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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 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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John Maurice Hogg (accidental death) [947] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/4096 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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William Hogg (accidental death) …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/235 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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James Hogg [147] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 3/88 – Durham South Coroner – Non-inquest files
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John Brown …
Read MoreD/He 135/37 – Headlam family of Holywell
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Letter from John Hogg …
Read MoreD/El 21/74 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Great Chilton to Little Chilton
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12 January 1765 Award of Thomas Hogg of the College …
Read MoreD/Sh.H 240 – Sherburn Hospital
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5 September 1853 (1) Reverend Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall (2) John Hogg and John Thompson of Witton Park Agreement to let Towlerhill Tilery to (2) …
Read MoreD/HH 7/4/331 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Estate
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Notice and plan of a house on the west side of Gurney Street …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/306 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Settlement Certificate of Ann Hogg (who is pregnant with child) at Hurworth …
Read MoreD/X 666/65 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington Poor Law, Sunderland and other records
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Photograph of Robert Hogg; student – missionary secretary; nickname 'Professor Bolt'; signature – R. Hogg …
Read MoreD/X 2025/1(34) – Miscellaneous documents – Bede College, Durham: photograph album of W.H. Bateman
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23 October 1858 (1)James Pickard of Tow Law …
Read MoreD/X 1193/20/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Newby, Robson & Cadle of 10-11 Finkle Street, Stockton on Tees, solicitors
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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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Review of the Work of the Compensation Department during the Year 1926, [1927] – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – E-H
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Engraving entitled 'The Cathedral Church of Durham' …
Read MoreD/CL 27/82/3 – Durham County Library Collection – Durham Prints, R.W. Benton
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7 and 8 March 1796 (1) Thomas Robinson Grey of Norton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1497-1498 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Note of C.S. Bell's opinion of the valuation of Cowl House and Ridley Hills Farms by Messrs. Pierson and Hogg …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 56/151 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places Ch to G)
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 4A of Wellfield Secondary School …
Read MoreE/E/G239(9) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Independent Methodist Church Challenge Shield Winners
Read Moreseah0098 – Local Authority Records
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – 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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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Newcastle District (No.3) … for the year 1893, 1894 – E-H
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Memorial scroll of Private W. Hogg …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/328/1 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Ho
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11 May 1378 (1) William de Daynthorpp of Corbridge …
Read MoreEP/Du.SM 553 – Durham St. Margaret Parish – Churchwardens: Parish property
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 6/1/7(53) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Royal Artillery
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 129 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Receipt of Harriet Knatbull for £416 from Thomas Hogg for the mortgage of lands at Willington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1491 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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6 June 1807 (1) Matthew Wadeson …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2010-2011 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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2 July 1814 (1) Lord Viscount Barrington …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2923 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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Covenant re the title to copyhold land in Norton …
Read MoreD/X 455/1(842) – Miscellaneous documents – Christopher Johnson and son, of Durham City, lawyers
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Letter to Leonard Raisbeck …
Read MoreD/X 532/16 – Miscellaneous documents – John Ebblewhite of Stockton, bankrupt
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1965 – 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' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, May 1916 – December 1917 – 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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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – E-H
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – 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 1920 – May 1921 – E-H
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 81 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 113 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 127 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North