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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 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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L. H. Hunt …
P/14/8/1426 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Re coal trade regulation: doubts whether second class collieries included …
NCB I/JB 1476 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Letter from James Hunt …
D/St/C 5/38/9 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letters from various people to William Ralston concerning the Zetland Hunt …
D/St/C2/19/440 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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11 January 1899 (1) John Hunt of Lane Head Farm …
D/HH 5/4/326 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Sporting leases
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17 June 1889 (1) Mary Elizabeth Ellen Hodgson of Kirkbridge …
D/HH 2/10/766 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Photograph of the 'Supporters Solution' team of Philips Components …
D/X 1513/300 – Miscellaneous documents – L.G. Philips Displays (Durham) television tube manufacturers
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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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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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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
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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4 May 1743 (1) Peter Richardson of Stockton …
D/Br/D 2296 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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12 September 1826 (1) William Russell …
D/Br/D 2690-2691 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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27 August 1394 (1) William Toppyng of Corbridge (2) Robert Fayt …
EP/Du.SM 559 – Durham St. Margaret Parish – Churchwardens: Parish property
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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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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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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J. C. Hunt …
P/14/8/1427 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Fishburn Parish Council …
CP/Fi 54 – Fishburn Civil Parish
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1906 (1) Mary Ann Reah of Gainford …
D/HH 2/10/779 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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12 September 17 Edward IV [1477] (1) Conan Barton esquire and Robert Barton his son (2) John Symson and John his son Feoffment by (1) to (2) of a tenement with garden lying in Gateshead between tenement of chantry of Holy Trinity and tenement of said Conan and from king's highway at front to 'le Nether Kyrk' at back Consideration: 7 shillings p.a. at feasts of Pentecost and St. Martin in Hyeme [11 November]. Arrears of rent allow (1) to repossess Warranty clause Sealing clause Witnesses: William Cramlynaton …
EP/Ga.SM 14/50 – Gateshead St. Mary Parish
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Photograph of class teacher and pupils in Class 1H of Yohden Hall Comprehensive School …
E/E/G214(2) – Yohden Hall Comprehensive School
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Photograph of miners at the London Lead Company's Repair Yard at Hude Top; Middleton …
D/AR 42S – Arthur Roberts Papers – Lead mining and rural life in Teesdale and Weardale
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Marjorie Hunt (open) [191] …
COR/S/2/110 – South Durham Coroner – Inquest files
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Letter from Emmerson Hunt …
D/Ad 1/6/31 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for School Boards and Miscellaneous
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Durham C.C.C.: past, present and future / Jack Bannister and David Graveney; with statistics by Brian Hunt
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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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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1957 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1961 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Treasurers' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Treasurers' cash book, May 1916 – December 1917 – E-H
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Emma and Vicki Hunt – Village Cut Off By Snow
hesl0029 – Local Authority Records
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between E-H.
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Slide of a photograph showing Koske …
D/HLB 2/11/20 – Beadle Collection
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 48 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 60 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 71 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Patrick Hunt (criminal proceedings) [110] …
COR/Du.S 2/1109 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of pupils in form UV1 of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
E/E/G234(4) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Letters from the Diocesan Office …
EP/Whit 218 – Whitburn St. Mary Parish
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Copy letter of Henry Hunt …
D/Bo/G 53/86 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places Ch to G)
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21 July 1925 (1) Managers of St. Oswald's School (2) Ivy Hunt of 68 Ellison Street …
EP/Heb.SO 11/39 – Hebburn St. Oswalds Parish
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Group photograph of sergeants of the 68th Light Infantry …
D/DLI 2/1/313 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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General letters received (indexed) …
D/HH 1/4/126 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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General letters received …
D/HH 1/4/134 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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1 March 1889 (1) William Henry Mawson of Marton le Moor …
D/HH 2/10/798 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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Photograph of officers Laing …
D/DLI 2/7/18(19) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions