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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newbiggin on Lune like this:
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.
Newbiggin on Lune is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newbiggin on Lune itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newbiggin on Lune, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25715
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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