Biggin by Hulland
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| Biggin | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Farmhouse, Biggin by Hulland | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK259485 |
| Location: | 53°2’2"N, 1°36’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 120 (2011 Census) |
| Post town: | Ashbourne |
| Postcode: | DE6 |
| Dialling code: | 01335 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
Biggin is a village in the Derbyshire, near Hulland and just off the A517 road. The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 120.
The village and parish are also known as Biggin by Hulland to distinguish this place from Biggin above Dovedale, in the parish of Hartington, also in Derbyshire.
History
In 1870–1872, Biggin was described as:
- The township is in Wirksworth parish; and lies near the Cromford and High Park railway, 7½ miles SW of Bakewell r. station. Acres, 595. Real property, £1,153. Pop., 133. Houses, 28. The chapelry was constituted in 1848.Post Town, Ashborne. Pop., 399. Houses, 84. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is modern. There are two Primitive Methodist chapels and a national school.[1]
Biggin is hidden away over a ford down a tiny track below Hulland village and it disappears when the mists lie low across the countryside; strangers to this area will pass by totally unaware of its existence.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2686#. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
