"Durham County is in North East England, bordered to the east by the North Sea. Our Society covers the county as it was before boundary changes in 1974. It is bordered by the river Tyne to the north and the river Tees to the south." web site. "The Bulletin ... includes original contributions on Durham's history, articles on sources and reviews of books. It also includes links to other sites of interest for Durham County." web site.

Electoral registers divided by constituency or parliamentary division. Includes names, in alphabetical order, of all persons entitled to vote as parliamentary and as local electors.

Jusisdiction of court: Durham and Northumberland counties and parts of Cumberland and Yorkshire.

Includes typed summaries and catalog descriptions from Durham University Library. The bishop of Durham's Halmote Courts were manorial courts which dealt chiefly with the customary or copyhold land and tenants on his estates. By the 17th century their business was largely confined to dealing with the surrender and admission of manorial tenants, according to the custom of the manor. When a tenant died, or a holding was transferred for some other reason,...