion …
D/DLI 7/33/42 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames A: As to Ay
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Letter from Isaac Sharp …
D/Pe 10/18 – Pease family of Darlington – Society of Friends