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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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[D 23] Latin. 4 May 1294 Anno domini millesimo ducentesimo nonogesimo quarto die Martis proxima post festum Inventionis Sanctae crucis Agreement made between (1) Thomas …
D/Gr 71 – Greenwell Deeds
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Henry Duke of Cleveland's Charity …
CHA/606 – Charity Commission – County Durham Charity Accounts
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Arthur Raymond Henry (suicide) [947] …
COR/Du.S 2/3130 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Margaret Henry …
COR/NW/2/35 – North-West Durham Coroner – Inquest files
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Pious letter re Buddle being \\\"dangerously ill\\\" …
NCB I/JB 1179 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – JENKYNS, Canon Henry, Professor of Greek and Divinity in the University of Durham
JENKYNS, Canon Henry, Professor of Greek and Divinity in the University of Durham…
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Copy of court roll of the Manor of North Runcton …
D/Ed 10/3/212 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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Letters patent appointment Charles Stewart Henry …
D/Lo Acc 1738(D) Box 14/4 – Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1738(D)
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Letter from (Charles Baring) …
D/Lo/C 779/20 – Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1193(D)
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Success of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Description of the Duke of Devonshire's entertainment of the Tsar's niece. Lady Palmerston has had Asiatic cholera …
D/Lo Acc 451(D) File 16/8 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Duchess of Beaufort inconsolable at the death of her husband. The French emperor is likely to turn against England …
D/Lo Acc 451(D) File 17/13 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Newcastle …
D/Lo Acc 451(D) File 36/17 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Liddell …
D/Lo Acc 451(D) File 37/5 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Newcastle …
D/Lo Acc 451(D) File 37/14 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence of 3rd Marquess of Londonderry and Frances Anne
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Copy order and rule for view …
D/St/L1/6/8 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 2)
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Copy consent by all parties to a view of the land in question by a jury …
D/St/L1/6/23 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 2)
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Letter from Edward Pease …
D/Pe 2/9 – Pease family of Darlington – Correspondence
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Letter from Mary Fell …
D/Pe 2/24 – Pease family of Darlington – Correspondence
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30 June 1743 (1) Henry …
D/St/D3/6/5 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 2, D/St/D/3/4-12)
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21 August 1570 (1) Sir George Bowes of Streatlam …
D/St/D3/1/9 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 1, D/St/D/3/1-3)
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Carson …
D/Lo/C 641 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence (part 2)
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Copy cases and opinions concerning agreement by Thomas Henry …
D/St/B1/6/70 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 2) Partnership and partnership collieries
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1852 (1) Edward Western of Great James Street …
D/St/B1/6/72 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 2) Partnership and partnership collieries
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1 May 1820 (1) Edward Charlton of Sandhoe …
D/HH 7/1/76 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Settlements
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Plan of Hutton Henry and Hurworth estates …
D/HH 7/1/609 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Settlements
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Correspondence received by Thomas Wheldon from William Bolam and others concerning the terms for letting Hutton Henry and Hurworth coals …
D/HH 7/1/693 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Settlements
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26 September 1778 (1) William Hardcastle junior of Masham …
D/HH 3/6/33 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Romaldkirk
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Letter from Edward Pease …
D/X 1667/8/201 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Part letter from Edward Pease …
D/X 1667/8/207 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Letter from Edward Pease …
D/X 1667/8/224 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Letter from John Pease …
D/X 1667/8/230 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Copies of inscriptions on the monuments to: John Lee …
D/X 1022/73 – Miscellaneous documents – Surtees family records
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Parentalius Memoranda …
D/X 1338/191 – Miscellaneous documents – Teesdale Record Society: Michael Aislabie Denham archive
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17 November 1958 (1) Hannah Wood (2) John Hardy of Darlington …
D/XD 101/19 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – 12 Ridsdale Street, Darlington, deeds
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Photograph of Hutton Henry Colliery …
D/X 411/124 – Miscellaneous documents – William A. Moyes: Wingate and other colliery records
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Miscellaneous documents – Widdrington estate at Towneley
D/X 978 – Other Records
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Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Out-letter book, 1 March – 28 July 1921 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – A-D
Contains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Agreement between Lord Ravensworth and John Henry for tenancy of Max Mill Farm …
NCB 28 Interim list/26 – National Coal Board – Colliery company records