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Newbiggin Bridge, Hall, Mill, & Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Newbiggin

Historical Forms

  • Low Mill 1743 PR
  • Newbiggen (High) Mill 1775,1804 ib

Etymology

( 1679 NWm 11, 187 ) ( 1745PR , originally a peel tower , rebuilt in 1533 , cf. NWm 185–6, NB368, RCHM 183 ) ( Low Mill 1743 PR, Newbiggen (High ) Mill 1775, 1804 ib ) ( 1865 OS , formerly Newbiggin Common 1820 Enel A ) , v. brycg , hall , myln , mōr .