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"The parish of Newbiggin (New-building; big being a word not yet quite out of use, signifying to build) is a small parish about three miles in compass, surrounded by the parish of Kirkby Thore, except only on the north where it joins to the parish of Kirkland in Cumberland, being separated therefrom by a small rivulet, which descends from the mountain Crossfell (one of the highest mountains in the north, so called probably from a cross erected thereupon by way of boundary between two parishes or lordships) which rivulet from its first rising, until it fall into the river Eden, divides the two counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. The parish contains only the township of Newbiggin, and part of the hamlet of Hale, the grange whereof belonged heretofore to the abbey of Holm Cultram. The church is dedicated to St. Edmund; and is a rectory. From the smallness of the parish... there is no room to suppose this to be a very ancient composition. The parsonage house is but an indifferent building; which stands at the north-west end of the village near the church. "
[Nicolson and Burn: The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. Transcribed by Anne Nichols.]
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Newbiggin is surrounded by the parish of Kirkby Thore, except in the north where it joins to the parish of Kirkland in Cumberland
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M.Is for Newbiggin were transcribed in Monumental Inscriptions of Westmorland by E. Bellasis 1888-89 and are available on Westmorland Papers.
Returns survive for the 'census' of 1787 and are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WQ/SP/C. They are transcribed in Vital Statistics published by Curwen Archives Trust 1992. ISBN 1897590008.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911.
Transcript and index for 1851 has been published by the Cumbria Family History Society and also in 'North Westmorland - An Index to the 1851 Census' compiled by David Lowis and Barbara Slack.
| Newbiggin, Wesleyan Methodist |
| St Edmund Simple church with substantially Norman nave and chancel but with later windows and C16th N chapel. C14/15th glass in chancel. Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (English Heritage site). Photograph(s) and description on VisitCumbria. Access and contact details on site.Church of England More details and maps in Genuki Westmorland Church Database |
Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts are held by Cumbria Archives :
originals at Kendal RO and microfilm copies at Carlisle RO.
| Baptism registers | 1571-1812 |
| Marriage registers | 1571-1966 |
| Banns registers | 1756-1812 |
| Burial registers | 1571-1812 |
| Bishops transcripts | 1665-1875 |
See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR80 for information on these and other parish records..
For searching on LDS familysearch.org see IGI batch numbers (compiled by Jake Prescott)
or use the batch number search site (by Hugh Wallis).
The University of Leicester History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Newbiggin to another place.
British History Online provides historical notes for Newbiggin from The Later Records relating to North Westmorland by John F. Curwen (1932)
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY632285 (Lat/Lon: 54.649986, -2.571691), Newbiggin which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Newbiggen is in the diocese of Carlisle and wills will be in Carlisle Record Office.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Newbiggin transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Newbiggin transcribed on Edenlinks.