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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 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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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 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Pension Fund register …
Read MoreD/Co 56/11 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Correspondence between Huntley …
Read MoreD/HH 10/1/304-339 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: R.S. Bagnall and Sons of Winlaton
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 12 January 1911 – 13 February 1913 – 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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Lumley 6th Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 24 June 1961 – week ending 28 March 1964 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, August 1917 – June 1919 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, February 1937 – September 1939 – E-H
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3 December 1873 (1) Thomas Henry Boyd (2) William Henry Marshall of Durham …
Read MoreEP/Du.SG 146 – Durham St. Giles Parish – Churchwardens
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Copy decree in the case of Mary Gregson …
Read MoreEP/St 12/36 – Stanhope St. Thomas Parish – Charities
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18 May 1741 (1) John Gray of Durham …
Read MoreD/CG 13/210 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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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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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, December 1902 – June 1904 – E-H
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Photograph of F. Huntley …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/342/4 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Hu to Hy
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27 July 1769 (1) Thomas Huntley of East Burdon …
Read MoreD/CG 13/217 – Clayton and Gibson – Hildyard family of Horsley Hall
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Letter from Rev. H. Saxby to Messrs. Joseph Huntley & Son …
Read MoreEP/Ja.Pe 4/55 – Jarrow St. Peter (Monkton) Parish
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Letter from R. H. Huntley …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/297/4 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 88 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 129 – 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 153 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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27 October 1830 (1) Ralph Park Philipson of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/X 1334/11 – Miscellaneous documents – Heworth, Heworth Shore and Sunderland property belonging to John George Joicey
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1965 – E-H
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1957 – E-H
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Lists of men, employed at Usworth Colliery, who have forfeited their right to the minimum wage, because of absence from work, under Rule No. 4 of the Durham District Rules in force under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, No. 31 Pay – ending 7 August 1915 – No. 51 Pay ending 25 December 1915 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1912 – June 1913 – E-H
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, September 1920 – May 1921 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – E-H
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Certificate of discharge of F. Huntley …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/342/3 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Hu to Hy
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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 113 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 119 – 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 137 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 144 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 155 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 158 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 6 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Photograph of a group of women taken at a W.I. tea party …
Read MoreD/WI 3/149/11 – Durham County Women’s Institutes
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1 May 1872 (1) Richard Hodgson Huntley of Carham Hall …
Read MoreEP/Bur 4/1 – Burnopfield St. James Parish
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2 November 1882 (1) William Proud of Sherburn Hill …
Read MoreEP/Du.SG 149 – Durham St. Giles Parish – Churchwardens
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Group photograph of the sergeants of the 17th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/17/1(17) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 10th – 70th Battalions
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Copy award of the division of Westoe Common Fields by the Commissioners …
Read MoreEP/SS.SH 14/326 – South Shields St. Hilda Parish – 14 Miscellaneous
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2 February 1786 (1) John Gregson of East Burdon …
Read MoreD/X 523/16 – Miscellaneous documents – East Murton deeds
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – E-H
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between E-H.