Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWBIGGIN

NEWBIGGIN, a township in Aysgarth parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 4¼ miles S E of Askrigg. Acres, 2,000. Real property, £1, 511. Pop., 121. Houses, 25. Newbiggin Hall is the seat of the Yeomans. There is a slightly endowed school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Aysgarth CP/AP       Newbiggin Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Newbiggin

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