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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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Sunderland AFC
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Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 1912 – O-T
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 – O-T
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1968 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages, 1908 – 1919 – O-T
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Calculations for payments for Busty Seam putters at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] – O-T
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Group photograph of the officers of the 4th Volunteer Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/57(3) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Group photograph of officers of the 4th Volunteer Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/72 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(154) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Bugle
Read MoreA brass bugle will silver plating, of the 11th Durham Rifle Volunteers, 1861. This bugle was presented to the 11th Corps of the Durham Rifle…
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Treasurers' Post Office Order Book, 1896 – 1897 – O-T
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.4, 1 January 1923 – 15 December 1924 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, January 1934 – June 1934 – O-T
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Group photograph of members of P.H.B. Lyon's room in prison camp …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/424/3(37) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Servicemen (A-Z additional) Phase 2
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Photograph of Reinhold Eggers and Pat Reid in front of a Colditz Castle display board …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/208/193(19) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames F: Fa
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Photograph of Field Marshall Alexander …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(90) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Photograph of a group of officers of the 10th Indian Division …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(91) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Photograph of His Majesty King George VI talking to Major-General D.W. Reid …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(92) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 10/2/6(39) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Light Infantry Regiment
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Photograph of 'H' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(29) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Group photograph of 'B' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(15) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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D.M.A. Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January – June 1925 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.4: Canchmen's Average Book, 1899 – 1914 – O-T
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None – O-T
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Brusselton Lodge, register of members' contributions, 12 January 1951 – 29 June 1951 and 11 January 1952 – 27 June 1952 – O-T
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Photograph of Major-General D.W. Reid presenting medals to soldiers …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(76) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, June 1919 – January 1921 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, May 1942 – June 1945 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Deputation copy book, 1912 – 1913 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Record of stonemen's, bordroom-men's, drawer's, and repairer's wages, 1920 – 1928 – O-T
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Compensation Department, Report of Proceedings of the Arbitration Committee … (labelled 'Compensation Minutes, etc.'), 23 November 1928 – 4 November 1929 – O-T
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Cash book, 19 September 1888 – 30 June 1892 – O-T
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Group photograph of the officers of the 6th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/6/12(122) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 6th Battalion
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Photograph of 'H' Half Company of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(30) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of Major-General D.W. Reid presenting medals to soldiers …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(78) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Group photograph of 'H' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/346/5(27) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames I:
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Photograph of a group of British Prisoners of War …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/208/7(3) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames F: Fa
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Photograph of Private Hinde …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/333/18(106) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Ho
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Newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo of a photograph of a silver challenge cup presented in September 1877 by the mayor and corporation of Sunderland …
Read MoreD/DLI 11/4/2/28(80) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve, Phase 2
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A treatise on a section of the strata from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Cross Fell, with remarks on mineral veins; also, tables of the strata in Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, West Cumberland and Fifeshire; to which is added, a treatise on the
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – O-T
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.5, 14 January – 21 December 1925 – O-T
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, June 1913 – March 1914 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Loan and repayment book, 1926 – 1927 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – O-T
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Arbitration committee minutes – O-T
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – O-T
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Photograph of Major-General D.W. Reid presenting medals to soldiers …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(75) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/284(132) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 2)
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Photograph of Reinhold Eggers and Pat Reid in front of a reconstruction of the Colditz glider …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/208/193(17) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames F: Fa
