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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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Photograph of General John Lambton from the Durham County Advertiser; 23 March 1973 …
Read MoreD/DLI 14/3/157(2) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Printed material
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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 118 – 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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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – LAMBTON, W.H., of Western Hill, trade-unionist; first president and later secretary and paid agent of the Enginemen's Association
Read MoreLAMBTON, W.H., of Western Hill, trade-unionist; first president and later secretary and paid agent of the Enginemen's Association…
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25 November 1816; copy made 8 May 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton …
Read MoreD/El 36/55 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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8 February 1827; copy made 10 April 1827 (1) John George Lambton of Lambton Castle …
Read MoreD/El 36/65 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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Abstract of releases …
Read MoreD/El 36/78 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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3 April 1642 (1) Robert Lambton and Thomas Theobalds of Aislaby …
Read MoreD/El 1/7 – Eldon Estate – Introduction and contents; Deeds: Aislaby
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2 and 3 June 1769 (1) James Dunn of Great Chilton …
Read MoreD/El 15/5-6 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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17 June 1797 (1) John Mason of Littleburn …
Read MoreD/El 15/17 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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20 January 1728/29 (1) William Wall of Great Chilton …
Read MoreD/El 15/30 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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22 November 1799 (1) Thomas Cumins …
Read MoreD/El 15/35 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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28 June 1745 (1) Joseph Walton of Gateshead …
Read MoreD/El 15/43 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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2 May 1749 (1) John Brown of Sidgate without the Walls …
Read MoreD/El 15/44 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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31 May 1805 (1) Christopher Mason …
Read MoreD/El 15/53-54 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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12 and 13 May 1806 (1) Robert Surtees of Mainsforth …
Read MoreD/El 15/71-72 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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27 and 28 November 1834 (1) Christopher Mason of Great Chilton …
Read MoreD/El 15/99-100 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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Instructions issued by the trustees of the will of Lord Chancellor Eldon to Robert R.A. Hawkins of Lincoln's Inn …
Read MoreD/El 15/164 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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Memoranda on the working near Flint Mill at Herrington Burn at the request of Lord Lambton and Lord Stewart for the division of the Maudlin Seam …
Read MoreD/Lo/B 233 – Londonderry Estates – Business Records (part 1)
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18 July 1736 (1) Jane Nicholson of West Rainton …
Read MoreD/St/D9/1/13 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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9 March 1691/92 (1) Henry Lambton of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/St/D9/4/10 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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8 and 9 August 1763 (1) William Lambton of Lambton …
Read MoreD/St/D13/5/42 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Multiple estates (Including Family Settlements and Estate Acts)
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Three messuages in Lombard Street originally belonging to Ralph Lambton and sold to John Tempest in 1734 for £200. Schedule 1725 – 1738 372 List of the tenants of the houses …
Read MoreD/Lo/D 363-374 – Londonderry Estates – Deeds (part 1)
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Lambton …
Read MoreD/Lo/C 86 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence (part 1)
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28 & 29 November 1753 (1) William Walton of White House …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/260-261 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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Photographs taken by John Surtees at Heighington of the memorial stone commemorating: Robert and Elizabeth Surtees of Redworth Hall; their sons …
Read MoreD/X 1022/164 – Miscellaneous documents – Surtees family records
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Durham …
Read MoreD/X 1207/3/73 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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Letter from the third Marquess of Londonderry to Sir Cuthbert Sharpe …
Read MoreD/X 346/2(46) – Miscellaneous documents – Port of Sunderland customs; Londonderry correspondence
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Letter from the third Marquess of Londonderry to Sir Cuthbert Sharpe …
Read MoreD/X 346/2(48) – Miscellaneous documents – Port of Sunderland customs; Londonderry correspondence
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Letter from the third Marquess of Londonderry to Sir Cuthbert Sharpe …
Read MoreD/X 346/2(49) – Miscellaneous documents – Port of Sunderland customs; Londonderry correspondence
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Election broadside supporting John George Lambton in the 1820 Parliamentary election …
Read MoreD/X 323/3 – Miscellaneous documents – South Shields, Sunderland, Barnard Castle, Chopwell etc.
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30 June 1909 (1) Arthur Lucas and Edward Hutchinson (2) Arthur Lucas of Bournemouth …
Read MoreD/X 635/60 – Miscellaneous documents – Cockerton, The Hall and Faverdale Farm, deeds
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Letter from Nicholas Halhead of Durham to Henry Wilkinson at Sherburn House …
Read MoreD/X 487/3/71 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 4)
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Letter from William Hugall of Durham to Henry Wilkinson concerning a meeting between the former s brother and the latter to discuss the Lambton case …
Read MoreD/X 487/3/72 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 4)
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Copy letter from Henry Wilkinson to Henry Lambton concerning the proposed agreement between himself and the Bishop …
Read MoreD/X 487/3/74 – Miscellaneous documents – Records transferred from Darlington Library (part 4)
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – I-N
Read MoreContains 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
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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An unrecorded Beilby goblet
Read MoreSubtitle: (bearing the arms and monogram of Nicholas Lambton of Biddick Hall: an excerpt from 'Glass notes No.12 December 1952.
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Newspaper cutting concerning the funeral of John George [Lambton] …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/64(41) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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7 July 1724 Copy will of Margaret Conyers of Durham City …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2270 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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14 April 1729 (1) Freville Lambton and Thomas Lambton (2) Nicholas Lambton of Biddick Watervil …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2617 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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11 January 1736/37 (1) Sir Hugh Smithson …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2627 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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11 October 1748 (1) George Stevenson of Appleby …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2637 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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4 July 1749 (1) John Burdon …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2640 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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Abstract of title …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2670 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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8 January 1744/45 (1) Robert Fawcett of Serjeants Inn …
Read MoreD/Br/D 3030 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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15 and 16 March 1744 / 1745 (1) George Johnson …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1194-1195 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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12 May 1651 (1) Michaell Hall …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1419 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B