Newfield (Auckland), Durham

Historical Description

Newfield, a township, with a village, in Auckland St Andrew parish, Durham, 3 miles N of Bishop Auckland. It has a post and money order office under Willington (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Byers Green. Acreage, 196 of land and 10 of water; population, 1130. Coal-mining is carried on, firebricks are made, and there are several coke ovens. Some spots command a fine view. There are Primitive Methodist and Methodist New Connexion chapels.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Newfield (Auckland) are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online:

• Hartlepool Mail
• Northern Echo
• Durham County Advertiser
• Teesdale Mercury