Search the Collection
Use our collection search to explore the people, places and events that make County Durham what it is today
Find a Family Name
Filters
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
-
The Bugle: Issue Number 8 …
D/DLI 18/1/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – The Rifles Regiment
-
Jason Parker (accidental death) [394] …
COR/Du.N 2/1068 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
-
Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
-
Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
-
Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
-
Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
-
Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
-
George Parker (natural causes) [620] …
COR/Du.N 2/2331 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
-
Frederick G. Parker (suicide) …
COR/Du.S 2/397 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
-
Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – PARKER, Thomas Preston, M.D., of Sunderland where he practised for over twenty-five years
PARKER, Thomas Preston, M.D., of Sunderland where he practised for over twenty-five years…
-
Letter from W.C. Parker at Lynmouth concerning the history of the Pease firm …
D/Wa 5/7/43 – Wallis family of Darlington – Wallis Family
-
Note by John Bowes …
D/St/C 5/603/87b – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
-
Pension Fund register …
D/Co 56/11 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
-
Poor Law Rates receipts for Mr Parker of Murton …
Da/Mu 2/51 – Darlington Borough Council – Museum
-
Receipt book …
CP/Sac 16/1 – Sacriston Civil Parish
-
Mary Parker Grave number 248 A Date of death 2 December 1971 Date of burial 7 December 1971 …
CP/Sac 13/16 – Sacriston Civil Parish
-
Agreement with proprietors of Knitsley Gardens …
D/GSB 49/1/4 – Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company
-
Plan of proposed 2 shops …
RD/La 143/1747 – Lanchester Rural District Council – Building plans
-
13 May 1868 (1) John Robinson …
D/X 1207/1/388 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
-
Letter to Burnett from J.W. Parker informing him that he has won the Chaplain's Prize …
D/X 1734/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Captain John A. Burnett, Royal Navy
-
Explanation of the use of a potato pit by farmers and a sketch of a potato pit by Mr. W. Colley …
D/X 779/14/30 – Miscellaneous documents – W.L. Colley of Byers Green (part 2)
-
A Petition of the towne of Richmond for an augmentation to their minister; letter from Archbishop Parker concerning Archbishop Tunstall's burial …
D/X 1338/231/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Teesdale Record Society: Michael Aislabie Denham archive
-
28 April 1865 (1) Edwin Featonby of High Conside …
D/X 617/74 – Miscellaneous documents – Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Durham City and Consett deeds
-
Mrs Parker and Boys
hasw0231 – Local Authority Records
-
General Election accounts, 1918 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 1912 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Letters out (copies), May 1895 – July 1897 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Eden Colliery wages book, [1944] – loose sheet – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Eden Colliery wages book, [1945] – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 11 October 1923 – 16 July 1925 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Eden Lodge, subscription accounts, 5 July 1946 – 31 December 1948 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.2: North Pit, 1899 – 1908 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages, 1908 – 1919 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Statements of John Parker …
D/Bo/G 96/234 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places T to W and major estates)
-
Duplicate photograph of E/E G235(2) …
E/E/G236(1) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
-
Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form 4A of Wellfield Secondary School …
E/E/G239(9) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
-
Attested copy of conveyance by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Rev. M.B. Parker of a plot of land in Bishop Middleham …
EP/BM 90 – Bishop Middleham St. Michael Parish
-
Group photograph …
D/DLI 2/1/324 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
-
Photograph of an officers' cricket team …
D/DLI 2/7/19(8) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
-
Wash-house on east side of Cleveland Avenue …
Da/NG 2/2869 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
-
24 May 1845 (1) Lord and Lady Ravensworth and Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell (2) Jane Parker of Winlaton …
D/CG 16/822 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
-
4 November 1572 Letters Patent granting to Sir George Bowes of Streatlam …
D/CG 17/1 – Clayton and Gibson – Bowes and Straker families of Bradley Hall
-
Eddy's Bridge, Muggleswick
Eddy"s Bridge over the Derwent probably was built in the early 20th century. A tablet on is inscribed "J Parker, CE, 1900".
-
Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Treasurers' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 May 1911 – 19 August 1911 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.4, 1 January 1923 – 15 December 1924 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Eden Colliery, wages book for Busty seam, 28 January 1916 – 28 April 1917 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
-
Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.