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NEWBIGGIN, a village in Ravenstonedale parish, Westmoreland; contiguous to the South Durham and Lancashire Union railway, 1¼ mile N W of Ravenstone-dale. It has a station on the railway . Great Ewe fell, 1, 198 feet high, rises immediately to the N; and Ashfell rises a little to the E.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ravenstonedale CP/AP Westmorland AncC |
Place: | Newbiggin on Lune |
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