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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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Newspaper report of the inquest into the death of Corporal Thomas Scott …
D/DLI 7/399/2(9) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames L: Le
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[D 93] Latin. 10 November 1348. Dated at Cletlum: Monday next after the feast of St. Leonard anno Domini mccc quadragesimo octavo. Charter whereby Adam …
D/Gr 185 – Greenwell Deeds
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George Wilson Scott (natural causes) [989] …
COR/CD 2/1407 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Thomas Scott …
COR/C/2/262 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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Dennis Edward Scott (natural causes) [1354] …
COR/CD 2/913 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Vicky Sarah Ann Scott (accident) [2870] …
COR/CD 2/2279 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Stuart Malcolm Scott …
COR/CW/2/301 – Chester Ward West Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of Walter Scott …
P/14/6(104) – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 84 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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John Baronet Scott (industrial disease) [226] …
COR/Du.N 2/1658 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Rita Scott (manslaughter) [698] …
COR/Du.S 2/630 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of a group of four women taken at a W.I. tea party …
D/WI 3/149/8 – Durham County Women’s Institutes
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/600/12 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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5 August 1856 (1) Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Scott …
D/El 57/24 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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27 and 28 July 1792 (1) Hon. Frances Gordon of Edinburgh …
D/El 6/61-62 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Aislaby to Elstob and Great Stainton
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/255/43 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/32/27 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/32/34 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/25/2 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William Scott to John Bowes …
D/St/C 5/1/36 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letters from William Scott …
D/St/C1/3/42 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Family (part 2) George Bowes
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/55/23 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/55/32 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/55/38 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from William Scott …
D/St/C 5/58/32 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Letter from John Scott …
D/St/C 5/62/22 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Applications in alphabetical order (R -Z) …
D/Co 48/2 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Pension Fund register …
D/Co 56/1 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Group photograph of the officers …
D/DLI 7/35/1(88) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: Har to Hay
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20 April 1896 (1) The Rt. Reverend Monsignor Thomas Witham of Lartington Hall …
D/HH 7/4/410 – Hanby Holmes – Witham, Maire, Silvertop, Lawson and Thornton Families: Estate
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Notice and plans for two shops and dwelling-houses [61 Scott's Yard] for William Scott on the east side of Northgate …
Da/NG 2/420 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Record of Permits to Erect Monuments …
CP/Sac 14/6 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Statement of A.R.N. Scott …
CP/Pi 59 – Pittington Civil Parish
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Applications for planning permission and letters to T.W. Booth …
CP/Pi 69 – Pittington Civil Parish
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20 October 1897 (1) Charles Binns (2) Charles Thompson of Barrow-in-Furness …
D/HH 10/14/530 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Richardson Charity
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Letter from John Scott …
D/HH 9/4/104 – Hanby Holmes – Canon Beal and Family: Romaldkirk glebe and estate
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Draft will of Thomas Scott …
D/SJ P 227 – Swinburne and Jackson – solicitors, Durham
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Miscellaneous correspondence received by J. Hanby Holmes concerning the Bowes and Romaldkirk Charity and Scrafton v Scott …
D/HH 10/8/156-163 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Bowes and Romaldkirk Charity
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Correspondence between: Clayton …
D/HH 2/6/984-1068 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Principal clients of the Wheldon era
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23 – 24 June 1757 (1) Timothy Hutchinson of Lincoln's Inn Fields …
D/HH 3/3/242 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Startforth and Boldron
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15/16 October 1734 (1) Thomas Scott of London …
D/HH 3/4/33 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Bowes
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1-2 August 1757 (1) William Scott of Harperley …
D/HH 3/3/96 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Startforth and Boldron
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1 – 2 June 1763 (1) Timothy Scott of Startforth …
D/HH 3/3/99 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Startforth and Boldron
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Account from William Maddison to William Scott for legal services from 21 January 1759 – 19 May 1759 …
D/X 1493/142 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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Signatures of H. Turner …
D/X 1667/1/40 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 1. Backhouse Family