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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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John Stoker …
COR/C/2/191 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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Schedules …
D/St/E5/10/48 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1968 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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General Election accounts, 1918 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 1912 – 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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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – 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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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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Brown …
EP/Du.SO 112/5/19 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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Group photograph of the officers of the 1st Battalion …
D/DLI 2/1/275(6) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Medaille Militaire (France)
A Medaille Militaire Medal, a French Military Medal in origin. Obverse comprises a gold medallion with woman's head surrounded by a blue…
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1912 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 17 February 1916 – 12 February 1919 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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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 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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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – 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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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Newcastle District (No.3) … for the year 1891, 1892 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, November 1915 – November 1916 – 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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Henry Stoker …
COR/C/2/27 – Chester Ward Coroner – Inquest files
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13 and 14 February 1815 (1) Henry Stoker of Framwellgate …
D/WM 25-26 – Wilkinson and Marshall – solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne
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14 February 1815 (1) Henry Stoker of Framwellgate …
D/WM 27 – Wilkinson and Marshall – solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Mary Stoker [849] …
COR/Du.S 3/165 – Durham South Coroner – Non-inquest files
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 4 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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11 and 12 May 1827 (1) Henry Stephen Kemble of 46 London Road …
D/X 409/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Pattison and Co., upholsterers, of 16 Elvet Bridge, Durham City
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Territorial Force Efficiency Medal
An oval medal with obverse showing effigy of King George V. Reverse has words TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL on plain background. Edge inscribed:…
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Medal Box
A white, rectangular cardboard medal box. On lid of box is a black image of a crown. On the base on is written pen inscription: 'CLASP TO…
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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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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., July – December 1884 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Sick Fund Post Office Order Book, 23 July 1919 – 1 April 1920 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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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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None – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Register of men employed on screens at Dawdon Colliery, 1 December 1926 – 9 December 1950 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Durham District (No.4) … the year 1891, 1892 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 5 May 1913 – 4 November 1913 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Letters out (copies), December 1912 – March 1914 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Browney Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 26 December 1925 (pay 52) – week ending 7 May 1927 (pay 19) – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Copy letters concerning dissatisfaction with working practices at Browney Colliery, 21 March and 23 March 1932 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Correspondence concerning payment for work in the Pillar District of Browney Colliery, 2-21 March 1932 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Eden Lodge, Committee meetings minute book, 27 March 1915 – 22 January 1918 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Marsden Lodge, Minute book, October 1917 – July 1918 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, July 1945 – April 1948 – O-T
Contains the records for people with surnames between O-T.
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 29 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward West
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Duplicate photograph of E/E G235(10) …
E/E/G236(10) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Programme for the production of 'Dracula' …
D/DDS 1/3/64 – Durham Dramatic Society – Programmes, reviews etc
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – STOKER, William, of Old Elvet, J.P., F.R.C.S., Medical Officer of Health for Durham Urban Sanitary Authority, and hon. surgeon to Durham County Hospital for over twenty-five years
STOKER, William, of Old Elvet, J.P., F.R.C.S., Medical Officer of Health for Durham Urban Sanitary Authority, and hon. surgeon to Durham County…
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5 July 1921 (1) Charles Hylton Jolliffe (2) Richard Woodley Burrows …
D/X 1181/64 – Miscellaneous documents – Records of the estate of the Jolliffe family, barons Hylton, at Chester le Street and elsewhere