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Exhibitions
- 'Adventurers and Pirates' - Hetton Coal Company, 1820
- Looking back at Consett Steel Works
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County Durham remembers VE Day 1945
- 'We have come through' - Remembering VE Day 1945
- 9th Battalion DLI: From D-Day to Berlin
- 9th Battalion DLI: VE Day
- 9th Battalion DLI: In Berlin, June - September 1945
- Berlin Victory Parade, 7 September 1945
- Victory Parade at Belsen, 8 May 1945
- The Northern Echo, Victory edition, 9 May 1945
- VE Day and Durham Schools
- 2nd Battalion DLI: Burma 1945
- 2nd Battalion DLI: Rangoon Victory Parade, 15 June 1945
- VE Day and the Durham Miners' Association
- County Durham celebrates VE Day
- Haswell Victory Celebrations, 1945
- Soldier: Victory Souvenir edition, 8 May 1945
- Parade: European Victory edition, 26 May 1945
- VE Day not forgotten by one Spennymoor family
- County Durham celebrates VJ Day
- Victory Day, 8 June 1946
Prison
Information about Durham, Carlisle and Newcastle prison records in Durham County Record Office.
Registers of prisoners
- Durham Prison, from 1908 to 1964 (some gaps)
- Carlisle Prison, from 1910 to 1922 (some gaps)
- Newcastle Prison, 1909 to 1925 (some gaps)
- Durham Borstal (girls) from 1958 to 1962.
There are also some photographs of prisoners.
Registers of prison officers
We hold registers of officers at Durham Prison, from 1897 to 1977 (approximate dates only), and at Newcastle Prison, from 1872 to 1924 (approximate dates only).
Access to records
Access to records relating to prisoners and prison officers is restricted for 85 years under Data Protection legislation. When only part of a volume is covered by Data Protection, access to the entire volume is restricted. Please contact us to apply for access.
Durham Prison records - online catalogue
For other prison records, search the catalogue for house of correction or similar keywords.