A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Middleton in Teesdale AP/CP County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Newbiggin |
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