NEWTON-CAPP, a township in that part of the parish of ST-ANDREW-AUCKLAND which is in the north-western division of DARLINGTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 1 mile (N.W.) from Bishop- Auckland, containing 145 inhabitants. It is situated on the Wear, which is here crossed by a bridge. On the north bank of the river are the ruins of an unfinished mansion, erected by the Bacon family, -who were long proprietors of this place.