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COUNTY DURHAM & NORTHUMBERLAND:

HISTORY, ANCESTRY & GENEALOGY

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 161 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of COUNTY DURHAM AND ITS SURROUNDS.

Read about the antiquities of this fascinating county and its environs. Discover its history, its landscape and its people. Search the old local parish registers for genealogical information, revealing ancestry and family heritage. Explore the old buildings, the landmarks, the scenery and the legends that have helped shape this county over thousands of years. Included in this astonishing collection are 20 volumes (1865 – 1921) of the “Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne”, providing a fascinating insight into the county's natural beauty. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in County Durham and its history, ancestry and genealogy. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

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The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:


A catalogue of birds, observed in south-eastern Durham, and in north-western Cleveland - J. Hogg (1845)

A collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc., in the Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle on Tyne, and chapelries of Gosforth & Cramlington, Northumberland - M. Richardson (1820)

A collection of local songs, poems, etc - W. Oliver (1829)

A description or breife declaration of all the ancient monuments, rites, and customes belonginge or beinge within the monastical church of Durham before the suppression. Written in 1593

A glossary of North country words, with their etymology, and affinity to other languages; and occasional notices of local customs and popular superstitions - J. T. Brockett (1846)

A glossary of provincial words used in Teesdale, in the county of Durham - F. Dinsdale (1849)

A glossary of terms used in the coal trade of Northumberland and Durham - G. Greenwell (1888)

A history of banks, bankers, & banking in Northumberland, Durham, and North Yorkshire, illustrating the commercial development of the north of England, from 1755 to 1894 - M. Phillips (1894)

A history of Hartlepool. Re-pr., with a suppl. history to 1851 - C. Sharp (1851)

A history of the Dove family and their descendants in connection with Cullercoats, Northumberland - W. H. Hudleston (1910)

A history of the Durham Miners' Association, 1870-1904 - J. Wilson (1907)

A list of the knights and burgesses who have represented the county and city of Durham in Parliament - C. Sharp (1831)

A list of words and phrases in every-day use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham - F. Palgrave (1896)

A Record of the Great Fire in Newcastle and Gateshead to which is Prefixed a History of Newcastle - J. Rewcastle (1855)

A survey of the estates of the prior and convent of Durham compiled in the fifteenth century - W. Greenwell (1872)

A treatise on the coal mines of Durham and Northumberland - J. Holmes (1816)

A Volume of English Miscellanies Illustrating the History and Language of the Northern Counties of England - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1890)

Acts of chapter of the Collegiate church of SS. Peter and Wilfrid, Ripon, A. D. 1452 to A. D. 1506 - J. T. Fowler (1875)

An account of the dreadful explosion in Wallsend Colliery, 18th June, 1835, to which is added a list of explosions, inundations, etc. in the Coal Mines of Northumberland and Durham - J. Sykes (1835)

An account of the mining districts of Alston Moor, Weardale and Teesdale in Cumberland and Durham - T. Sopwith (1833)

An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the county of Northumberland, and of those parts of the county of Durham situated north of the river Tyne Vols. 1 & 2 - E. MacKenzie (1825)

An impartial history of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne and its vicinity - J. Baillie (1801)

Antiquities of Sunderland and its vicinity - Sunderland Antiquarian Society (1903)

Architectural illustrations and description of the cathedral church at Durham - R. W. Billings (1843)

Authenticated genealogical annotations from the Durham records - G. R. Sheraton (1905)

Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the conquest to the dissolution - B. Botfield (1838)

Churchwardens' accounts of Pittington and other parishes in the diocese of Durham from A. D. 158O to 1700 - J. Barmby (1888)

Depositions and other ecclesiastical proceedings from the courts of Durham, extending from 1311 to the reign of Elizabeth - J. Raine (1845)

Descriptive and historical notices of some remarkable Northumbrian, castles, churches, and antiquities ... With biographical notices of eminent persons - W. S. Gibson (1848)

Durham - F. S. Eden (1909)

Durham - J. L. Low (1881)

Durham Cathedral - J. T. Fowler (1898)

Durham Cathedral - W. Greenwell (1881)

Durham marriage bonds. 1664-1674 - M. S. Dodds (1912)

Durham Protestations - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1922)

Early printing in Newcastle-upon-Tyne - R. Welford (1895)

Extracts from the Account Rolls of the Abbey of Durham Vols. 1 & 2 - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1899)

Extracts From the Records of the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1901)

Extracts From the Records of the Merchant Adventures of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Vol. 2 - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1899)

Genealogical memoranda relating to the family of Sotheron, of counties Durham, Northumberland, York, etc. - C. Sotheran (1871)

General directory of the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead - Francis White & Co. (1847)

Guide to Holy Island and its associations - descriptive & historical - W. Halliday (1909)

Heraldic visitation of the northern counties in 1530 - T. Tonge (1863)

History of Newcastle and Gateshead Vols. 1 - 3 - R. Welford (1884)

History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed - W. Parson (1827)

History, topography, and directory of Northumberland, comprising a general survey of the county, and a history of the town and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Whellan, William, & Co. (1855)

Kelly's directory of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool (1885)

Leaders in the Northern church - sermons preached in the diocese of Durham - J. B. Lightfoot (1890)

Legends & superstitions of the county of Durham - W. Brockie (1886)

Lives of the first five abbots of Wearmouth & Jarrow Benedict, Ceolfrid, Eosterwine, Sigfrid, and Huetbert - P. Wilcock (1910)

Local records - J. Latimer (1857)

Local records or, Historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed Vols. 1 - 3 - J. Sykes (1866)

Memorials of old Durham - R. H. Leighton (1910)

Memorials of St. Giles's, Durham - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1896)

Memorials of the Church of SS. Peter and Wilfrid, Ripon Vols. 1, 2 & 4 - J. T. Fowler (1882)

Mieldenvold, the student; or, The pilgrimage through Northumberland, Durham, Berwickshire, and the adjacent counties - F. Sheldon (1843)

Miscellanea Volume 2 - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1916)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne - its trade and manufactures - B. Plummer (1874)

North Country Wills - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1908)

Northern notes and queries devoted to the antiquities of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Durham v.1, no.1-8, Jan. 1906-Oct. 1907 (1907)

Northern primitive Methodism - record of the rise and progress of the circuits in the Old Sunderland District - W. M. Patterson (1909)

Northumbrian documents of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - M. Stapylton (1918)

Pedigrees recorded at the visitations of the county palatine of Durham made by William Flower, Norroy king-of-arms, in 1575 (1887)

Percy Bailiff's Rolls of the Fifteenth Century - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1921)

Records of the Committees for Compounding, Etc. with Delinquent Royalists in Durham and Northumberland - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1905)

Register of voters for the northern division of the County of Durham, 1868-9, and poll taken 24 November, 1868 - Durham County Council (1869)

Register of voters for the southern division of the county of Durham, 1868-9 - Durham County Council (1869)

Rhymes of Northern Bards - J. Bell (1812)

Rites of Durham, being a description or brief declaration of all the ancient monuments, rites, & customs belonging or being within the monastical church of Durham - J. Fowler (1903)

Six North Country Diaries - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1910)

Some account of the pedigree of the Forsters of Cold Hesledon in the county Palatine of Durham - J. Foster (1862)

The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham also a particular description of the county palatine of Durham, compiled from the best authorities and original manuscripts - J. Davies (1767)

The baptismal, marriage, and burial registers of the Cathedral church of Christ and Blessed Mary the virgin at Durham, 1609-1896 - G. J. Armytage (1897)

The bishops of Lindisfarne, Hexham, Chester-le-Street, and Durham, A.D. 635-1020. Being an introduction to the ecclesiastical history of Northumbria - G. Miles (1898)

The cathedral church of Durham - J. E. Bygate (1900)

The county palatine of Durham; a study in constitutional history - G. T. Lapsley (1900)

The crustacea of Northumberland and Durham - A. M. Norman (1921)

The Denham tracts; a collection of folklore Vols. 1 & 2 - M. Denham (1892)

The first Duke and Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - T. Longueville (1910)

The first Newcastle directory - W. Whitehead (1889)

The history and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham Vols. 1 - 3 - W. Hutchinson (1823)

The history and antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, Vols. 1 & 3 - R. Surtees (1908)

The history of Newcastle upon Tyne or, The ancient and present state of that town - H. Bourne (1836)

The history of the Newcastle Infirmary - G. H. Hume (1906)

The History of the Urban District of Spennymoor - J. J. Dodd (1897)

The history, and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Fordyce (1857)

The inventories and account rolls of the Benedictine houses or cells of Jarrow and Monck-Wearmouth, in the county of Durham - J. Raine (1854)

The legend of St. Cuthbert, with the antiquities of the Church of Durham - R. Hegge (1816)

The miners of Northumberland and Durham a history of their social and political progress - R. Fynes (1922)

The miners' Unions of Northumberland and Durham - E. Welbourne (1923)

The natural history and antiquities of Northumberland and so much of the county of Durham as lies between the rivers Tyne and Tweed Vols. 1 & 2 - J. Wallis (1769)

The North Eastern Railway; its rise and development - W. W. Tomlinson (1915)

The parliamentary representation of the six northern counties of England. Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmoreland, and Yorkshire, and their cities and boroughs - W. Bean (1890)

The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, being a brief historical & descriptive guide to the principal buildings, streets, public institutions, manufactures, curiosities, etc. (1812)

The place-names of Durham - C. E. Jackson (1916)

The place-names of Northumberland and Durham - A. Mawer (1920)

The poll books of the Newcastle upon Tyne elections. April 1859, and June 1859 - T. Headlam (1859)

The priory of Hexham Vols. 1 & 2 - J. Raine (1864)

The records of the Gateshead company of drapers, tailors, mercers , hardwaremen, coopers and chandlers (1907)

The Records of the Northern Convocation - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1907)

The Register of the Priory of St. Bees - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1915)

The registers of Alnham, in the county of Northumberland Baptisms, 1688-1812. Marriages, 1705-1812. Burials, 1727-1812 - W. Nall (1907)

The registers of baptisms, marriages & burials solemnized in the ancient parish church of Elsdon, in the County of Northumberland, from A. D. 1672 to A. D. 1812 (1903)

The registers of Beadnell, in the county of Northumberland. Baptisms, 1766-1812. Marriages, 1767-1781. Burials, 1766-1812 - K. Martin (1909)

The registers of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the county of Northumberland Vol. 1 - E. Dodds (1905)

The registers of Castle Eden, in the county of Durham. Baptisms, 1661-1812. Marriages, 1698-1794. Burials, 1696-1812 - F. Robinson (1914)

The registers of Chatton, in the county of Northumberland. Baptisms, 1712-1812. Marriages, 1712-1812. Burials, 1712-1812 - H. M. Wood (1915)

The registers of Conscliffe, in the county of Durham. Baptisms, 1590-1812. Marriages, 1590-1812. Burials, 1591-1812 - H. M. Wood (1908)

The registers of Corbridge, in the county of Northumberland. Baptisms, 1654-1812. Marriages, 1657-1812. Burials, 1657-1812 - H. M. Wood (1911)

The registers of Edlingham, in the county of Northumberland. baptisms, 1658-1812. Marriages, 1658-1812 - K. A. Martin (1903)

The Registers of Eglingham, in the County of Northumberland - H. M. Wood (1899)

The registers of Ingram, in the county of Northumberland. Baptisms, 1696-1812. Marriages, 1684-1812. Burials, 1682-1812 - A. C. Vaughan (1903)

The registers of Lesbury in the county of Northumberland Baptisms, 1690-1812. Marriages, 1689-1812. Burials, 1690-1812 - J. Bolam (1907)

The registers of Ryton, in the county of Durham. Marriages, 1581-1812 - J. Bailey (1902)

The registers of Seaham, in the county of Durham. Baptisms, 1646-1812. Marriages, 1652-1812. Burials, 1653-1812 - H. M. Wood (1910)

The river Tyne its history and resources - J. Guthrie (1880)

The story of the Deanery, Durham, 1070-1912 - G. W. Kitchin (1912)

The story of the Durham miners (1662-1921) - S. Webb (1921)

The Victoria history of the county of Durham Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Page (1905)

The works of the Nevilles round Darlington - J. P. Pritchett (1906)

Tourist rambles in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Durham, Northumberland, & Derbyshire - J. Brown (1878)

Vestiges of Old Newcastle and Gateshead - J. R. Boyle (1890)

Visitations of the North - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1903)

Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham Pt. 3 - Surtees Society, Durham, England (1906)

Wills and inventories illustrative of the history, manners, language, statistics, etc, of the northern counties of England Vol. 2 - J. Raine (1835)

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Vols. 1 - 15 (1865-1913)

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Vols. 1 - 5 new series (1904-1921)



An absolute must for anyone with an interest the local history, ancestry genealogy of County Durham and surrounds – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!


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