Seldom Seen, Newfield

[tab11]

Evening Rootschatters,

I've just found out that I have ancestor that died at 21 months at Seldom Seen, Newfield.  My question is, does this place still exist?

Is there a church there where there may have been a burial?

Tab11

[bettyespana]

Evening Rootschatters,

I've just found out that I have ancestor that died at 21 months at Seldom Seen, Newfield.  My question is, does this place still exist?

Is there a church there where there may have been a burial?

Tab11

I have just googled & there is a place described with the name Seldom Seen near Glencoyne.Apparently there is a nice view of it on the walk from Ullswater.
Ullswater is in the Lake District.

[tab11]

Thanks but this one is definitely in Bishop Auckland...

[ScouseBoy]

Not Durham,   more likely to be Westmorland.

[keyboard86]

Hi the 1861 census has Seldom Seen as a Street in the parish of Newfield, Ecclesiastical District Byers Green, Registration District Aukland
Census Ref RG09/3711/59/37
Keyboard86

[JenB]

Not Durham, 

PLEASE do check your facts first!

There was a place called Seldom Seen in County Durham, as the original posted correctly stated!

http://maps.nls.uk/view/102341644#zoom=5&lat=5964&lon=6303&layers=BT

[JenB]

Newfield was in the parish of Auckland St Andrew until 1845
In Byers Green St Peter 1845 - 1900
A parish in its own right 1900 onwards.

[stanmapstone]

There were two places called Seldom Seen in County Durham which are listed in "Durham Places in the 19th Century" published by Durhah County Record Office. One in the township of Forest & Frith, and the other in Newfield.

Stan

[tab11]

Thanks for all the interesting replies.  I think the person who included the map has it spot on as there is a colliery there and my ancestor was a miner...