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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 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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6 April 1861 (1) Edward Western of Bedford Row …
Read MoreD/St/D1/10/73 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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28 April 1865 (1) Claude Bowes Lyon of Bognor …
Read MoreD/St/D1/13/4 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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Petitioner's answer to respondent's plea for alimony …
Read MoreD/St/L1/20/11 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 3)
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Messrs. Woodcock and Barnard's bills of costs due from Thomas Lyon …
Read MoreD/St/L3/11 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Lawyers’ bills of costs
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Copy bill …
Read MoreD/St/L1/2/1 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 1)
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Answer and examination of Henry Bourne …
Read MoreD/St/L1/2/7 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 1)
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'A Plan of the Manors of Mickleton and Lune …
Read MoreD/St/P4/1/2A – Strathmore Estate – Plans: Wemmergill Estate
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Letters from various people to the Earl of Strathmore concerning miscellaneous estate and personal matters …
Read MoreD/St/C1/18/6 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 6) Davison and Earls of Strathmore
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Letters from various people to the Earl of Strathmore concerning miscellaneous estate and personal matters …
Read MoreD/St/C1/18/10 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 6) Davison and Earls of Strathmore
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Letters from the 13th Earl of Strathmore and others to William Ralston (and letters from various people to the Earl dealt with by Ralston) concerning the administration of the Durham and Yorkshire properties …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/246 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from the 13th Earl of Strathmore and others to William Ralston (and letters from various people to the Earl dealt with by Ralston) concerning the administration of the Durham and Yorkshire properties …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/249 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from the 13th Earl of Strathmore and others to William Ralston (and letters from various people to the Earl dealt with by Ralston) concerning the administration of the Durham and Yorkshire properties …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/253 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/261 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/265 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning the administration of his Durham and Yorkshire estates …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/266 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from the Countess of Strathmore to William Ralston concerning visits to the Durham and Yorkshire estates by the Strathmore family …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/286 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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Letters from various members of the Bowes-Lyon family …
Read MoreD/St/C2/19/291 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 4) William Ralston
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22 December 1865 (1) Sir William Aloyzius Clavering of Axwell Park …
Read MoreD/St/D5/7/57 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 2, D/St/D/5/6-7)
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3 October 1887 (1) Claude Bowes Lyon …
Read MoreD/St/D3/7/35 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 2, D/St/D/3/4-12)
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4 July 1873 (1) Adelbert Wellington Brownlow …
Read MoreD/St/D3/1/28 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 1, D/St/D/3/1-3)
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1 August 1754 (1) Jane …
Read MoreD/St/D9/6/55 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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25 September 1790 (1) Mary Eleanor …
Read MoreD/St/D13/4/32 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Multiple estates (Including Family Settlements and Estate Acts)
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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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Schedule of prices of north-eastern coal at London …
Read MoreD/St/B1/23/12 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 4) Working, transport, sale and general coal affairs
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1852 (1) Edward Western of Great James Street …
Read MoreD/St/B1/6/72 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 2) Partnership and partnership collieries
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Letter from William Rowntree …
Read MoreD/St/C1/6/5 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 3) Bowes and Strathmore
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Account of annuities and jointure paid by the Earl and Countess of Strathmore to Mrs. Mary Bowes …
Read MoreD/St/C1/6/9 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 3) Bowes and Strathmore
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Letter from Mr. Wren …
Read MoreD/St/C1/10/2 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 4) Bowes and Strathmore
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27 April 1853 (1) Henry Belward Ray …
Read MoreD/HH 5/2/419 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Purchases and sales
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1823 (1) Charles Lyon of Binchester …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/24/30 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Praecipe and concord …
Read MoreD/HH 3/6/268 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Romaldkirk
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18 July 1860 (1) Timothy Hutchinson (2) Edward Western …
Read MoreD/HH 5/2/263 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Purchases and sales
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1866 (1) Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon …
Read MoreD/HH 5/2/281 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Purchases and sales
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Copy of a letter from James W. Lyon …
Read MoreD/Ph 79/4 – Photocopies and photographs – Joseph John Wright of Sunderland, solicitor and agent of Londonderry family
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20 April 1891 (1) John Lyon of Pakefield St Johns …
Read MoreD/X 1181/14 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of the estate of the Jolliffe family, barons Hylton, at Chester le Street and elsewhere
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18 November 1907 (1) Charles Hylton Jolliffe of Newbus Grange …
Read MoreD/X 1181/26 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of the estate of the Jolliffe family, barons Hylton, at Chester le Street and elsewhere
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9 November 1883 (1) The Hon. Anne Isabella Noel Blunt …
Read MoreD/X 1181/103 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of the estate of the Jolliffe family, barons Hylton, at Chester le Street and elsewhere
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23 June 1778 (1)John Clutterbuck of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/X 1193/38/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Newby, Robson & Cadle of 10-11 Finkle Street, Stockton on Tees, solicitors
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14 May 1832 (1) Charles Wren Lyon of Binchester …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2326 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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12 September 1826 (1) William Russell …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2690-2691 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 07) places S
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Letter from Hon. C[laud] B[owes-] Lyon …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/160/16 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from Hon. C[laud] B[owes-] Lyon …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/160/20 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – I-N
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – I-N
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Group photograph of 'HQ' Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(13) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Copy of the entry in Houghton le Spring registers for the marriage 12 July 1768 of John Simpson junior and the Hon. Lady Ann Lyon …
Read MoreD/CG 6/1101 – Clayton and Gibson – Bute, including Windsor, Clavering of Chopwell etc. (part 2)
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17 September 1902 (1) Henry Archibald MacKenzie (2) The Earl of Strathmore (3) Hon. Patrick Bowes Lyon of Skeynes …
Read MoreD/HH 5/2/133 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Purchases and sales
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187[7 9] (1) John Dickonson Holmes (2) John Bowes (3) The Rt. Hon. Claude Bowes Lyon …
Read MoreD/HH 5/2/234 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Purchases and sales
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1875 (1) Revd. Frederick Brown …
Read MoreD/HH 5/2/265 – Hanby Holmes – Strathmore Estates: Purchases and sales