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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 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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19 December 1868 (1) Henry Rayson of Staindrop …
Read MoreD/X 1032/255 – Miscellaneous documents – Latimer Hinks solicitors: property deeds, chiefly Darlington area
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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
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – E-H
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Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Halliday …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(295) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Football Club
Read Morewing0013 – Local Authority Records
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., December 1878 – June 1879 – E-H
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Postcard photograph captioned ¿ 'Hancox Halliday' …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/480/5(44) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mo
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Annie Halliday (file no. 3573) …
Read MoreCOR/CW/2/38 – Chester Ward West Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 129 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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George Richardson and Lucy Halliday …
Read MoreSF/Da/MM 7/30(89) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Annuity receipt …
Read MoreD/X 1275/10 – Miscellaneous documents – Sun Inn, Hallgarth Street, Durham City, deeds
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – 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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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1920 – May 1921 – E-H
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W.C.A. files identified for preservation by the Chief Clerk as a sample of the documentation in use …
Read MoreCCo/Con 10 – Consett County Court
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 81 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 158 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Annuity receipt …
Read MoreD/X 1275/11 – Miscellaneous documents – Sun Inn, Hallgarth Street, Durham City, deeds
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Copy of account of Rodger Halliday with Sir Edward Joseph Smythe …
Read MoreD/Fle 2/7/6 – Fleming family of Tudhoe
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1966 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – 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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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, December 1909 – November 1910 – E-H
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Group photograph of 'B' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(15) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Group photograph of the officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(201) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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William Halliday (industrial disease) [57] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/640 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of No. 7 Platoon …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/1068/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Servicemen and unidentified, Phase 2
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Certificate of full age and competent understanding of Clarissa Rayson and Jane Halliday …
Read MoreD/X 1032/256 – Miscellaneous documents – Latimer Hinks solicitors: property deeds, chiefly Darlington area
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – E-H
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1884 – 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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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – E-H
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Newspaper cutting concerning a reception in honour of Lieutenant W.D.B. Thompson …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/701/2(105) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames T: Th to Ti
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Group photograph of the officers of the Durham Heavy Brigade …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(294) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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12 June 1928 (1) Rt Hon Gustavus William 9th Viscount Boyne and 3rd Baron Brancepeth (2) Most Honourable Lawrence Marquis of Zetland …
Read MoreD/X 2260/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Browney Lane Methodist Church, Browney Colliery
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Photograph of a group of approximately 45 men and women …
Read MoreD/DMA 13/1/5 – Durham Miners Association – Photographs and pictures
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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None – E-H
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Letters out (copies), July 1897 – October 1901 – 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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George Halliday (open) [889] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/756 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Group photograph of the officers and the sergeants of the 17th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/17/1(32) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Photograph of a group of officers of the Royal Artillery …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/6(208) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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1 November 1923 (1) Gustavus William …
Read MoreM/DDV 1968 – Durham and Deerness Valley Methodist Circuit