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A Page of Links

This page is intended to provide links to other local history sites.

Durham County (pre-1974);

An essential source of information for anyone researching local history in County Durham:
Durham County Record Office

Another source for researchers:
Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections

Durham County Council's Archaeology Service

Publications by the History of Education Project. Also includes publications of the Durham County Local History Society.
History of Education Project

You want information about mining in County Durham? This is an excellent resource:
Durham Mining Museum

Another service from Durham County Council provides access to a range of digitised historical maps of the county, linked to locations of coal mines: Durham-Miner

Beamish Museum now provides online access to many of its resources: Beamish Collections

The Community Heritage Project is aimed at local history societies, community groups and individuals with an interest in the heritage of County Durham.
Community Heritage Project

An organisation for those interested in family history in south Durham and Teeside is Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society

North Regional

This page of links provides an extensive source of local history information:
The North East

The home page of the North-Easterner magazine will take you to a page of useful local and national links: (currently unavailable)
North-Easterner magazine home page

David Simpson's book "The Millenium History of North East England" online:
The North East

The Northern Echo's community web site hosts a wide variety of sites associated with community groups in the north east. A number of these are about local history:
The Northern Echo Communigate site

The North-East England History Institute is an academic site (currently unavailable):
North-East England History Institute

NEMLAC has changed its name to MLA North East. It is the regional body responsible for developing the use etc of museums, libraries and archives in the North-East
MLA North East

The Sine Project, set up by Newcastle University, show images of the North-East from the eighteenth century to the present day:
Sine Project.



Recently launched is a searchable
Online Bibliography of North-east History and Archaeology



The North East War Memorials Project Group have now established their Website at
NEWMP



Local and National Government sites

National Record Offices

The Local History Directory



A huge resource of local and family history links:
Familia

An account of research into Canney Hill pottery which appeared in our Bulletin and was used as an examplar by the BBC Local History series:
Canney Hill Pottery

Miscellaneous;

"Legacies" is the local history website from the BBC. It currently includes a feature about the legend of St. Cuthbert.
BBC local history

Ancestor-Search is a recently developed site which will be of interest to anyone who is researching their family history.
Ancestor-search



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