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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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Isabella Walker 16 Addison found dead XVIIE January 1875 …
Cor/C/3/82 – Chester Ward Coroner – Non-inquest files
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John Walker (file no. 3466) …
COR/CW/2/31 – Chester Ward West Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of George Walker …
P/14/6(279) – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 80 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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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 103 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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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 159-160 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Norham and Islandshire (Northumberland)
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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 11 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward East
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Land Tax returns …
Q/D/L 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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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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E. Walker …
P/14/8/2928 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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J. H. Walker …
P/14/8/2931 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Tyne Improvement …
Q/D/P 509 – Quarter Sessions – Deposited Plans
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Tom Walker (industrial disease) [817] …
COR/Du.S 2/731 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Kenneth Campbell Walker (accidental death) [982] …
COR/Du.S 2/1752 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Stephen John Walker (took his own life) [894] …
COR/Du.S 2/2496 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Has written to Waldie and Walker \\\"and I trust the slave driver will not make us under the necessity of putting Pontop to death .. yet if she gives battle she must die\\\"; listing collieries that should rise or reduce [under the regulation?] …
NCB I/JB 851 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 2)
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[1582 enclosed in 1581] Urging Buddle to recommend Mr. Russell to fix Wallsend coal at 32/- per chaldron …
NCB I/JB 1581-1582 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Re Heppel's conduct at Walker and his boasts of his achievements at Wallsend …
NCB I/JB 434 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 1)
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Release (copy) …
NCB I/SC 776 – National Coal Board – Stella Coal Company
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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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Of John Hett at Gainford relating how he attempted to prevent Mr. Walker from removing stones from the river …
D/Ed 1/11/10/56 – Edleston family of Gainford – Gainford Parish (part 2)
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24 August 1853 (1) William Thompson of Dyke House …
D/El 43/132 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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6 August 1817 (1) Rev. John Chambers of Little Stainton …
D/El 58/8 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from Isaac Walker …
D/St/C 5/255/18 – Strathmore Estate – Correspondence and personal papers: John Bowes correspondence
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Order by the Steward and Chief Bailiff of Richmond to all bailiffs to summon defendant to court to answer case of trespass …
D/St/L1/21/13 – Strathmore Estate – Legal Affairs: Court cases and disputes (part 3)
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Account of Thomas Walker with Ralph Fenwick for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
D/St/E5/6/57 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Account of Thomas Walker with Ralph Fenwick for Gibside estate receipts and expenditure …
D/St/E5/6/58 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Gibside (part 1)
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Marriage certificate of William …
D/Wa 1/1/11 – Wallis family of Darlington – Backhouse Family
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30 May 1699 (1) Edward Walker …
D/St/D3/2/72 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Wemmergill Estate (part 1, D/St/D/3/1-3)
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Letter from Isaac Walker …
D/St/C 5/55/22 – 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 56/11 – Consett Iron Company – Business Archives Council grant
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24 June 1870 (1) Thomas Walker of Cheltenham …
D/WM 103 – Wilkinson and Marshall – solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Refusal of permission for the erection of a bungalow at Deaf Hill …
D/WH 1/20/1 – John Wilson Hays (architect)
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14 May 1817 (1) Ralph Walker of Cockfield …
D/HH 3/1/18/26 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Office drafts (part 1)
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28 November 1884 (1) Henry Raine Thompson of Manchester Terrace …
D/HH 3/2/138 – Hanby Holmes – Deeds: Barnard Castle
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Proposed bathroom at 7 Copley Lane for A.M. Walker (plan no. 81/54) …
RD/BC 150/21 – Barnard Castle Rural District Council – Building Control Plans
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Receipt from Thomas Walker to John Bowes for the payment of a quarter year's salary …
D/X 1493/251 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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Receipt of Thomas Walker for the payment by Mr. Fenwick …
D/X 1493/513 – Miscellaneous documents – Bowes estate records: Gibside and others
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Letter from Rachel Pease …
D/X 1667/8/277 – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Plan 2529 …
UD/BC 230/133 – Barnard Castle Urban District Council – Building control plans
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13 January 1787 (1) The Churchwardens and the Overseers of the Poor of Darlington (2) Alexander Johnson of Darlington …
D/X 666/7 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington Poor Law, Sunderland and other records
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13 July 1874 (1) Francis Marcus Beresford of Sheen House …
D/X 668/11 – Miscellaneous documents – Forster family, coal owners; Spearman Estate, Holmside
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13 May 1846 (1) Thomas Hutchinson of Sedgefield …
D/X 846/8-9 – Miscellaneous documents – Sedgefield, West End, deeds