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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 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Group photograph of 'B' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(16) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Letter from Edward Pease …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/201 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 12 January 1911 – 13 February 1913 – E-H
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – E-H
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Eden Colliery, wages book for Busty seam, 28 January 1916 – 28 April 1917 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – E-H
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Slide of pupils and staff …
Read MoreE/DA/G 501/16/64 – Darlington, Springfield Primary School
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/7/10(273) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 17 February 1916 – 12 February 1919 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), October 1914 – August 1915 – E-H
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J. H. Hewitson …
Read MoreP/14/8/1321 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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27 June 1779 (1) Middleton Hewitson …
Read MoreD/CG 6/292 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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Photograph of pupils in Form 2C of A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G231(18) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 32 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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31 August 1852 (1) Robert Archer of Willington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1749 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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10 July 1871 (1) Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Bretton Park …
Read MoreM/We 554 – Weardale Methodist Circuit
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
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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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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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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – E-H
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Eden Lodge subscription accounts, 30 June 1905 – 12 September 1913 – E-H
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List of men, arranged by colliery, showing the amount of money paid to them by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 2 November 1926 – E-H
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 113 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Joseph William Hewitson (took own life) [692] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1716 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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10 July 1871 (1) Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Bretton Bank …
Read MoreM/We 553 – Weardale Methodist Circuit
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19 September 1890 (1) Charles Christopher Hewitson of St. John's Chapel in Stanhope …
Read MoreM/We 559 – Weardale Methodist Circuit
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Correspondence between Benjamin and Son …
Read MoreD/HH 6/4/103-104 – Hanby Holmes – Swaledale Manors: Minerals
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Group photograph of unidentified employees at R. O. F. Aycliffe …
Read MoreD/X 1822/60/1/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Aycliffe Angels
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1966 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, September 1886 – March 1888 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 May 1911 – 19 August 1911 – E-H
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Correspondence concerning colliery housing at Browney Colliery, 6 October 1937 – 10 February 1938 – E-H
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 21 February 1918 – 30 July 1919 – E-H
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Memorandum from John Hewitson …
Read MoreD/Loco 1/2/46 – Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon
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Albert L. Hind Penshaw Monument [Printer not specified …
Read MoreD/X 1836/1/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Albert L. Hind, local history author
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Photograph of John Whybrow …
Read MoreD/X 1513/277 – Miscellaneous documents – L.G. Philips Displays (Durham) television tube manufacturers
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31 May – 1 June 1779 (1) The Rt. Hon. John …
Read MoreD/CG 6/291 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 1)
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Rev. William Poole …
Read MoreD/Wat Box 57 – Watsons – solicitors, Barnard Castle INTERIM LIST BOXES
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils of Wingate Modern School …
Read MoreE/E/G235(3) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Photograph of British Legion Flag …
Read MoreD/CL 27/277/1907D – Durham County Library Collection – Photographs and postcards Q-W
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 123 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 30 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Garage at Durham Road …
Read MoreUD/Ben 22/471 – Benfieldside Urban District Council
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – E-H
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 23 April 1942 – 28 December 1942 – E-H
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