Biggin, Dovedale

Biggin
Derbyshire
St Thomas' Church in Biggin
Location
Grid reference:	SK154593
Location:	53°7’52"N, 1°46’12"W
Data
Population:	136
Post town:	Buxton
Postcode:	SK17
Dialling code:	01298
Local Government
Council:	Derbyshire Dales
Parliamentary constituency:	Derbyshire Dales

Biggin is a village in Derbyshire; part of the Hartington Nether Quarter parish, and is in the Peak District National Park.

Overlooking Biggin

Biggin was once known as Newbiggin, when it had a monastic settlement of the Cistercian order, established by the monks of Garendon Abbey, Leicestershire. The monks established a sheep ranch at Biggin Grange, which still has one ancient outbuilding. Farming is still important to the village, though at one time (18th Century) it was also a centre of lead mining. When the lead started to be worked out, there was a migration of lead miners to Upper Teesdale, and they probably took the name Newbiggin there. Today tourism is an important industry alongside farming.

See also

• Dovedale
• Tissington Trail

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Biggin, Dovedale)

• Biggin tourist site with reference to mining
• Biggin tourist site
• Other Biggin tourist site

References

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