Place:


Biggin  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Biggin like this:

BIGGIN, a township in Kirk-Fenton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the North Midland railway, 6½ miles WNW of Selby. Acres, together with Little Fenton, 2,250. Pop., 142. Houses, 28. Teasel, for the use of fullers, was first cultivated here.

Biggin through time

Biggin is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Biggin itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Biggin, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11581

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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