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Newbiggin, Ainstable
Newbiggin
civil parish:-   Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY55764918 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5549
10Km square:-   NY54

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Newbiggen
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY54NE.jpg
"Newbiggen"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Newbiggin
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
image
FD02NY54.jpg
"Newbiggin"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Newbiggen
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
image
GAR2NY55.jpg
"Newbiggen"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Post Office 1850s-1900s
placename:-  Newbiggin
source data:-   Post road maps, General Post Office Circulation Map for England and Wales, for the General Post Office, London, 1850s-1900s.
image  click to enlarge
POF7Cm.jpg
"Newbiggin"
map date 1909 

:-  
images courtesy of the British Postal Museum and Hampshire CC Museums


photograph
CBH21.jpg  Swaledale sheep,
(taken 28.7.2014)  

notes:-  
site of five early stone houses

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

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