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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 …
Q/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Draft will of Maria Harle …
D/SJ P 79 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Draft will of Maria Harle …
D/SJ P 237 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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23 January 1749 Copy of will of Ann Harle of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne; widow Devises all freehold and copyhold estates in Darlington to her brother Ralph Robinson esq; messuage or tenement …
D/XD 108/2/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Clayhills, Lucas & Co., solicitors
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1883 – December 1890 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Analysis book, December 1919 – June 1921 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Letters out (copies), October 1914 – August 1915 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, Minute book, December 1920 – May 1923 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, register of members' contributions, 14 July 1961 – 29 December 1961 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, March 1914 – December 1914 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Newspaper cuttings of pupils from Langley Park County Junior School …
E/NW/G15(117) – Langley Park County Junior Mixed and Infants School
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 8 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 14 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 23 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Letter from James Buller at the Admiralty to [William Russell] concerning the accounts of himself Mr Smith and Mr Harle …
D/Br/F 250 – Brancepeth Estate – Family Papers
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Picture postcard of Miss Jane Harle in costume costume for an unidentified play …
D/DDS 1/5/144 – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Picture postcard of Miss Jane Harle in costume possibly for the production Bess of Hardwick …
D/DDS 1/5/180 – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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10 September 1742 Copy of will of Edward Harle of Newcastle upon Tyne …
D/XD 108/2/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Clayhills, Lucas & Co., solicitors
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1957 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, December 1914 – November 1915 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1912 – June 1913 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1920 – May 1921 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 127 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 6 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 9 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 3B of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
E/E/G238(13) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Letter to Miss J. Harle from Miss Sylvia Dodds …
D/DDS 1/2/9 – Durham Dramatic Society – Production
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Photograph of the whole school taken in the school's Jubilee Year …
D/X 1618/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham Girls’ Grammar School
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Draft will of Maria Harle …
D/SJ P 136 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Transactions, 1974-19-. Vol. 52
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1920 – 1923 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 May 1911 – 19 August 1911 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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A social history of the area around Byers Green …
D/X 1356/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Byers Green: memorial to Thomas Wright, astronomer, and local history
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Admittance out of Durham Court of Matthew Dawson of West Herrington …
D/X 1920/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington deeds
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14-15 August 1711 (1) Edward Harle of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne …
D/XD 108/1/A/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Clayhills, Lucas & Co., solicitors
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Certificate for burial or cremation of Theodore Harle …
EP/Cr 1/74 – Croxdale St. Bartholomew Parish
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23 October 1797 (1) Joseph Gardiner of Waggonman's Row …
EP/Lam 7/74 – Lamesley St. Andrew Parish
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Harle …
EP/Du.SO 112/2/20 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Robert Harle (industrial disease) [388] …
COR/Du.S 2/1803 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 12 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Samples of various tissues sent by J. Burkinshaw and Sons Limited …
D/DDS 1/2/8 – Durham Dramatic Society – Production
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6 April 1816 (1) George Harle of Durham …
D/HH 3/5/328 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: County Durham
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24 February 1871 (1) Matthew Reed of Newcastle …
D/DBS 7/7/19 – Darlington Building Society
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23 April 1830 (1) Richard Harle of Harewood …
D/El 1/112 – Eldon Estate – Introduction and contents; Deeds: Aislaby
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 18 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle