Seldom Seen, Newfield

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Thanks Millmoor

[DonnaA23]

There most definitely was a place called Seldom Seen, in Newfield. It was down the bank, near the river. I was born in Newfield near Byers Green, although a bit too young to remember that street. It had become just barren wasteland with a river, as I was growing up.

[DonnaA23]

Also for the record, there used to a church in Newfield, but it was pulled down some years ago.

There is however, a graveyard still in Newfield, in the same road as Primrose Hill. The chances are, your ancestor is buried in there. My great grandad is buried there and he worked at Newfield Coillery. Infact he was killed in it.

Hope that helps.

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Yes thanks Donna... it does help... Life in the colliery sounded dreadful!

[Neil Todd]

There most definitely was a place called Seldom Seen, in Newfield. It was down the bank, near the river. I was born in Newfield near Byers Green, although a bit too young to remember that street. It had become just barren wasteland with a river, as I was growing up.

If correct the road past all the family properties was called HAGG LANE. Just a track now.

Neil

[DonnaA23]

There most definitely was a place called Seldom Seen, in Newfield. It was down the bank, near the river. I was born in Newfield near Byers Green, although a bit too young to remember that street. It had become just barren wasteland with a river, as I was growing up.

If correct the road past all the family properties was called HAGG LANE. Just a track now.

Neil

We just used to call it, down the lane. But my mum might remember it as Hagg Lane, she was born in Newfield too. Played many a time down there as a child, building camps in the trees and playing in the orchard, climbing trees and eating sour apples. I remember an old house down there made of stone, right in the middle of the orchard.
The back road to Bishop, we'd call along 'along the bats'.
And the road between Binchester and Newfield, was the 'high lonning'

[2zpool]

Hunter Miller, age 1 yr 6 mo. Seldom Seen was buried 21 Apr 1854 in Byers Green St. Peter.  Not baptised there though.

There is a Seldom Seen near Patton, Pennsylvania, USA.  Now the mine part is a tourist mine not quite as big as going to Beamish but an interesting trip.

Janis

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Wow.... thank you very much Janis...

Where did you find the info?  That is definitely him although he was more like 1 yr and 9 mths I wonder if there is a gravestone, I'm not sure how you would go about finding one.

Thanks again,
Liz

[2zpool]

I have some transcripts on fiche.  I have family that lived in Byers Green for many years.

I do not know about the cemetery.  I gave up looking through cemeteries when I go to England.  My family was never wealthy enough for a stone.  No stone for Hunter Miller at least according to Find-a-Grave.  Only 2 Millers recorded as having stones--Henry and Jane both buried 1912.  Pretty much all the stones are on that website that are readable and listed.

Janis