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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
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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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Photograph of the Boer War memorial …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/1000/118 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames W: Wo to Wy
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Photocopy of the inscriptions on the Boer War Memorial …
Read MoreD/Ph 223/1 – Photocopies and photographs – Darlington Boer War Memorial
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Photograph of a Boer War display …
Read MoreD/CL 27/277/1250 – Durham County Library Collection – Photographs and postcards Durham City
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Boer War Memorial within Garden of Remembrance, Barnard Castle
Read MoreThis is a war memorial dedicated to those of the 3rd Militia Batt. DLI who fell in the Boer War, S. Africa 1899-1902. The memorial consists of a red…
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Copy newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo concerning Wearside heroes of the Boer War …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/889/2 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames H: He to Hi
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Benfieldside Pictures and Echoes of the War! …
Read MoreD/X 1882/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Benfieldside Pictures and Coalfields Map
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Newspaper cutting concerning a Boer ambush …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/172/1(118) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames D: De to Di
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Postcard with a view of the Boer War memorial to the north of Durham Cathedral …
Read MoreD/DW 1/2(51) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 2
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Sketch of a 'Veldt Boer' …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/602/16(322) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Cartoon of a Boer shooting 'Captain Cordite' …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/602/4(12) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Sketch map of Boer positions around Vaal Krantz …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/654/1(36) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: So to Sp
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Newspaper cutting concerning statements made by Boer prisoners …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/19(116) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of a Boer camp …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/427/2(24) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mc
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Spoof 'Egyptian' style transcript of Boer commands …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/654/1(73) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: So to Sp
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Photograph of Boer guns at Grobelaars Kloof …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/639/32 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Si to Sl
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Photograph postcard of the Boer War memorial on Palace Green …
Read MoreD/CL 27/76/7 – Durham County Library Collection – Postcards addressed to Frederick Rutter, Portobello and Chester le Street
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Postcard with an interesting photograph of the Boer War memorial to the north of Durham Cathedral …
Read MoreD/DW 1/2(52) – David Williams postcard collection – Postcard albums: Album 2
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Compact Disc of Digital Photographs
Read MoreA compact disc containing digital scans of photographs relating to The Boer War and John and Jack Turnbull.
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Photograph of a group of Boer prisoners …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/427/2(23) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames M: Mc
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Photograph of large procession in main street of Shildon …
Read MoreD/MRP 52/1 – Mining Records Project – (part 1)
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Map of the Boer republics …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/597/9 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Message of thanks from Capetown …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/778/2 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames W: Wils to Win
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Photograph of a view of a Boer camp …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/270(23) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Cartoon of an artillery shell flying towards a Boer …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/602/4(14) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Photograph of Boer prisoners standing near a wagon …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/272(47) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Facsimile of the programme of the Farewell Service to the Composite Company from the unit [3rd Volunteer Battalion The Durham Light Infantry] prior to their departure for the Boer War in 1900; copy made 1947 …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/7/32(6) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Battalions, Phase 2
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Photograph of a Boer family …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/4/315(396) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions
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Photograph of a Boer grave …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/270(135) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Lambton …
Read MoreD/Lo/C 660 – Londonderry Estates – Correspondence (part 2)
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Photograph of a Boer trench at Vaal Krantz …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/639/25 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Si to Sl
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Photograph of Boer trench fortification at Tugela Heights …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/639/33 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Si to Sl
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Photograph of a Boer foot bridge across the Tugela river …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/639/34 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames S: Si to Sl
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Photograph of soldiers constructing an enclosure for Boer prisoners …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/271(231) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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DLI South African War Memorial, Palace Green
Read MoreThis war memorial is to the soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry who died in the Second Boer War in the late 19th and early 20th century (1-2). It is…
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Photograph of a Boer family [possibly the Odendaals] …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/272(54) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Newspaper extract …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/577/7 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Rob
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Boer War Memorial Statue, Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard, Darlington
Read MoreThis is a war memorial to those who died in the South African War. It has a life size bronze figure of rifleman climbing a hill which is a rough…
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Photograph of railway carriages containing Boer refugees …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/271(93) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of Boer refugees in a railway carriage …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/271(91) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of a Boer man and woman standing outside a farmhouse …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/602/16(191) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames R: Roc to Roy
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Photograph of a group of Boer men and women …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/136(97) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of a view of a Boer Camp …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/2/136(20) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 3) and 2nd Battalion
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Photograph of a Boer dam …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/270(43) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of Boer prisoners on their way to Cape Town from Mafeking …
Read MoreD/DLI 7/506/10 – Durham Light Infantry Records – Individual Soldiers – surnames N: Ni to No
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Photograph of the ruins of a Boer farm …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/271(145) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of the ruins of a Boer farm …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/271(146) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of two former Boer soldiers …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/272(66) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of a Boer trench on a hillside …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/270(147) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Photograph of Boer prisoners in horse-drawn wagons …
Read MoreD/DLI 2/1/272(44) – Durham Light Infantry Records – 1st Battalion (part 1)
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Churchwardens' accounts …
Read MoreEP/Elw 4/2 – Elwick Hall St. Peter Parish