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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 111 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward South West
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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 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – WETHERELL, Charles, solicitor
Read MoreWETHERELL, Charles, solicitor…
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – WETHERELL, Frederick A., of Sunderland, employed in the Post Office at Sunderland
Read MoreWETHERELL, Frederick A., of Sunderland, employed in the Post Office at Sunderland…
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28 June 1745 (1) Joseph Walton of Gateshead …
Read MoreD/El 15/43 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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2 May 1749 (1) John Brown of Sidgate without the Walls …
Read MoreD/El 15/44 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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31 May 1805 (1) Christopher Mason …
Read MoreD/El 15/53-54 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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Plans and elevations of the proposed alterations to Romaldkirk Rectory for the Ripon Diocesan Dilapidations Board for and on behalf of Queen Anne's Bounty …
Read MoreD/St/P4/3/30 – Strathmore Estate – Plans: Wemmergill Estate
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15 March 1569/70 (1) Sir George Bowes of South Cowton …
Read MoreD/St/D8/2/3 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Yorkshire (excluding Wemmergill and Kirklevington estates)
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Group photograph of Lily Laundry staff …
Read MoreD/LL 99 – Lily Laundry
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23 June 1778 (1)John Clutterbuck of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/X 1193/38/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Newby, Robson & Cadle of 10-11 Finkle Street, Stockton on Tees, solicitors
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24 March 1856 (1) John Farmer of Darlington …
Read MoreD/XD 108/1/A/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Darlington – Clayhills, Lucas & Co., solicitors
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New shop front at no. 28 Yarm Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/7459 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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277TP. Two bungalows at end of Briar Walk for Messrs Longstaff & Wetherell. (F. Clark & Son …
Read MoreRD/Da 856/229 – Darlington Rural District Council – Building Control Plans
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – U-Z
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between U-Z.
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30 July 1791 (1) Robert Bates of Durham City …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2441 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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8 April 1755 (1) Thomas Hall …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2479 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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11 December 1787 (1) William Wetherell junior of Morton Palmes …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2495 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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4 October 1779 (1) William Wetherell of Morton …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2549 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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2 December 1788 (1) William Wetherell and Thomas Terry (2) William and Elizabeth Alexander (3) Peter Consett and Ann Consett …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2606 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 06) places M to S
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11 June 1778 (1) Mary Phillipson of New Elvet …
Read MoreD/Br/D 2858 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 08) places S
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 1 February 1919 – 17 April 1920 – U-Z
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between U-Z.
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1928-1976 – U-Z
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between U-Z.
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Numbers 488 and 490 Coniscliffe Road …
Read MoreDa/NG 2/6546 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Two houses on east side of Woodcrest Road …
Read MoreDa/NG2/7897 – Darlington Borough Council – Building plans
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Receipt of Francis and Elizabeth Wetherell for £155 …
Read MoreD/HH 2/2/7 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Edwards family of Barnard Castle (part 1)
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Notice to quit from James Thompson to Mrs. Wetherell …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 56/95 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places Ch to G)
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6 and 7 April 1813 (1) Christopher Mason of Great Chilton …
Read MoreD/El 15/73-74 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Elstob and Great Stainton to Great Chilton
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Plans and elevations of Romaldkirk Rectory 'as at present' …
Read MoreD/St/P4/3/29 – Strathmore Estate – Plans: Wemmergill Estate
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 88 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Stockton Ward North East
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 125 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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17 & 18 November 1763 (1) Joshua Errington of Lanchester …
Read MoreD/X 1207/1/262-263 – Miscellaneous documents – Fawcett, Salvin, Joliffe and Hylton families
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£200 …
Read MoreDu 3/5/49-51 – Durham City Council (1179 – 1974) – Local Board of Health, Urban Sanitary Authority
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Minute Book, Arbitration Committee of the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association, 24 January 1946 – 13 November 1951 – U-Z
Read MoreContains the records for people with surnames between U-Z.
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Sale advertisement for a Hackney Carriage and Cab Establishment …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 56/224 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places Ch to G)
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[F 11] English. 1768. A quarterly schedule for the poor of the township of Witton Gilbert for the year 1768: John Appleby …
Read MoreD/Gr 458 – Greenwell Deeds
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 113 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward North
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 158 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Easington Ward South
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 48 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South East
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Order of removal to Staindrop of Mary Wetherell and her illegitimate child Sarah age 11 months …
Read MoreEP/Stai 7/49 – Staindrop St. Mary Parish
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Letter of James Thompson …
Read MoreD/Bo/G 56/92 – Bowes Museum Collection – Thomas Bell and Sons, surveyors (places Ch to G)
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Wetherell …
Read MoreEP/Du.SO 112/4/117 – Durham St. Oswald Parish – (part 1)
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176TP. Two houses on north west side Blackwell Lane …
Read MoreRD/Da 856/144 – Darlington Rural District Council – Building Control Plans
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272TP. House in Briar Walk for Messrs Longstaff & Wetherell. (F. Clark & Son …
Read MoreRD/Da 856/225 – Darlington Rural District Council – Building Control Plans
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Fragment of draft promissory note of Messrs. Mowbray …
Read MoreD/HH 2/10/235 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Partnerships, business, bankruptcy
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19 – 20 September 1688 (1) Francis Wetherell of Hunday …
Read MoreD/HH 2/2/6 – Hanby Holmes – Case Papers: Edwards family of Barnard Castle (part 1)
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25 June 1778 …
Read MoreD/RT 290/15 – Robert Thompson of Sunderland – shipbuilder
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Undertaking to pay £5 …
Read MoreD/Br/D 240 – Brancepeth Estate – Deeds (part 01) places A to B
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14 May 1805 (1) John Wetherell of Field House …
Read MoreD/Ma 12/1/4 – Hugh Mackay and Sons (carpet manufacturers)