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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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30 November 1411 John de Levesham …
Read MoreD/Sa/D 1634 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Deeds
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Letter from Mary H: Pease …
Read MoreD/Pe 1/68 – Pease family of Darlington – Family
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Letter from James H (?) Gray …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/50/28a – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Photograph of H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh …
Read MoreDC/PI 95 – Durham County Council (1974 – 2009) – County Press and Information Office
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Letter of James Jackson to Col. H. Haswell Peile …
Read MoreD/WL/5/1/72 – Weardale Lead Company – Second deposit (Acc.: 1107 (D))
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Letter from Lena [Brodie …
Read MoreD/X 1412/270 – Miscellaneous documents – Clement Thorpe Collin (1911-1982) and family, of Willington
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Printout from BBC World War 2 People's War website of account by Margaret H of her work for CIA department at R. O. F. Aycliffe …
Read MoreD/X 1822/38 – Miscellaneous documents – Aycliffe Angels
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26 October 1860 (1) Mark Lightfoot (2) Charles Greenwell Mortgage for securing £600 from (1) to (2) of a messuage with garden on the south side of Claypath Attached: Acknowledgement from Charles Greenwell that £125 of £600 belongs to Henry Greenwell. Endorsed by H.G. that £100 repaid …
Read MoreD/X 542/10 – Miscellaneous documents – Young Men’s Christian Association
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Accidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines …
Read MoreNCB 13/325 – National Coal Board – Colliery company records
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Accidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines …
Read MoreNCB 13/330 – National Coal Board – Colliery company records
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Print of an ink drawing of 'H.R.H. The Princess Royal at lunch with Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.C. Hasted …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/426/13 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Servicemen (A-Z additional) Phase 2
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Letter from Matthew B. Sullivan …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/426/145 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Servicemen (A-Z additional) Phase 2
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May 1950 (1) H.G.E. Vardon …
Read MoreCP/Has 107 – Haswell Civil Parish
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Letter from Ethel [Woodley] …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/873/5 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames E: Ea to Ed
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Allied Victory Medal 1914-19
Read MoreA circular medal, obverse shows winged figure of Victory. Reverse has the inscription: 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919' surrounded…
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History field studies in the Durham area
Read MoreSubtitle: a handbook for teachers.
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Postcard with a coloured landscape view of Durham Castle Gatehouse and Keep from behind Cosin's Library …
Read MoreD/DW 1/6(148) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 6
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Newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo reporting on the British Legion's Sunderland Branch dinner on 3 March 1937 at Seaburn Hotel …
Read MoreD/DLI 11/4/2/29(69) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve, Phase 2
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1886 (1) The Hon. H.D. Ryder and others (2) The Marquess of Bute Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of the messuages and lands called Bryans Leap and Busty Bank (243a.0r.30p) in the parish of Chester-le-Street. Recites the will of the late marquess. Excludes two thirds of the minerals under the property which are to be conveyed by separate instrument …
Read MoreD/CG 6/148 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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Letter from Joseph C. Monkhouse …
Read MoreD/HH 9/3/79 – Hanby Holmes – Canon Beal and Family: Manor of Romaldkirk
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Programme of the informal visit of H.M.S. Eskimo to Great Aycliffe …
Read MoreEP/NA 14/11 – Newton Aycliffe St. Clare Parish
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Transcripts of expenditures of [John Lively] …
Read MoreD/Ed 15/1/19 – Edleston family of Gainford – R.H. and Alice Edleston’s Research Interests
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1 September 1930 (1) Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin and another (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of reversionary lease of coal etc. under the Tudhoe Estate …
Read MoreNCB 14/126 – National Coal Board – Colliery company records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Assignment of John H. Peart's goods to John Bowes to secure £3 …
Read MoreD/St/C1/16/595 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 5) John and Josephine Bowes
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Letter from James H (?) Gray …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/50/13 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from James H (?) Gray …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/50/29 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Abstract of title 7 October 1873 – 13 December 1892 of H.S.C. Smithson …
Read MoreD/X 943/6 – Miscellaneous documents – Shildon, Byerley Road, deeds
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Photograph of H.M.S. Vindictive alongside a jetty at Ostend Harbour …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/61(25) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 127 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Report by H.M.I. …
Read MoreEP/Ay 11/85 – Aycliffe St. Andrew Parish – Schools
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Letter from 4035849 Lance-Sergeant H. Fifield …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/877/11 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames F: Fe to Fl
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, January 1917 – October 1920 – I-N
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Postcard with a landscape view of the railway bridge over the Wear at Sunderland Bridge entitled 'Viaduct …
Read MoreD/DW 1/2(114) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 2
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I feel that I shall be bored stiff at the House of Lords … Thring …
Read MoreD/He 182 – Headlam family of Holywell
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1886 (1) The Hon. H.D. Ryder and others (2) The Marquess of Bute Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of Stuartfield Lodge estate (373a.3r.28p) in the townships of Medomsley …
Read MoreD/CG 6/152 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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Abstract of the title of H.F. Mole to land on Mains Park Estate …
Read MoreD/SJ C 129 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Photograph of the kitchen staff of Wingate Modern School …
Read MoreE/E/G235(13) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 30 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Accidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines …
Read MoreNCB 13/129 – National Coal Board – Colliery company records
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Note from H. Fife instructing Richard Pattison to supply R. & S. Adamson with gravel from Piercebridge Mill for cottage of C.H. Backhouse …
Read MoreD/Ad 1/1/1721 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 3)
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Letter from Ethel and Bertha [Woodley] …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/873/7 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames E: Ea to Ed
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Photograph of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh standing with three students (Thomas Riches …
Read MoreDC/PI 57 – Durham County Council (1974 – 2009) – County Press and Information Office
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – I-N
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Correspondence between H. E. Ferens and Son …
Read MoreEP/Sti 12/11 – Stillington St. John Parish
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/7/10(149) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Correspondence with the Charity Commission …
Read MoreE/HB 5/82 – College of St. Hild and St. Bede
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Report by H. M Inspector on Dawdon Colliery County Primary School …
Read MoreE/NE/G 27/2 – Dawdon Council Junior Girls School