Seldom Seen, Newfield

[Welbat]

Dear "BG"
Thank you for the rapid response.
Do you have any information on Nutty Hagg close to Seldom Seen and a Todd occupation till the early 19C. I think it was a copyhold tenancy from the Bishops of Durham or from a Charity which was given up.

[Byers Green]

Hello have you seen the photo I posted last year of the house? From what I can gather the Todd family owned a house at Seldom Seen (now called Todd Hills) on the map. They were farm owners, something unknown happened to them and they just left leaving the buildings.  A bungalow is now situated on the land where the house stood and the brickyard now stands on the land.( Brickyard makes building bricks for houses)

[Welbat]

Dear "BG"
Thank you for the picture of Seldom Seen.
I was after any info on Nutty Hagg which is midway between Seldom Seen and Byers Green. Do you have any history photos or similar. Many thanks

[barryd]

No relation to any of the questions/answers above  (thank goodness) but we must not forget Newfield,
Chester-le-Street.

[Byers Green]

Hello sorry I can't get access to any details at present due to the virus. All our files are in the Parish Hall in Byers Green. The Todd family definitely lives in Todd Hills. I am not aware of Nutty Hagg??

[Welbat]

Dear BG
There is a post from JenB headed Seldom Seen Newfield dated 15 August which has an 1857 map attachement. This plan shows Seldom Seen at the top another farm south of it called Never Seen and then South again Nutty Hagg, all off a track leading North from Newfield over the old railway line. The first part of this track still exists as I found it when I found the remains of Nutty Hagg, I think the track now joins with the old railwway. All these properties have Todd connections .
Many thanks.

[Byers Green]

Hello can you please send me a copy of the map, as if I see it I may be able to help or find someone in the village who can. Thanks

[Welbat]

Dear BG
I cannot attach my version of the plan as it is too big.
If you just google Seldom Seen Roots it comes up as a post by JenB with the link to the plan.
I am afraid I am not very computer literate, and od not know how to save and send on.

[Mainsforth]

I think your original post was "I've just found out that I have an 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?"

If you have not already paid it a visit you might like to go to https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com. It has burial records for some churches in the Bishop Auckland area of County Durham.

https://durhamdiocese.org/ may also help you to find a church where the burial could have taken place. Churches that were near Newfield included Whitworth Parish Church and Binchester Church - relatives including my Mum are buried in Binchester's graveyard.

In the 1940s my father was the Colliery Manager of Leasingthorne Colliery and had oversight of the Coal Mine at Newfield.