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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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Read MoreQ/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Read MoreQ/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Read MoreQ/D/L 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Read MoreQ/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Read MoreQ/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Read MoreQ/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – FENWICK, Dr. John Ralph, of North Bailey
Read MoreFENWICK, Dr. John Ralph, of North Bailey…
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Copy of will of William Ward of Guisborough …
Read MoreD/El 2/4 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Aislaby to Elstob and Great Stainton
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Agreement to levy a fine. Ralph Claxton of Wynyard and Ralph his son to John Hebburn of Hardwick near Sedgefield. Lands worth £10 per annum in Durham and Yorkshire on Ralph's marriage with Elizabeth Hebburn …
Read MoreD/Lo/F 329 – Londonderry Estates – Family and Personal Papers (part 1)
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n.d. [term commences 1295] Thomas …
Read MoreD/Sa/D 614 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Deeds
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Royal letters patent granting lease of 21 years to Ralph …
Read MoreD/Sa/D 1248 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Deeds
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Ralph and Lydia Ridley, Betty Moir, Betty Olaman, Esther Barnes and Peggy Cully
Read Moremurt0191 – Local Authority Records
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1945] – O-T
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Eden Lodge, subscription accounts, 5 July 1946 – 31 December 1948 – O-T
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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11 June 1767 (1) Ralph Harrison (2) Ralph and Susanna Robson and William and Mary Story Final concord as at D/Br/D 1521 …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1522 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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28 November 1685 (1) John Morton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1057 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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Office copy of the will of Ralph Fenwick the elder of Hamsterley Mill …
Read MoreD/CG 7/229 – Clayton and Gibson – Clavering of Axwell and Greencroft (part 1)
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Copy of the will of Dorothy Milbank of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/CG/15/17 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Farnacres, Milbank Baronets
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Transactions, 1848-1864. Vol. 2. F. & W. Dodsworth
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – A-D
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between A-D.
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[K 102] English. 20 September 1668. 20th year of Charles II. Assignment …
Read MoreD/Gr 424 – Greenwell Deeds
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[D 12] Latin. Undated …
Read MoreD/Gr 42 – Greenwell Deeds
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[D 116] Latin. 7 January 1313/14. At Stoketon …
Read MoreD/Gr 125 – Greenwell Deeds
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Photograph of a man …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/279(269) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Charter by John of Baliol granting to the burgesses of the [market] town of Barnard Castle a common pasture called Marewood [Marwood] spreading from the Roger's Cross through a deer-leap below Stanley on the west to road from Egleston [Eggleston] to the bridge of Estmossemire [East Moss Mire] and towards the north as far as Blakedene [Blackdean] in exchange for Standunelanbank and Wateshawe and the (Noctes) which he enclosed in his park and also granting lands held by lord Henry Spring and Robert Gretheved in exchange for pastures and lands [not specified] surrendered by them. Liberties do not apply to woods or any pits within described boundaries …
Read MoreUD/BC 119/3 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council – Charters
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Grant Richard …
Read MoreD/Lo/F 10 – Londonderry Estates – Family and Personal Papers (part 1)
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Undertaking of Ralph and John Page for the payment until 11 October 1849 of rents and outgoings on the Hauxley estate …
Read MoreD/El 19/41 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Great Chilton to Little Chilton
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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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Read MoreQ/D/L 14 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Read MoreQ/D/L 23 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Read MoreQ/D/L 32 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Read MoreQ/D/L 35 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Read MoreQ/D/L 41 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Read MoreQ/D/L 44 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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Read MoreQ/D/L 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Read MoreQ/D/L 153 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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19 December 1871 (1) Thomas Harling the elder of Partridge Close …
Read MoreD/Br/D 685 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 02) places B
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28 November 1685 (1) John Morton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 1056 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 03) places B
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24 May 1735 (1) Sarah Marley (2) John …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2132 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 05) places B to M
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Photograph of the Golightly family at a function …
Read MoreD/Ph 450/1/57 – Photocopies and photographs – Toal family of Crook
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10 June 1776 Will of Elizabeth Doubleday of Butterby …
Read MoreD/X 687/34 – Miscellaneous documents – Durham City, Old Elvet deeds: Doubleday and Foster families
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Glass negative of the view across the nave from the north …
Read MoreD/Ph 268/10 – Photocopies and photographs – Durham Cathedral
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Letter from Thomas Sherwood to Robert Surtees concerning the history of Gainford wood …
Read MoreD/X 332/21 – Miscellaneous documents – Sherwood family of Snow Hall, Gainford, and Raine family
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1944-1945] – O-T
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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[K 87] English. 24 January 1631/2. 7th year of Charles [I.]. Indenture between (1) Alex. Davison …
Read MoreD/Gr 392 – Greenwell Deeds
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[D16] Latin. 1303 Deed whereby Emery de Kellawe announces himself to be held and fide media bound to Cristiana de Kellawe …
Read MoreD/Gr 100 – Greenwell Deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 81 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East