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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 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 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 118 – 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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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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 57 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 59 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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R. Stephenson …
Read MoreP/14/8/2663 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Thomas Stephenson (misadventure) [501] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/1236 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Septimus Jennings Stephenson (accidental death) …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/256 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Frederick Stephenson (industrial disease) [17] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 2/719 – Durham North Coroner – Inquest files
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Robert Stephenson (suicide) [935] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1618 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Account of William Stephenson with Richard Dobson for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E5/6/8 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Account of William Stephenson with Richard Dobson for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E5/6/29 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Account of William Stephenson with Richard Dobson for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
Read MoreD/St/E5/6/36 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Robert Stephenson: as D/Sa/C 139 (includes hostile reference of 1831 to Reform meetings) …
Read MoreD/Sa/C 143 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Correspondence (part 1)
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William Stephenson …
Read MoreD/Sa/C 154 – Salvin family of Croxdale – Correspondence (part 1)
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Letters to John Daglish (and replies) …
Read MoreD/St/C3/4/80 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Coal agents
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Letters from James Miller …
Read MoreD/St/C2/3/78 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Accounts of Richard Stephenson's receipts and expenditure as churchwarden …
Read MoreD/St/C2/3/95 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Lists of the poor in the parish of Whickham …
Read MoreD/St/C2/3/96 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: Estate agents (part 1) Streatlam, Wemmergill, Gibside
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Exemplification of final concord between Robert Richardson …
Read MoreD/St/D5/4/13 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 1, D/St/D/5/1-5)
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27 May 1772 (1) John Bowes …
Read MoreD/St/D13/5/41 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Multiple estates (Including Family Settlements and Estate Acts)
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Londonderry Estates – Estate Papers (part 1)
Read MoreD/Lo/E – Estate and Family Records
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Lambton …
Read MoreD/Lo/C 86 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence (part 1)
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4 March 1840 (1) Rev. George Stanley Faber …
Read MoreD/Sh.H 188-189 – Sherburn Hospital
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Report upon the claims of George Stephenson relative to the invention of his safety lamp …
Read MoreD/St/B1/25/4 – Strathmore Estate – Business: Coal (part 4) Working, transport, sale and general coal affairs
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Applications in alphabetical order (R -Z) …
Read MoreD/Co 48/2 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Applications in alphabetical order (R – Z) …
Read MoreD/Co 48/4 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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Schedule of estates at Bowes late the property of Revd. Joseph Stephenson and Mrs. Jane Stephenson …
Read MoreD/HH 6/19/54 – Hanby Holmes – Bowes Manor: Bowes deeds
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Thomas Stephenson Grave number 316 D Date of death 31 July 1978 Date of burial 4 August 1978 …
Read MoreCP/Sac 13/222 – Sacriston Civil Parish
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Cabin toll gate to George Brunskill the younger …
Read MoreD/HH 10/18/26 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Turnpikes
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Cabin toll gate to George Brunskill the younger …
Read MoreD/HH 10/18/33 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Turnpikes
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Keverstone and Sun Bars to George Brunskill the younger …
Read MoreD/HH 10/18/37 – Hanby Holmes – Miscellaneous Activities: Turnpikes
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Agreement with proprietors of Knitsley Gardens …
Read MoreD/GSB 49/1/4 – Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company
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Group photograph of Lily Laundry staff …
Read MoreD/LL 99 – Lily Laundry
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General letters received …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/85 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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General letters received (indexed) …
Read MoreD/HH 1/4/109 – Hanby Holmes – Office Administration: In letters
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Correspondence between: Joseph Dodds …
Read MoreD/HH 2/8/174-228 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Trusts and settlements (Wheldon era)
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Photograph of Lieutenant Stephenson …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/602/16(281) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Draft declaration of ejectment in: Doe on the demise of Thomas Mason and George Robinson v William Watson …
Read MoreD/HH 3/1/21/33 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 1)
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1879 (1) Robert Stephenson of Barnard Castle …
Read MoreD/HH 3/9/18 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Abraham Hilton of Hilton and Barnard Castle
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Picture postcard of Victoria and Queen Streets …
Read MoreD/X 1469/14 – Miscellaneous documents – T.H. Stephenson of Waterhouses and Ferryhill
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Picture postcard of a woman standing in front of a photographic backdrop of a waterfall …
Read MoreD/X 1469/18 – Miscellaneous documents – T.H. Stephenson of Waterhouses and Ferryhill
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Letter from J. Baker …
Read MoreD/X 1493/152 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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Copy letter [from Richard Stephenson …
Read MoreD/X 1493/153 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others