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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Newbiggin, Askrigg

54°19′08″N 2°04′16″W / 54.319°N 2.071°W / 54.319; -2.071

Farm buildings in Newbiggin

Newbiggin is a hamlet very close to Askrigg, North Yorkshire, England. Another Newbiggin is only about 7 miles (11 km) away. The hamlet consists of eight dwellings and other smaller buildings such as barns, just to the east of Askrigg at a height of 888 feet (270.6 m) above sea level.

The name is first recorded in 1288 as Neubigging, and like other similarly-named places within North Yorkshire, it means New Building.