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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 with a landscape view of 'Old Elvet …
Read MoreD/DW 1/7(65) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 7
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Postcard with a landscape view of 'Durham Cathedral' and the Fulling Mill …
Read MoreD/DW 1/1(126) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 1
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Thomas Walter Rutherford (industrial disease) [502] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1930 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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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 118 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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E. A. Rutherford …
Read MoreP/14/8/2449 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Doris Rutherford …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 3/40 – Durham South Coroner – Non-inquest files
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – RUTHERFORD, John, of 8 Boyd Street, formerly a butcher in New Elvet and later a carting contractor
Read MoreRUTHERFORD, John, of 8 Boyd Street, formerly a butcher in New Elvet and later a carting contractor…
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Group photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/63/5(277) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bi to Bl
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Account of C.E. Barnes …
Read MoreD/Gw 54 – G. Greenwell and Sons (grocers)
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Plans for alterations to premises at 85 North Road …
Read MoreND/Du 13/193 – Durham City Council (1974 – 2009) – Building plans
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13 May 1807 (1) James Kirkley of High Ford …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/306 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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2 and 3 November 1827 (1) John Nevison of West Rainton …
Read MoreD/X 2024/17/1-2 – Miscellaneous documents – Hirds House, West Rainton deeds
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/7/2 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Six houses on north side of William Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4641 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Ten subsidy houses in Deneside Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4940 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Reconstruction of banking premises on north side of Prospect Place …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/5184 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Meg Rutherford
Read Morewhea0080 – Local Authority Records
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – O-T
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – O-T
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 17 February 1916 – 12 February 1919 – 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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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – O-T
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – O-T
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Lodge accounts – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – O-T
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1927 – 1933 – O-T
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Photograph of the football team of the 1st Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/81(11) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Conversion of shop at 37 North Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/5296 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Two houses on south side of Brinkburn Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4246 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Alterations to London Joint City and Midland Bank Ltd. …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/4852 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Applications …
Read MoreD/Co 49/9/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Correspondence between George Greenwell at Durham and the Savings Bank Dept. at London concerning the deposits of the late E.B. Rutherford …
Read MoreD/Gw 52 – G. Greenwell and Sons (grocers)
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Questions with answers by B.H. Greenwell in respect of E.B. Rutherford …
Read MoreD/Gw 58 – G. Greenwell and Sons (grocers)
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Photograph of the buglers of the 2nd Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/135(33) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Douglas …
Read MoreEP/Du.SO 112/5/10 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Group photograph of 'G' Half Company …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/617/13(26) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Sa to Sc
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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 32 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward 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
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 129 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 133 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 153 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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10 July 1871 (1) Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Bretton Park …
Read MoreM/We 554 – Weardale Methodist Circuit
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Digital photograph of Hookergate Grammar School …
Read MoreD/Ph 536/2/6 – Photocopies and photographs – Hookergate Grammar School
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – O-T
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