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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 …
Q/D/L 118 – 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 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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William Spence (industrial disease) …
COR/Du.S 2/324 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Account of money due to Captain Spence from Buddle for four voyages of the \\\"Lord Seaham\\\" from Portsmouth and Plymouth …
NCB I/JB 1354 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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30 September 1842 (1) William Spence …
D/Lo Acc 1750(D) Box 47/13 – Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1750(D)
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Group photograph …
D/DLI 7/63/5(277) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames B: Bi to Bl
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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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Application for exchange of lands (704 sq. yds. at Lartington Green Lane) between the Silvertop successors (the trustees of Lartington R.C. Chapel) and David Magnus Spence of Lartington Hall …
D/HH 10/11/3 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Lartington Charities
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Postcard photograph of Martha Spence …
D/X 1428/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Family of John Spence and Martha Spence, née Mullin, of Darlington
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Newspaper cutting from 'Northern Dispatch' …
D/X 1936/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Spence and Cooper families of Crook
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Newspaper cutting from 'The Evening Gazette' regarding the commemoration of the bicentenary of the birth of John Walker …
D/X 1936/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Spence and Cooper families of Crook
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16 April 1863 (1) William Craggs of Mount Pleasant near Crook …
D/X 1595/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Billy Row, 18 Well Bank, deeds
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Semi-detached villas on west side .of Stanhope Road South …
Da/NG 2/3644 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Letters out (copies), May 1895 – July 1897 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, register of members' contributions, 14 July 1961 – 29 December 1961 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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List of men, arranged by colliery, showing the amount of money paid to them by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, 2 November 1926 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.2: North Pit, 1899 – 1908 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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'The Second Battle of Ypres: How the 1/5th Battalion …
D/DLI 2/5/17 – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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15 October 1898 (1) William Clapham Clark …
M/Da 1223 – Darlington Methodist Circuit
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Group photograph of officers of the 437 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment …
D/DLI 11/4/2/8 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve, Phase 2
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House on south side of Leafield Road …
Da/NG 2/2826 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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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
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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[K 44] English. 10 April 1522. 'The Xth day of Aprell the yere of our Lord God a thousand fyve hundreth and XXII'. Will of John Trollop of Thorneley …
D/Gr 314 – Greenwell Deeds
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1 August 1918 (1) David Magnus Spence of Lartington Hall (vendor) (2) Frederick William Wateridge of White House …
D/HH 10/11/10 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Lartington Charities
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'The Descendants of John Backhouse …
D/Wa 1/8/4 – Wallis family of Darlington – Backhouse Family
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Florence Spence (misadventure) [743] …
COR/Du.S 2/1209 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 35 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 88 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Photograph of a group of women …
D/WI 3/149/12 – Durham County Women’s Institutes
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Papers concerned with fencing to be done at Newsham Grange …
D/Ad 1/1/1092 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 2)
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Postcards to R. & S. Adamson being: notices of despatch of goods; queries concerning orders; and notes from workmen. Correspondents include: Thos Walker & Co. …
D/Ad 1/1/1297 – Adamson family of Gainford – Building work for private individuals (part 3)
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Plan of proposed additions of schools etc. by William T. Spence …
M/Co 184 – Consett Methodist Circuit – Individual churches O – Z
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Group photograph of staff at R. O. F. Aycliffe …
D/X 1822/60/1/10 – Miscellaneous documents – Aycliffe Angels
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Memorial card of Robert Spence …
D/X 1428/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Family of John Spence and Martha Spence, née Mullin, of Darlington
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Photograph of John and Martha Spence (née Mullin) taken by Edgar W. Railton of Stranton Studio …
D/X 1428/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Family of John Spence and Martha Spence, née Mullin, of Darlington
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Postcard photograph of Lucy Rushby (née Spence) …
D/X 1428/21 – Miscellaneous documents – Family of John Spence and Martha Spence, née Mullin, of Darlington
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Song book containing the words of The Old …
D/X 1428/27 – Miscellaneous documents – Family of John Spence and Martha Spence, née Mullin, of Darlington
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Handwritten poem regarding freedom for Ireland …
D/X 1936/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Spence and Cooper families of Crook
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Notice and plan of a proposed residence [18] on the south side of Victoria Road …
Da/NG 2/820 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Charcoal and Wash
A charcoal and wash drawing of a soldier holding a rifle, sat in a field, by Lieutenant Colonel G. O. Spence, C.B., D.S.O., T.D. The drawing is…
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Charcoal and Wash
A charcoal and wash drawing depicting a muddy, war-torn battle field, a central hill and tank tracks, by Lieutenant Colonel G. O. Spence, C.B.,…
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1900 – 1904 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.