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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 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Neil Mowbray (open) [387] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/777 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Draft proposal for renewal of undertaking …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 2313 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – MOWBRAY, Sir J.R., bart., father of the House of Commons and for fifteen years Conservative M.P. for Durham City
Read MoreMOWBRAY, Sir J.R., bart., father of the House of Commons and for fifteen years Conservative M.P. for Durham City…
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Index to family trees in Robert Surtees, 'The History of the County Palatine of Durham' – Mowbray family of Ford see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.1, p.242
Read MoreMowbray family of Ford see Robert Surtees, The History … of Durham …, vol.1, p.242
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Letter from Henry Mowbray …
Read MoreD/St/C 5/600/11 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Marriage licences for John Richardson …
Read MoreD/Lo/F 991 – Londonderry Estates – Family and Personal Papers (part 2)
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5 and 6 March 1702/03 (1) Richard Stonehewer of Durham …
Read MoreD/St/D5/4/29 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 1, D/St/D/5/1-5)
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13 July 1782 (1) Robert Sevel (2) Arthur Mowbray of Sherburn House Agreement for the ploughing and spreading of lime on land at Garmondsway Moor and Raceby Hill …
Read MoreD/Sh.H 410 – Sherburn Hospital
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6 March 1657/58 (1) George Kirkham of Staindropp …
Read MoreD/HH 3/3/225 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Startforth and Boldron
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22 October 1706 (1) William Feilding …
Read MoreD/X 649/154 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster, Moses and Vane-Tempest families (part 2)
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13 July 1718 (1) John Bowes …
Read MoreD/X 649/155 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster, Moses and Vane-Tempest families (part 2)
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7 July 1634 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Frosterley …
Read MoreD/X 795/52 – Miscellaneous documents – Stanhope, Frosterley, Rogerley, and Rippon family records
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18 May 1708 (1) John Mowbray …
Read MoreD/X 795/90-91 – Miscellaneous documents – Stanhope, Frosterley, Rogerley, and Rippon family records
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17-18 December 1790 (1) Richard Neasham of Cockerton …
Read MoreD/X 1312/22 – Miscellaneous documents – Deeds and related papers of an estate in High Coniscliffe belonging to the Kitching family
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15 December 1919 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William …
Read MoreNCB 7/1/40 – National Coal Board – Lambton, Hetton and Joicey collieries
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18 May 1920 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William …
Read MoreNCB 7/1/46 – National Coal Board – Lambton, Hetton and Joicey collieries
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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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4 and 5 May 1709 (1) Lawson Trotter …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2373-2374 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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Letter from John Mowbray to John Elstob at Foxton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2532 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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Letter from Arthur Mowbray at London to William Russell at Brancepeth Castle …
Read MoreD/Br/B 375 – Brancepeth Estate – Business
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11 and 12 May 1758 (1) Thomas Mowbray of Kimblesworth …
Read MoreD/Br/D 420-421 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 02) places B
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General Election accounts, 1918 – I-N
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between I-N.
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Letter from Jane Mowbray …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/27/14 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 2)
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Mortgage of premises at Catchgate in the bay of Durham; conveyance of premises at Catchgate …
Read MoreD/SJ A 127 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Notice to Abraham Hilton …
Read MoreD/HH 2/19/39 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Miscellaneous
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 5A of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G237(6) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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21 January 1920 (1) J.W. Mowbray of Durham …
Read MoreEP/BP 4/20 – Bearpark St. Edmund Parish
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Barningham Cow Close Inclosure Award …
Read MoreEP/Ba 14/5 – Barningham St. Michael Parish
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John Mowbray …
Read MoreEP/BC 7/95 – Barnard Castle St. Mary Parish – 07 Overseers of the Poor
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Houghall …
Read MoreNCB I/X 221 – National Coal Board – Miscellaneous
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Letter from Francis Hutton …
Read MoreD/El 50/96 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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11 January 1832 (1) Esther Lookup of Coundon Grange …
Read MoreD/El 24/6 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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8 and 9 September 1721 (1) John Cuthbert …
Read MoreD/St/D5/4/36 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 1, D/St/D/5/1-5)
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24 January 1816 …
Read MoreD/RT 290/28 – Robert Thompson of Sunderland – shipbuilder
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15 December 1919 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William …
Read MoreNCB 7/1/41 – National Coal Board – Lambton, Hetton and Joicey collieries
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'A plan of Crawcrook open fields in the Parish of Ryton in the County Palatine of Durham describing the Allotments by Mr. John Mowbray …
Read MoreQ/D/E 9 a(3) – Quarter Sessions – Deposit and Registration Records
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 2 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 8 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 14 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 15 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 44 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 88 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North