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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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[M 28] English. Paper. Eight pages …
Read MoreD/Gr 418 – Greenwell Deeds
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Terence Oswald Wilson (the result of a fall) [2859] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1204 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Lilian Wilson (natural death) [340] …
Read MoreCOR/CD 2/1275 – County Durham and Darlington Coroner – Inquests
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Robert Wilson …
Read MoreCOR/CW/2/338 – Chester Ward West Coroner – Inquest files
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Photograph of William Igo …
Read MoreP/14/6(31) – Durham Prison – Photographs of prisoners
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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 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (Northumberland)
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 161 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Bedlingtonshire (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 38 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward North West
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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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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 68 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Darlington Ward South West
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D. S. Wilson …
Read MoreP/14/8/3090 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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H. Wilson …
Read MoreP/14/8/3072 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Jonathan Laverick Wilson (industrial disease) [787] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.S 2/1402 – Durham South Coroner – Inquest files
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Arranged chronologically. Letters from William Richardson …
Read MoreNCB I/JB 1684-1731 – National Coal Board – John Buddle papers (part 3)
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Plan of Falcon Knowl Pit …
Read MoreNCB 2/267/14/3 – National Coal Board
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Index to obituaries in the 'Durham Directory' – WILSON, Alderman John, M.P., of North Road, miners' leader
Read MoreWILSON, Alderman John, M.P., of North Road, miners' leader…
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Lease and release of two acres on Gilmonby Moor from James Wilson of Bowes to Sheldon Cradock …
Read MoreD/Cr 54 – Cradock family of Gainford and Hartforth
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It is a thousand pities to say …
Read MoreD/He 168 – Headlam family of Holywell
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Copy of Francis Turner's opinion …
Read MoreD/El 44/61 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from T[homas] Horner …
Read MoreD/El 44/78 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from Messrs. Wilson & Faber …
Read MoreD/El 44/82 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from Messrs. Wilson & Faber …
Read MoreD/El 44/92 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from Messrs. Wilson & Faber …
Read MoreD/El 44/94 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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6 August 1817 (1) Rev. John Chambers of Little Stainton …
Read MoreD/El 58/8 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Seaton Carew to Woodham etc.
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Letter from Thomas Davison …
Read MoreD/El 23/64 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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Letter from Thomas Davison …
Read MoreD/El 23/66 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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Letter from Thomas Cree …
Read MoreD/El 23/70 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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Letters from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith …
Read MoreD/El 23/78-79 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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Letter from Messrs. I. & T. Griffith …
Read MoreD/El 23/83 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Little Stainton to Middridge
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Letters from Messrs. Faber & Wilson …
Read MoreD/El 30/149 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Mordon to Newbiggin
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Letter from William Loraine …
Read MoreD/El 36/98 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Nunstainton and Woodham to Preston-le-Skerne
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Account of contract work at Sunderland Bridge by William Wilson …
Read MoreD/Fle 2/6/46 – Fleming family of Tudhoe
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Geraldine Wilson …
Read MoreD/He 126/226 – Headlam family of Holywell
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Letter from John Gregson …
Read MoreD/El 8/69 – Eldon Estate – Deeds: Aislaby to Elstob and Great Stainton
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4 January 1706/07 Probate of the will …
Read MoreD/St/D1/10/30 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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10 November 1710 (1) Ralph Potter …
Read MoreD/St/D1/10/33 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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10 and 11 November 1740 (1) Joshua Douglas of Newcastle upon Tyne …
Read MoreD/St/D1/10/40 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Streatlam Estate and the Manor of Bowes (part 2, D/St/D/1/5-14)
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Account of chapel wardens of Laith Chapel with Wilson and Richardson for repairs and improvements …
Read MoreD/St/E3/6/16 – Strathmore Estate – Estate Administration: Wemmergill (part 1)
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Letter from Bryan Crossling …
Read MoreD/Wn 32/59/2(1-2) – Watson family of Barnard Castle – Sections 24-34
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A catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook …
Read MoreD/St/Y9/10 – Strathmore Estate – Miscellaneous
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Letter from William Wilson at Kendal to Rachel Fryer …
Read MoreD/Wa 2/2/10 – Wallis family of Darlington – Fryer Family