Newfield is a village and former
civil parish in the
County Durham
County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East E ...
district, in the ceremonial county of
Durham, England. It is situated to the south of
Willington, near
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham.
Much of the town's early history surro ...
. In the
2001 census Newfield had a population of 368.
Civil parish
Newfield was formerly a
township in the parish of
Auckland, St. Andrew, from 1866 Newfield was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Bishop Auckland, part also went to form
Spennymoor. In 1931 the parish had a population of 998.
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Villages in County Durham
Former civil parishes in County Durham
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