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| + | County town: Durham | ||
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| + | Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead | ||
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| + | In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively. The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham. Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition. | ||
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| + | The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral. | ||
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==Register Offices== | ==Register Offices== | ||
Revision as of 06:41, 15 May 2007
Durham
County town: Durham
Other major towns: Sunderland, South Shields, Gateshead
In the North East of England, the county had one of Britain's richest coalfields and was once mined extensively. The land is hilly and rugged, and arranged around its castled capital, Durham. Jarrow, South Shields and Sunderland to the northeast are metropolitan areas with a great shipbuilding tradition.
The Venerable Bede, known as the father of English, lived at Jarrow and lies in Durham Cathedral.
Register Offices
Over the years county boundary changes have resulted in several changes to the district coverage.
To avoid confusion try the following sites,they have links to local bmd index database, certificate ordering and register office contact details
Certificate Applications are now dealt with at a new purpose built site at Bishop Auckland
- North East Births, Marriages & Deaths with links to 18 register offices from the England/Scotland Border in Northumberland down to Middlesbrough, an excellent resource for the whole of North East England.
Record Office Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Record Office Lookup Contacts
Cemetery Lookup Requests
Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.
By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
Cemetery Lookup Contacts
- Darlington:Ann L from Darlo
Links
Local History Society
OPC
Archives
Family and social history
Maps & Photographs
Countywide interest
- Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives Teesside Archives is responsible for collecting and preserving archival material from official and private sources in the areas served by the councils of Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton and Hartlepool. Historically, the river Tees formed the boundary between North Yorkshire and County Durham. In the 1970's the county of Cleveland was formed which straddled the river, this was then superseded by Teesside. The archives based in Middlesbrough are in effect a full scale records office with all the parish records etc. which you would normally expect to find. Redcar and Cleveland council covers a huge chunk of North Yorkshire, almost as far down as Whitby.
Specific Town Village interest
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