Biggin_(Dovedale_and_Parwich_Ward)

Biggin (Dovedale and Parwich Ward)

Biggin (Dovedale and Parwich Ward)

Human settlement in England

Biggin is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England.[1][2] It is part of the Hartington Nether Quarter parish, and is in the Peak District National Park.

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Biggin was once known as Newbiggin, when it had a monastic settlement of the Cistercian order, established by the monks of Garendon Abbey, Leicestershire. The monks established a sheep ranch at Biggin Grange, which still has one ancient outbuilding. Farming is still important to the village, though at one time (18th Century) it was also a centre of lead mining. When the lead started to be worked out, there was a migration of lead miners to Upper Teesdale, and they probably took the name Newbiggin there. Today tourism is an important industry alongside farming.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231890.
  2. [2]
    "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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