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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 118 – 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 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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James Arthur Hobson (criminal proceedings) [734] …
COR/Du.S 2/1154 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Acknowledgement by J. Baker that his servant …
D/St/E5/17/34 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 2)
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30 April 1741 (1) Thomas Dixon …
D/No 78 – Norfolk family of Kirkella – Cleadon, Whitburn, Framwellgate (Durham) and Sunderland
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Letter from William Colling Hobson …
D/St/C 5/25/16 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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3 May 1704 (1) Thomas Hobson of Cornforth …
D/St/D7/95 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Other properties in County Durham
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1 March 1753 (1) William Hutchinson of Eggleston …
D/St/D1/4/208 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 1, D/St/D/1/1-4)
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16 January 1609 (1) Robert Garnett of Marton on the Moor …
D/Wat Box 109/4 – Watsons – solicitors, Barnard Castle INTERIM LIST BOXES
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16 – 17 June 1837 (1) Martyn Hobson of Manchester …
D/HH 2/7/1896 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Wills and testamentary
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Receipts for money due from land conveyed by Myles Copeland (their 'brother') and his mother to John Hanby and William Coates in trust for Seth Copeland and his sister …
D/HH 2/2/370 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Edwards family of Barnard Castle (part 2)
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 12 January 1911 – 13 February 1913 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1944-1945] – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Lumley 6th Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 24 June 1961 – week ending 28 March 1964 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Bastardy examination of Mary Hobson of Staindrop; James Hill of Raby …
EP/Stai 7/178 – Staindrop St. Mary Parish
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19 August 1872 (1) Robert Stainton Ellis …
M/Da 1156 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Group photograph of the officers of the 4th Volunteer Battalion …
D/DLI 2/8/57(6) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 17 February 1916 – 12 February 1919 – 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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20 March 1830 Copy of the probate of the will of Sarah Hobson of Barnard Castle (dated 5 March 1828) devising property to John Headlam [Copy 1843] …
D/HH 3/9/38 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Abraham Hilton of Hilton and Barnard Castle
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24 April 1891 (1) Sir Henry Augustus Clavering …
D/CG 7/1643 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 2)
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Correspondence between: William Watson …
D/HH 2/9/212-221 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Testamentary, litigation
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S.W. Hobson …
E/Da/G 206 – Darlington Technical College
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Letter from Dick [Hobson] …
D/Wn 28/9 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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1 May 1707 (1) Rev. James Finney …
D/St/D7/97 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Other properties in County Durham
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Brian Edwin Hobson (suicide) …
COR/Du.S 2/506 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 162 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Craike (Yorkshire, North Riding)
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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 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 153 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Letter from William Colling Hobson …
D/St/C 5/25/19 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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5 December 1857 (1) John Hardcastle Bowman …
M/Da 1155 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Benjamin Hobson and Mary Ann Bulmer …
SF/Da/MM 7/36(26) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Particulars and conditions of sale of freehold property in Darlington and premises: namely a house …
D/XD 122/21 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Imperial Hotel, Darlington
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Offce copy certificate of result of sale effected in pursuance of decree made 3 November 1866 in the case of Edmund Backhouse …
D/XD 122/22 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Imperial Hotel, Darlington
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17 June 1868 (1) Elizabeth Hobson of Drlington …
D/XD 122/26 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Imperial Hotel, Darlington
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22 November 1920 (1) Thomas Woodclark of Old Cornforth Farm …
D/X 487/2/34 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 3)
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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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Joint Committee Meetings (Auckland District), Agenda book (with notes), 1916 – 1917 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 113 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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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 144 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 155 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 60 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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18 September 1872 (1) Rev. Henry Young …
M/Da 1264 – Darlington Methodist Circuit – Individual churches F – J
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26 June 1722 (1) Ralph Hobson of Oxford …
D/X 1296/17 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington, Gainford, Hamsterley and Wolsingham, Sunderland, Melsonby, North Yorkshire, deeds
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'County Durham and Barings – A Historical Record' containing facsimile copies of documents relating to Barings' connections with County Durham …
D/X 1468/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Baring Brothers and Company Limited, of London, merchant bankers
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Group photograph of officers of the 8th Battalion …
D/DLI 2/8/110 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions