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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 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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John Jobson holding book …
D/Wn 12/10/2 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Mary Jobson …
D/Wn 12/10/4 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Mary Jobson with hand resting on her chin …
D/Wn 12/10/5 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Originally enclosed with D/Wn 26/3/38 …
D/Wn 26/3/40 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Originally enclosed with D/Wn 26/3/38 …
D/Wn 26/3/44 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Ambrotype photograph of Margarette Louisa Watson …
D/Wn 11/6 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Letter …
D/Wn 15/14(1-3) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Originally enclosed with D/Wn 26/3/4 …
D/Wn 26/3/11 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letter from Shirley Lenderyou …
D/Wn 26/3/18 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letter from Shirley Lenderyou …
D/Wn 26/3/24 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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1 June 1870 (1) John Richardson of West Hartlepool …
D/WM 102 – Wilkinson and Marshall – solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Correspondence received by J.D. Holmes from Alfred Jobson concerning the laying of a drain across the road …
D/HH 10/18/111-113 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Turnpikes
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24 November 1864 (1) Robert Booth of Etherley …
D/DBS 7/3/12 – Darlington Building Society
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Methodist Worthies …
D/X 1308/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Methodist biographies; Robert Brydon, horse breeder; Durham City in Bloom
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1965 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, June 1913 – March 1914 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Usworth Lodge, Loan and repayment book, 1926 – 1927 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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John Thomas Jobson and Hannah Elizabeth Simpson …
SF/Da/MM 7/30(44) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Alfred Jones and Edith Mary Jobson …
SF/Da/MM 7/30(49) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Letter from I. Verity of Bondgate …
M/Da 816 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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19 August 1872 (1) Robert Stainton Ellis …
M/Da 1156 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Letter from William Ernest Bishop …
M/Da 840 – Darlington Methodist Circuit – Individual churches A – E
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List of 'Former Mineworkers not eligible for Mineworkers Pension Scheme' – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, November 1916 – September 1917 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Usworth Lodge, Record of stonemen's, bordroom-men's, drawer's, and repairer's wages, 1920 – 1928 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages, 1908 – 1919 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1927 – 1933 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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30 July 1863 (1) Robert Booth of Etherley …
D/DBS 7/3/11 – Darlington Building Society
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Group photograph of soldiers of the 2 January 1926 Squad …
D/DLI 7/449/3 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mac to Mar
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Keepsake book containing poems …
D/Wn 11/1 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Crest of the Jobson family of Northumberland …
D/Wn 12/3 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Photograph of Mary Jobson …
D/Wn 12/15 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Album containing photographs of various members of the Watson family and other families related by marriage …
D/Wn 1/5 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Letter from '[Ha?]ttie' [Margarette Louisa Jobson] …
D/Wn 10/7 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Ambrotype photograph of Margarette Louisa Watson …
D/Wn 11/5 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Letter from 'Granny' [Mary Jobson] …
D/Wn 15/10(1-2) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 1-19
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Letter from Durham Record Office …
D/Wn 26/3/5 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Copy letter from [J.] Merryne Watson …
D/Wn 26/3/33 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letter from Shirley Lenderyou …
D/Wn 26/3/34 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 88 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Letter from Mr. F.W. Jobson …
D/BAFC 43/5 – Bishop Auckland Football Club
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Letter from Mr. F.W. Jobson …
D/BAFC 43/9 – Bishop Auckland Football Club
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Memorandum from Thomas Dennison to Alfred Jobson concerning donations to Bondgate Chapel …
M/Da 791 – Darlington Methodist Circuit