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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 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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5 November 1938 (1) Herbert Reginald Gilmore of Horden (2) Trustees of Horden Methodist Manse …
Read MoreD/WH 1/280/1 – John Wilson Hays (architect)
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General Election accounts, 1918 – E-H
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Group photograph of 'HQ' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(13) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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R. Gilmore …
Read MoreP/14/8/1090 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Walter Petchell Burtt and Hannah Margaret Gilmore …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/36(28) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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14 March 1840 (1) John Fawcett of Durham …
Read MoreD/X 1089/3/14 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin and Lambton family estates
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1957 – E-H
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – E-H
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – E-H
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Walter Petchell Burtt and Hannah Margaret Gilmore …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/37(5) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Group photograph of sergeants of the 68th Light Infantry …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/313 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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16 April 1936 (1) H.R. Gilmore …
Read MoreD/WH 1/52/3 – John Wilson Hays (architect)
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Register of men employed on screens at Dawdon colliery, 3 April 1908 – 12 April 1926 – E-H
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List of men tried under the Emergency Powers Act at the Magistrates Courts at Gateshead, Castle Eden, Houghton, Consett and Bishop Auckland, 1926 – E-H
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24 June 1937 (1) Arthur Gilmore …
Read MoreCP/MH 40 – Monk Hesleden Civil Parish
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 12 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 23 April 1942 – 28 December 1942 – E-H
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], 17 October 1916 – 22 September 1919 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), February 1903 – April 1905 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – E-H
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Pension Fund register of deceased employees and those who left the service …
Read MoreD/Co 57/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – E-H
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Committee meeting minutes, 1932 – E-H
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 10 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Photograph …
Read MoreEP/Hu 172(3) – Hunwick St. Paul Parish
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – E-H
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Photograph of Private Gilmore of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/775/93 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames W: Wie to Will
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 30 December 1941 – 23 June 1941 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Magazine cutting from Parade …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/11(418) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – E-H
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Gala pay out, 1951 – 1952 – 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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Robinson Gilmore and Mary Ann Woodward …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/36(50) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1951 – E-H
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1954 – E-H
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Robinson Gilmore and Mary Ann Woodward …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/38(6) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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William Gilmore and Elizabeth Hood …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/38(13) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., June – December 1908 – E-H
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Sick department register – E-H
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22 July 1955 (1) Salvation Army Trustee Company (2) A. Gilmore of St. Oswald's Drive …
Read MoreD/WH 1/306/3 – J. Wilson Hays (architect)
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Register of men employed on screens at Dawdon Colliery, 1 December 1926 – 9 December 1950 – E-H
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William Thomas Gilmore and Elizabeth Hood …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/36(56) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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2 January 1959 (1) Trustees of Ebenezer Methodist Church …
Read MoreD/WH 1/271/17 – John Wilson Hays (architect)