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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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Judges' and Registrars. note book: Judges Forrester-Paton …
Read MoreCCo/Da 59 – Darlington County Court
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Teresa Anne Hewitt (suicide) [41] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1827 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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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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Alan Hewitt (suicide) [353] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/1289 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – HEWITT, Miss Sarah Jane, for many years in the service of Durham Miners' Association
Read MoreHEWITT, Miss Sarah Jane, for many years in the service of Durham Miners' Association…
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18 December 1868 [c.1890s] (1) John Bowes (2) Thomas Hewitt of Hunters Hill …
Read MoreD/HH 5/3/83 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Tenancies and leases
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Correspondence re proposed houses at Welfare Crescent …
Read MoreD/WH 1/88/1 – John Wilson Hays (architect)
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Notice and plan of alteration to conveniences at Bondgate Wesleyan Schools; [J. Hewitt] (plan no. 1883/3) …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/1206 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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General Election accounts, 1918 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1883 – December 1890 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – E-H
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30 July 1791 (1) Robert Bates of Durham City …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2441 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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3 January 1789 (1) William Story …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1852 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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Correspondence between the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance …
Read MoreEP/Eth 418 – Etherley St. Cuthbert Parish
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'St. Mary's Heworth Carol Service and Dedication of Bells' …
Read MoreEP/Hew 205 – Heworth St. Mary Parish – Churchwardens
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Thomas Nelson Hewitt v Edward Richardson and others Writ to defendants and statement of claim of money due on Promissory Note …
Read MoreM/Th 276 – Thornley Methodist Circuit
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Letter book …
Read MoreD/DMA 3/1/4 – Durham Miners Association – Correspondence with lodges
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
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General expenditure ledger, 3 July 1900 – 24 March 1904 – 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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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, register of members' contributions, 14 July 1961 – 29 December 1961 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, March 1914 – December 1914 – E-H
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Postcard with a coloured landscape view of Durham Cathedral and the Fulling Mill …
Read MoreD/DW 1/7(85) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 7
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Kenneth Hewitt (industrial disease) [2443] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1125 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Notice and plan of a workshop and dwellinghouse [44] for John Hewitt …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/1027 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Statement of accounts of Charity of Lady Clavering Hewitt …
Read MoreEP/Whm 159 – Whickham St. Mary Parish – 12: Charities
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 44 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 129 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1965 – E-H
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1878 – E-H
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1957 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, May 1916 – December 1917 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, October 1914 – May 1916 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, December 1914 – November 1915 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1912 – June 1913 – E-H
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 127 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 29 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Group photograph of the sergeants of the 17th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/17/1(17) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Postcard from ['Perrin'] …
Read MoreEP/Ha.SH 13/93 – Hartlepool St. Hilda Parish – Church Societies
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Group photograph of the buglers of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/136(52) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of Ralph Hewitt standing in front of a Wilkinson's Motor Services' Leyland Tiger bus …
Read MoreD/X 1495/35 – Miscellaneous documents – Wilkinson’s Motor Services of Sedgefield
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/12 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Abstract of conveyance of dwellinghouse at Low Startforth from Thomas Hobson and wife to Charles Hewitt dated 27 March 1817 …
Read MoreD/HH 2/7/1890 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Wills and testamentary
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Robert H. Edleston from Rachel Hewitt …
Read MoreD/Ed 12/3/520-523 – Edleston family of Gainford – Correspondence (part 3)
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R. Hewitt from M. Aymard …
Read MoreD/Ed 12/3/524 – Edleston family of Gainford – Correspondence (part 3)
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Plan of proposed house …
Read MoreRD/La 143/898 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans