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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 Jean Stark and her son …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/968/3(17) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: St
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1916 – 1918 – I-N
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/279(272) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, awards, August 1912 – February 1918 – I-N
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Photograph of the Leslie grandparents …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/968/3(10) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: St
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Part letter from [Wilson Pease] to 'Mahdi' expressing his opinions of Dr. Leslie …
Read MoreD/XD 64/2/50 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Pease family papers, the bequest of J.C. Gurney Pease of Holdip Hill, Newbury, Berks.
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Minute book of Executive Committee Meetings, 25 January 1937 – 13 September 1937 – I-N
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Michael Leslie Gaskell (open) [606] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1205 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of the Antrim Princess built in 1967 by Hawthorn Leslie …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1607 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Photograph of Granny Stark [Jean Neilson Leslie] and Aunt Esther …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/968/3(2) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: St
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Letter from Nell …
Read MoreD/X 1856/18 – Miscellaneous documents – Browney Methodist Church and Mr J.L. Long of Willington
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C. H. Leslie …
Read MoreP/14/8/1666 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Conversion of Hawthorn Cottage at Shotley Bridge into two cottages …
Read MoreUD/Ben 22/417 – Benfieldside Urban District Council
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Photograph of the Olynthus …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1608 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Letter from Thomas James Leslie …
Read MoreD/Pe 6/57 – Pease family of Darlington – Personal
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Re his studies at Edinburgh (lecturers in mathematics …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 51-54 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 1)
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Alfred Leslie Manners (suicide) …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/391 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Letter from Marion [Norel] …
Read MoreD/X 1856/13/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Browney Methodist Church and Mr J.L. Long of Willington
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Letter from Freda …
Read MoreD/X 1856/19 – Miscellaneous documents – Browney Methodist Church and Mr J.L. Long of Willington
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Letter from Wilson [Pease] to 'dearest Mahdi' …
Read MoreD/XD 64/2/40 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Pease family papers, the bequest of J.C. Gurney Pease of Holdip Hill, Newbury, Berks.
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None – I-N
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Hamsteels Lodge, minutes, 1896 – 1899 – I-N
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John Leslie (accidental death) [436] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/2026 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph carte de visite …
Read MoreND/De 693/45 – Derwentside District Council (1974 – 2009) – Steel Industry, photographs, etc.
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Letter from E. J. & A. McMurdo Leslie …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/577/12 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Statutory declaration of Ernest Leslie Proud …
Read MoreD/Laz 86 – G.W. Lazenby and Company (building contractors)
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Photographs of boat club …
Read MoreE/HB 2/682 – College of St. Hild and St. Bede – College of the Venerable Bede
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – I-N
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Newspaper cutting concerning an address …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/11(638) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Ref No: D/DLI 1/8/38 Temp No: 10 Acc No: 9295 The Bugle: Issue Number 10 …
Read MoreD/DLI 18/1/10 – Durham Light Infantry Records – The Rifles Regiment
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Alterations to pantry and coal house …
Read MoreUD/Ben 22/312 – Benfieldside Urban District Council
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/X 1545/11 – Miscellaneous documents – James Vincent Whitney (born 1932) of Stanley
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Plan of proposed wood byre …
Read MoreRD/La 143/814 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Vane Tempest Lodge, aged miners' rent payments, 1945 – 1954 – I-N
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Newspaper cutting …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/402/2 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames L: Le
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Photograph of the Olna …
Read MoreCC/PLANNING 1601 – Durham County Council (1888 – 1974) – Planning Department: County Durham Development Company photographs
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Cross-section and elevation of organ installation at the West U.F. Church …
Read MoreD/Ha 150/327/1 – Harrison and Harrison (organ builders) of Durham City – Organ Plans
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Plan of proposed house …
Read MoreRD/La 143/1021 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
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Letter from Thomas James Leslie …
Read MoreD/Pe 6/59 – Pease family of Darlington – Personal
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Letter from Ella …
Read MoreD/X 1856/21 – Miscellaneous documents – Browney Methodist Church and Mr J.L. Long of Willington
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Photocopies and photographs – Postcards of Teesdale
Read MoreD/Ph 506 – Other Records
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Richard, Frank, Cecil, Leslie and William Garthwaite In Playground
Read Morethor0018 – Local Authority Records
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.2, 5 January 1920 – 5 December 1921 – I-N
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – I-N
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Photograph of Alexander Elder Stark and his son …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/968/3(20) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: St
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Jean Mary Leslie …
Read MoreCOR/CW/2/313 – Chester Ward West Coroner – Inquest files
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George Leslie Race (industrial disease) …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/198 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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David Leslie Sturdy (accidental death) [1032] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/3135 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Faculty for the removal of the brass sanctuary lamp from its present position to the side chapel of St. Oswald …
Read MoreEP/Bi 4/71 – Billingham St. Cuthbert Parish – Churchwardens