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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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Postcard with a coloured drawing of Durham Cathedral and the Fulling Mill …
D/DW 1/1(27) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 1
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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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 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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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 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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21 August 1570 (1) Sir George Bowes of Streatlam …
D/St/D3/1/9 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 1, D/St/D/3/1-3)
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Accounts of receipts and expenditure for journeys of the 'Thomas and Francis' to London …
D/St/B1/22/54 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 4) Working, transport, sale and general coal affairs
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29 January 1672/73 (1) Rt. Hon. Francis …
D/HH 8/3/364 – Hanby Holmes – Edleston Family: Landed property in and around Gainford
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25 September 1638 Admittance of Francis Home to a parcel of ground adjoining other lands of Horne and lands of Fardinando Appleby Manor of Cotherstone with Hunderthwaite …
D/HH 3/6/162 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Romaldkirk
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Copy will of John Linsley of Hall Garth Street …
D/X 1207/1/480 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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Newspaper cutting reporting the death of Mary Francis …
D/X 1667/8/100(69) – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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30 June 1899 (1) Herbert Conyers Surtees …
D/X 1022/122 – Miscellaneous documents – Surtees family records
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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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Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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10 October 1808 Extract of a fine between Rev. William John Wilkinson and George Francis and Mary Lynn for lands in the parishes of Brancepeth and Durham St. Oswald; Copy made 12 May 1853 …
D/Br/D 698 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 02) places B
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Letter …
D/NERA 2/3/7 – North Eastern Railway Association
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Correspondence between Rev. T.A. Drewette …
EP/NA 4/20 – Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish
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Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe …
EP/NA 14/27 – Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish
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Bargain and sale (with separate feoffment) of a close of meadow ground in the Crook field William Wilson of Barnard Castle to Margaret Sowerby and 3 er son …
D/Bo/C 342-343 – Bowes Museum Collection – Lee Papers
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Photograph of 'A' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
D/DLI 2/2/135(15) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Postcard of a painting of Kepier Hospital gatehouse …
D/CL 27/278/869 – Durham County Library Collection – Postcards and photographs: Durham City
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Group photograph …
D/DLI 2/2/156(1) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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27 January 1909 (1) The Priestman Collieries Limited (2) Francis Priestman of Shotley Bridge …
D/CG 6/555 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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2 October 1804 (1) Dorothea Brack of Middleton Lodge …
D/CG 6/285 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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[K 44] English. 10 April 1522. 'The Xth day of Aprell the yere of our Lord God a thousand fyve hundreth and XXII'. Will of John Trollop of Thorneley …
D/Gr 314 – Greenwell Deeds
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4 June 1912 (1) Chester-le-Street Urban District Council (2) Chester-le-Street Rural District Council (3) The Lambton and Hetton Collieries Limited (4) Rt. Hon. Aldred Frederick George Beresford Earl of Scarbrough (5) The Clergy Mutual Assurance Society (6) Rt. Hon. Josslyn Francis Baron Muncaster and Rt. Hon. Charles Gore Earl of Erroll Agreement for (1) and (2) to construct a new bridge over the River Wear and a public road from Chester-le-Street to Lumley Colliery (2nd pit) over Lumley Castle Estate …
RD/CS 658 – Chester-le-Street Rural District Council – Public Health; Reports; etc.
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Proposed garages to be erected at St. Cuthbert's estate for T. M. Francis (plan no. 32 …
UD/Ben 22/558 – Benfieldside Urban District Council
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Lease for 99 years at £20 annual rent by James Clavering …
D/X 196/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Swalwell and Northumberland deeds and legal papers
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A list of the other directorships held by J.C.H. Booth …
D/Ni 21/68 – J. Nimmo and Co. (brewers)
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Agreements …
D/TPa 118 – James Turnbull Son and Parkinson (estate agents)
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Photographs of the staff sergeants and sergeants of the 8th Service Battalion …
D/DLI 2/8/107 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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17 November 1680 (1) Miles Coupeland (2) Francis and Elizabeth Wetherall Bond of (1) to (2) in £400 to perform covenants in D/HH 2/2/2 …
D/HH 2/2/3 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Edwards family of Barnard Castle (part 1)
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Receipt of Francis and Elizabeth Wetherell for £155 …
D/HH 2/2/7 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Edwards family of Barnard Castle (part 1)
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Translated extracts and transcripts of documents concerning Swaledale …
D/HH 10/17/143 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Teesdale Record Society
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Knap …
EP/Du.SO 112/6/2 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Limehouse Nights …
D/DLI 1/9/82 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Regiment
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Great Aycliffe and Chilton Parish Magazine Five In Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/13 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Great Aycliffe and Chilton Parish Magazine Five In Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/17 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Great Aycliffe and Chilton Parish Magazine Five In Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/19 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Four in Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/30 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Four in Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/31 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Four in Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/35 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Four in Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/37 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Four in Unity The Parish Magazine of St. Clare …
EP/Ay 14/85/42 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Miscellaneous
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Parish magazine of Newton Aycliffe …
EP/NA 14/29 – Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish
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Deed of partition of the Oulde Hall in Newgate and other lands purchased from Sir Francis and Lady Anderson of Newcastle between John Percivell and Mathew Binckes of Barnard Castle; with schedule of the property attached and a mid-18th ccntury draft schedule prepared when the land was purchased by Thomas Hutchinson in 1753 …
D/Bo/C 365-366 – Bowes Museum Collection – Lee Papers
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11 and 12 May 1785 (1) Rev. John Russell Greenhill of Cottisford …
D/El 1/74-75 – Eldon Estate – Introduction and contents; Deeds: Aislaby