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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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Elizabeth Jane Kirby (natural causes) [2803] …
COR/CD 2/1195 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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M. P. Kirby …
P/14/8/1598 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Copy photograph of Sister Kirby …
D/Ph 386/141 – Photocopies and photographs – Sedgefield Hospital and Spennymoor Labour Party
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Cabinet print vignette of the wife of Mr. Kirby …
D/X 1584/6 – Miscellaneous documents – Dyer family of West Hartlepool
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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 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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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 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Group photograph of officers of the 68th Light Infantry …
D/DLI 2/1/266(57) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of Captain Robert Fry Kirby …
D/DLI 2/1/269(4) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph …
D/DLI 2/1/278(176) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of officers R.B.Y. Simpson …
D/DLI 2/1/278(205) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of a rugby team of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/278(414) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Letter to Colonel W.I. Watson …
D/DLI 2/6/11(646) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Photograph …
D/DLI 2/1/280(476) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Photograph taken at the Light Infantry Club Dinner …
D/DLI 2/1/280(517) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Postcard photograph of the sergeants of 'B' Company …
D/DLI 7/805/95 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Servicemen (First World War)
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General Election accounts, 1918 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 28 June 1901 – 4 May 1903 – 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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Group photograph of the rugby team of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/278(449) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph …
D/DLI 2/1/230(7) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Newspaper cutting concerning Major M.J. Kirby …
D/DLI 2/6/11(652) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Magazine cutting concerning the golden wedding anniversary of G.L. Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby …
D/DLI 7/380/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames K: Ki to Kn
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M. C. Kirby …
P/14/8/1597 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Copy of a photograph of Second Lieutenant G.D. Dunn's first patrol …
D/DLI 7/869/1(208) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames D: Du to Dy
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Photograph of Major M.J. Kirby …
D/DLI 2/6/11(561) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 23 – 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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William Dodsworth and Eliza Sarah Kirby …
SF/Da/MM 7/29(2) – Darlington Monthly Quaker Meeting
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Notice and plan of two cottages for Robert Kirby on the west side of Pensbury Street …
Da/NG 2/366 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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17 April 1970 (1) Parish Council of Sedgefield (2) Jean Kirby Agreement by (1) to employ (2) as caretaker of the parish hall …
CP/Se 71 – Sedgefield Civil Parish
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Photograph of Major Kirby …
D/DLI 2/6/11(788) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – 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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Arbitration committee minutes – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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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 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 9 February 1905 – 7 February 1907 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Group photograph of officers of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/267(42) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Group photograph of a hockey team [possibly of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/278(58) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of a rugby team [possibly of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/278(73) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Group photograph of the headquarters staff of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/278(445) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Group photograph of the Headquarters Staff of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/81(3) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of the rugby team of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/81(8) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 81 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Photograph of Major M. Kirby …
D/DLI 2/6/11(356) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Photograph of a group of soldiers consulting aerial photographs …
D/DLI 2/6/126(19) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Correspondence between John Young …
CP/Has 85 – Haswell Civil Parish
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Correspondents include: T. Dixon and Son …
D/HH 1/4/10/1-422 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters