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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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Photograph of Geoffrey Lambert and Elizabeth Hook …
D/DDS 1/5/241(1) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 September 1912 – 2 May 1913 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Photograph of J[ohn] Hook …
E/W/G 166/5 – Wolsingham School
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Photograph of Bernard Easton; non-student – 'Tiche I'; nickname 'Hook' From photograph album of W.H. Bateman …
D/X 2025/1(64) – Miscellaneous documents – Bede College, Durham: photograph album of W.H. Bateman
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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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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Pauline Ramsden …
D/DDS 1/5/241(14) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Ian Woodhouse …
D/DDS 1/5/241(17) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Sixty five letters from the actor …
D/X 772/23 – Miscellaneous documents – Personal and Literary Papers of Virginia Surtees
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Pension Fund register …
D/Co 56/12 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Geoff Lambert …
D/DDS 1/5/241(19) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 August 1911 – 11 November 1911 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 8 March 1912 – 16 September 1912 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, December 1901 – December 1902 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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None – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Ronald Robert William Hook (industrial disease) [551] …
COR/CD 2/1947 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Log book …
E/SW 171 – Shildon Council Junior Mixed School
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Pauline Ramsden …
D/DDS 1/5/241(13) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 9 March 1914 – 3 July 1914 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.2: North Pit, 1899 – 1908 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Arbitration committee minutes – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Leslie Hook (natural causes) [579] …
COR/Du.N 2/3103 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 1C of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
E/E/G238(18) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Review of the Work of the Compensation Department during the Year 1928, [1929] – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book, no.1: Maudlin; Main Coal; Busty, West Maudlin, N.E. Maudlin; Both Maudlin and all seams, 1899 – 1911 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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14 March 1702 (1) Henry Nevill and John Hook …
D/El 42/2 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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List of 'These Old Boys Who Fell In The Great War 1914-1918' Jack Miller Jack Carr Edward Fairless Alec Richardson John Hook Harry Stobbs Ernest Pattinson Joseph Crowe Oliver Richmond Harry Webster Bertie Ward Noble Lacey James Hopper John Horn Jack Waller Thompson Maddison Harry Langstaff Harry Drummond …
E/W/G 165 – Wolsingham School
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Illustrated list of officers and men of the companies of the 2nd Battalion …
D/DLI 2/2/31A – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of Ian Woodhouse and Elizabeth Hook …
D/DDS 1/5/241(18) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Geoff Lambert …
D/DDS 1/5/241(20) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Solicitors' account, 1913 – 1915 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Letters out (copies), June 1916 – January 1917 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1884 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Sick department register – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Photograph of Geoffrey Lambert and Elizabeth Hook …
D/DDS 1/5/241(2) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Pauline Ramsden …
D/DDS 1/5/241(16) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1923-1926 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Department, Report of Proceedings of the Arbitration Committee … (labelled 'Compensation Minutes, etc.'), 23 November 1928 – 4 November 1929 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Arbitration committee minutes – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Photograph of Elizabeth Hook and Pauline Ramsden …
D/DDS 1/5/241(15) – Durham Dramatic Society – Photographs