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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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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages: Victory Pit, Murphy's Pit, Marshall's Pit & Usworth Colliery – all seams, 1911 – 1920 – E-H
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 17 February 1916 – 12 February 1919 – E-H
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Lists of men, employed at Usworth Colliery, who have forfeited their right to the minimum wage, because of absence from work, under Rule No. 4 of the Durham District Rules in force under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, No. 31 Pay – ending 7 August 1915 – No. 51 Pay ending 25 December 1915 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, October 1928 – June 1931 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages, 1908 – 1919 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Canchmen's averages, 1913 – 1919 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.2: North Pit, 1899 – 1908 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1927 – 1933 – E-H
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Ushworth Colliery Forces 'Welcome Home' Fund minutes, September 1944 – January 1946 (enclosures) – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, January 1934 – June 1934 – E-H
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 5 January 1942 – 29 June 1942 – E-H
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 1 February 1919 – 17 April 1920 – E-H
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Ushworth Colliery Forces 'Welcome Home' Fund minutes, September 1944 – January 1946 – 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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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, March 1921 – October 1923 – E-H
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Sick Fund Post Office Order Book, 23 July 1919 – 1 April 1920 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge Wage Book, June 1934 – December 1934 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Record of stonemen's, bordroom-men's, drawer's, and repairer's wages, 1920 – 1928 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Loan and repayment book, 1926 – 1927 – E-H
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