BIGGIN, a township in the parish of KIRKFENTON, partly within the liberty of ST-PETER-of-YORK, East riding, and partly in the upper division of the wapentake of BARKSTONE-ASH, West riding, of the county of YORK, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from Selby, containing 164 inhabitants. The plant teasel (Dipsacus Fullonum), used in dressing woollen cloth, is said to have been first cultivated here in this county.