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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 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Robert H. Edleston from S.G. Humphrey …
Read MoreD/Ed 12/3/1368 – Edleston family of Gainford – Correspondence (part 3)
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19 October 1922 (1) Margaret Jane Robson (wife of Thomas Robson) of Melville Street …
Read MoreD/X 1007/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Blackhall Colliery and Durham City deeds
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3 July 1923 (1) Eleanor and Elizabeth Ann Humphrey of Middle Street …
Read MoreD/X 1007/4 – Miscellaneous documents – Blackhall Colliery and Durham City deeds
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3 May 1620 (1) George Meanes of Trimdon …
Read MoreD/X 562/42 – Miscellaneous documents – Trimdon deeds
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.4: Canchmen's Average Book, 1899 – 1914 – E-H
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10 June 1690 (1) Humphrey and Rowland Wall …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1720 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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2 May 1786 (1) John Adamson of Hurworth …
Read MoreEP/Hur 7/4 – Hurworth All Saints Parish
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Four Generations Of The Humphrey Family
Read Moreeasc0055 – Local Authority Records
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
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Correspondence of Thomas Humphrey (Company Secretary) with various people (arranged alphabetically) …
Read MoreD/Va 177 – Vaux Breweries
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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 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 133 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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12 February 1739 / 1740 (1) Thomas Reed …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1032 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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10 June 1776 Will of Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby …
Read MoreD/X 687/34 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Old Elvet deeds: Doubleday and Foster families
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List of cattle …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/20 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Miscellaneous documents – Trimdon deeds
Read MoreD/X 562 – Other Records
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Receipted invoice from Caroline Humphrey to John Bowes for making the office fire …
Read MoreD/X 1493/378 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1961 – E-H
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Treasurers' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – 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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Cases referred to arbitration, etc., 1900 – 1918 – E-H
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – E-H
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1944] – loose sheet – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – 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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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 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Ronald Gordon Humphrey (industrial disease) [364] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1672 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Michael Humphrey (R) [172] …
Read MoreCOR/S/2/107 – South Durham Coroner – Inquest files
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25 April 1739 (1) Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1024 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – E-H
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Letters to Major E. Brown …
Read MoreD/DLI 1/4/15 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Regiment
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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1896 – 1899 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – E-H
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Miscellaneous correspondence of Thomas Humphrey (Company Secretary) …
Read MoreD/Va 178 – Vaux Breweries
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Joseph Edleston from W.G. Humphrey …
Read MoreD/Ed 12/2/653 – Edleston family of Gainford – Correspondence (part 2)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 96 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 114 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 121 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Crawleyside Inquest: Thomas Bennett …
Read MoreCOR/NW/2/50 – North-West Durham Coroner – Inquest files
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Margaret Hannah Humphrey (natural causes) [547] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1822 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files