NEWBIGGIN, a parish in EAST ward, county of
WESTMORLAND, 7 miles (N. W. by N.) from Appleby,
containing 152 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle,
rated in the king's books at £4. 14. 2., endowed with!
£200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and
in the patronage of W. Crackenthorpe,Esq. The church;
dedicated to St. Edmund, is an ancient building, repewed
in 1804. Newbiggin Hall is a fine old castellated
mansion, erected in 1533, upon the site of the previous
manor-house. Some rocks near it are represented to
have formerly borne various Roman inscriptions.