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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newbiggin like this:
NEWBIGGEN, a township in Middleton-in-Teesdale parish, Durham; on the river Tees, at the influx of Bowless burn, and at the boundary with Yorkshire, 2¼ miles N W of Middleton. Acres, 4, 627. Real property, 1, 499. Pop., 641. Houses, 105. Much of the surface is moorish upland. Lead ore is mined and smelted. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and as lightly endowed national school.
Newbiggin is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newbiggin itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newbiggin in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4273
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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