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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 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 115 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 145 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Clarence Railway additional branches from Haverton Hill to Simpasture near Eldon and Durham by Edward Steel …
Read MoreQ/D/P 45 – Quarter Sessions – Deposited Plans
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Clarence Railway …
Read MoreQ/D/P 48 – Quarter Sessions – Deposited Plans
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Account of legal fees owing from Mr. John Steel …
Read MoreD/St/D1/4/251 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 1, D/St/D/1/1-4)
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Interview with Mr Robert Belcher
Read More01 Mr_Belcher_Hord0002 – Local Authority Records
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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
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1944] – loose sheet – O-T
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Eden Colliery wages book, [1945] – O-T
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Eden Lodge, subscription accounts, 5 July 1946 – 31 December 1948 – O-T
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File of miscellaneous documents relating to the parish …
Read MoreEP/Su.SM 134 – Millfield St. Mark Parish
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Photograph of form teacher and pupils in Form [2A] of Wellfield Secondary School …
Read MoreE/E/G240(14) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Group photograph of the officers of the 8th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/8/58(44) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Interview with Mr A Pratt
Read More01 Mr A Pratt_Hord0006 – Local Authority Records
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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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Photograph of Charles Collier …
Read MoreND/De 686/4 – Derwentside District Council (1974 – 2009) – Steel Industry, photographs, etc.
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Letter from R.C. Steel …
Read MoreD/Co/MT/50 – Middleton-in-Teesdale Co-operative Society – (part 2)
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2 August 1700 (1) Ralph Steel …
Read MoreD/CG 20/8 – Clayton and Gibson – Chopwell deeds
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Copy probate …
Read MoreEP/Hew 223/1 – Heworth St. Mary Parish – Charities
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29 December 1790 (1) Thomas Peacock …
Read MoreEP/BC 7/174 – Barnard Castle St. Mary Parish – 07 Overseers of the Poor
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25 June 1791 (1) James Lonsdale the younger …
Read MoreEP/BC 7/175 – Barnard Castle St. Mary Parish – 07 Overseers of the Poor
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Photograph of Bill Hutton; Tank Waterhouse; T.G.C. Clague; John Steel; Lieutenant- Colonel J.A. Theobalds …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/121/13(34) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames C: Ch to Cl
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Plans …
Read MoreNCB I/TH 69 – National Coal Board – Thomas Young Hall papers
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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 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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'Plan and sections of the alterations …
Read MoreD/X 1094/8 – Miscellaneous documents – Earl of Eldon’s estate, railway and harbour plans
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1912 – O-T
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None – O-T
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Register of men employed on screens at Dawdon Colliery, 1 December 1926 – 9 December 1950 – O-T
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Letters out (copies), December 1912 – March 1914 – O-T
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 98 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 137 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 144 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 155 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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Clarence Railway from Haverton Hill to Durham …
Read MoreQ/D/P 33 – Quarter Sessions – Deposited Plans
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 60 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Letter from Thomas Steel …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/107 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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25 May 1808 Copy surrender and defeasance by Mary Walton of Staindrop …
Read MoreD/X 1589/16 – Miscellaneous documents – Southend Estate, Darlington
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Photograph of a group of officers of the 7th Battalion …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/7/19(103) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions
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Letter from J. Mitchell Steel of William Jones & Co. …
Read MoreD/Pe 3/70 – Pease family of Darlington – Business
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Letter from J. Mitchell Steel …
Read MoreD/Pe 3/71 – Pease family of Darlington – Business
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Statement of winning charge of Killingworth colliery …
Read MoreD/St/B1/6/191 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 2) Partnership and partnership collieries
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Group photograph of unidentified employees at R. O. F. Aycliffe …
Read MoreD/X 1822/60/1/5 – Miscellaneous documents – Aycliffe Angels
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Photograph of Major Tank Waterhouse …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/121/13(36) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames C: Ch to Cl
