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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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Postcard group photograph of the officers of the 9th Battalion …
D/DLI 7/701/2(82) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames T: Th to Ti
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Jennifer Ann Marshall (SIDS) [1030] …
COR/Du.N 3/140P – Durham North Coroner – Non-inquest files
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John David Marshall (killed himself) [456] …
COR/Du.S 2/3173 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Tamara Marshall (natural causes) [347] …
COR/Du.S 2/1670 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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John Kenneth Marshall (natural causes) [1050] …
COR/Du.S 2/2883 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – MARSHALL, Charles, of Gilesgate, dentist; later landlord of the Castle Hotel, Bamborough
MARSHALL, Charles, of Gilesgate, dentist; later landlord of the Castle Hotel, Bamborough…
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – MARSHALL, George, of Palace Green, employed by the University of Durham for over fifty years
MARSHALL, George, of Palace Green, employed by the University of Durham for over fifty years…
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – MARSHALL, William, solicitor, of Hartlepool
MARSHALL, William, solicitor, of Hartlepool…
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Index to family trees in Robert Surtees, 'The History of the County Palatine of Durham' – Marshall family of Selaby see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.4(1), p.21
Marshall family of Selaby see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.4(1), p.21
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Durham Dramatic Society – The Development of the City Theatre
D/DDS – Charity and Society Records
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22 February 1750 (1) Catherine Burder …
D/Ed 10/4/4 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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19 October 1779 (1) William Perrin of Buckden …
D/Ed 10/4/13 – Edleston family of Gainford – Estate Papers
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Photograph of Kathleen Marshall' s miniature theatre showing a Christmas interior scene …
D/Wn 24/45 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letter from Anne Watson …
D/Wn 24/12 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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Letters from J.M. Jones …
D/Wn 24/52/1-6 – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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27 February 1666/67 (1) Richard Clarke of Houghton in the Spring …
D/St/D9/4/3 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Lands inherited from the Nicholson family
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Draft letter from Kathleen [Marshall] to 'Verly' [Calverly Bewicke] …
D/Wn 23/18(1-4) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 20-23
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Pension Fund register …
D/Co 56/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Plans and notice of intention to rebuild for two houses and shops on the north-east side of [18 and 26] Whessoe Lane …
Da/NG 2/31 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Invitation of Battalion Quartermaster-Sergeant and Mrs. T. Marshall to the annual ball of 'B' Company …
D/DLI 7/456/21 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mac to Mar
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10 July 1844 (1) John Wilson of Low Stotfold …
D/DBS 7/7/11 – Darlington Building Society
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Requisition by John Edwin Marshall …
D/DM 140 – Durham Markets Company
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Transfer of £100 stock to John Bruce of Front Street …
D/GSB 38/43 – Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company
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21 December 1917 (1) Frederick William Mohun (2) Nora Marshall of Westgarth …
Du 1/50/271 – Durham City Council (1179 – 1974) – Corporation property
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Letter from Christopher Sandamas …
DCC/CH 4/1 – Durham County Council (2009-) – Durham County Council Chair and Mayor of Durham, Honorary Freemen
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Photograph …
D/X 1520/545 – Miscellaneous documents – Northern Echo photographs, used in North Magazine
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Notice and plans of three houses [69-71a] on the east side of Stanhope Road …
Da/NG 2/1727 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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30 July 1855 (1) Thomas Horncastle Marshall of Wyther Cottage …
D/X 679/23 – Miscellaneous documents – Newsham deeds
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16 April 1794 (1) Thomas Marshall of Old Elvet …
D/X 2033/1/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Peele and McFarlane Veterinary Practice, Elvet Waterside and Hallgarth Street Durham
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14 April 1864 (1) William Walton of Medomsley …
D/X 1056/186 – Miscellaneous documents – Snowball, Tucker and Bibby, solicitors, Consett
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27 July 1839 (1)William Skinner the Elder …
D/X 1193/8/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Newby, Robson & Cadle of 10-11 Finkle Street, Stockton on Tees, solicitors
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16 September 1897 (1) Andrew Wallace of 146 Northumberland Street …
D/X 1413/1/34 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City deeds
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29 December 1888 (1) Christopher Rowlandson of Durham …
D/X 1325/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Deeds to a field in Gilesgate Moor, Durham City
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Eight houses on north side of Upper John Street …
Da/NG 2/2093 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Two houses on south side of Brighton Road …
Da/NG 2/2372 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Diary …
D/X 914/11 – Miscellaneous documents – Diaries of John Pease of Darlington
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Copy of letter of A.J. Steavenson at Darlington …
D/X 497/4/26(iv) – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington deeds of John Harris of ‘Woodside’, civil engineer (part 1)
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – 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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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 October 1923 – 16 July 1925 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, August 1917 – June 1919 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, December 1901 – December 1902 – I-N
Contains the records for people with surnames between I-N.