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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newfield like this:
NEWFIELD, a township, with a village, in Auckland, St. Andrew parish, Durham; 3 miles N of Bishop-Auckland. Acres, 199. Pop. in 1831, 8; in 1841, 345; in 1861, 1,024. Houses, 177. Coal-mining is largelycarried on. Some spots command a fine view.
Newfield is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newfield in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3136
Date accessed: 10th December 2025
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