Newbiggin (Parish) through time

Newbiggin Parish

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

Other related units

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Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	Authority
COUNTY DURHAM	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
TEESDALE RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
BARNARD CASTLE RD	Local Government District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
DARLINGTON Wd	Ancient District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
MIDDLETON	Registration sub-District		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
TEESDALE RSD	Sanitary District	1866	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.
MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE AP/CP	Parish-level Unit		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 110.

Boundaries and changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
18 Aug 1882	was enlarged by gaining part of	MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE AP/CP		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; D.P. ACT, 1882
24 Mar 1884	was reduced to enlarge	HOLWICK CP/Tn		1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 14, 'Changes in the Areas of Civil Parishes effected by Local Government Board Orders under the Provisions of the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876 and 1879, or by the Act of 1882'.; LGBO 16615

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Newbiggin (Parish) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10144498

Date accessed: 13th December 2025