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Exhibitions
- 'Adventurers and Pirates' - Hetton Coal Company, 1820
- Looking back at Consett Steel Works
- Celebrating Gala Day 2020
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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
My Nearest
Use the 'My Nearest' function to search for features that are near to a particular postcode, town or street.
Please Note: In order to use the 'my nearest' function, you must have added at least one layer to the map. See 'Adding Map Layers' for details. Please note that a maximum of three layers can be added to the map at any one time.
Searching for Nearby Features
Once map layers have been added to the map, the 'My Nearest' function will display 'loaded layers' as a list. Start by selecting one of the loaded layers in which you would like to find your nearest feature.
Next, choose the 'type of search' you require, for example; postcode, town or street. Finally, enter a keyword and click the 'Search' button.
In some cases, where two locations are similar, you will be asked to confirm the location which best suits your search, simply click on the postcode, town or street name which is most relevant to you.
Search Results
The results of the search will be displayed as a list of features. Click on the name of the feature which interests you, to place it in the centre of the map. The mapping system will advise you of the distance of the feature from the search criteria you have entered.
If you require further information about a particular feature, you need to select the 'Identify' tool and then click on the feature that is showing on the map. Click on the 'more info' link to take you back to the relevant information on the county council website, (where available).