Newbiggin is a small hamlet in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
, England. Cumrew beck flows north-west through Newbiggin eventually joining the Eden close to
Armathwaite
Armathwaite is a village in the English ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Historically within the county of Cumberland, Armathwaite lies on the River Eden, forms part of the Westmorland and Furness district and is served by Armathwaite railway st ...
. The village contains many houses of a traditional design, a historic chapel (now a private home) and several large-acreage farms. On the fells around the village there are traces of the old mines that used to operate in the area, as well as the skeletons of
lime kiln
A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called ''quicklime'' (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2
This reaction can tak ...
s. A track from the village leads up to new water river, which can be followed north to
Castle Carrock
Castle Carrock is a village and civil parish on the B6413 road, in the
Cumberland District, in the English county of Cumbria about south of Brampton. The population of the Civil Parish was 303 in 2001 and rose to 328 by 2011. It has a pub, Th ...
. There is a pub, The Blue Bell Inn.
See also
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Listed buildings in Ainstable
Ainstable is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It contains 21 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at ...
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Croglin(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Hamlets in Cumbria
Ainstable
Lime kilns in England
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