Newbiggin is a small hamlet in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...
, England. Cumrew beck flows north-west through Newbiggin eventually joining the Eden close to
Armathwaite. 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 (material), lime called quicklime (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this chemical reaction, reaction is
:Calcium carbonate, Ca ...
. 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 City of Carlisle 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 pu ...
. There is a pub, The Blue Bell Inn.
See also
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Listed buildings in Ainstable
Ainstable is a civil parish in the Eden District, 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 Grade ...
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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