Mystery deepens over ‘Baby Auckland’ whose remains were found under floor of Bishop Auckland house in 2024
A baby boy whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in newspaper dating back to 1910 and with twine around his neck may have been alive up to 300 years ago, an inquest has heard.
The child was listed as “Baby Auckland” for an inquest into his death that was opened at the coroner’s court in Crook, County Durham, on Tuesday.
A contractor discovered the remains in 2024. They were under floorboards in a Victorian house in Bishop Auckland. There was twine looped around the boy’s neck and he was wrapped in a newspaper from 1910.
It had been assumed that the baby was born around that year but the awful mystery deepened when the inquest heard that radiocarbon dating suggested he was most likely alive at some time between 1726 and 1812.
