Biggar, Cumbria

Biggar
Biggar
	Biggar Village
	Biggar Location in Barrow-in-Furness Borough Biggar Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD186662
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARROW-IN-FURNESS
Postcode district	LA14
Dialling code	01229
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Barrow and Furness;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°05′10″N 3°14′35″W / 54.086°N 3.243°W

Biggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria, England. Along with the village of North Scale, it is the oldest settlement on the island. It now forms part of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness.

Furness Abbey records from 1292 mention a grange at Biggar, of around 100 acres (0.40 km²) in size.^[1] Biggar Dyke was built in the Sixteenth century [when the village was part of Dalton Parish] as coastal defence for the village and island. The first mention of the name the 'Queen's Arms' was in 1869 to distinguish it from the recently opened 'New Inn' in the village although it was a beer house as early as 1753.

Biggar has remained outside of the main urban limits of Walney and Barrow-in-Furness, and is still a small farming village. It lies on the eastern coast of Walney, to the north of a nature reserve, containing one of England's few oyster farms.

Biggar is mentioned alongside North Scale in the folk song 'Wa'ney Island Cockfight' ^[2]^[3] The song has been recorded by Fiddler's Dram and Martin Wyndham-Reed.

References

^ Barnes, F.; 1968; Barrow and District; Second Edition; Barrow-in-Furness Corporation;
^ Allan, Sue (2017). "FOLK SONG IN CUMBRIA: A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL REPERTOIRE?" (PDF).
^ Wyndham-Reed, Martin. English Sporting Ballads, Broadside BRO128.

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Walney Island (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

Media related to Biggar, Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Barnes, F.; 1968; Barrow and District; Second Edition; Barrow-in-Furness Corporation;

[2] Allan, Sue (2017). "FOLK SONG IN CUMBRIA: A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL REPERTOIRE?" (PDF).

[3] Wyndham-Reed, Martin. English Sporting Ballads, Broadside BRO128.

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v t e Districts and wards of the former Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Main settlements	Barrow-in-Furness Dalton-in-Furness
Districts	Askam Biggar Foulney Island Holbeck Ireleth Lindal Marton Newton North Scale Piel Island Port Rampside Roa Island Roanhead Salthouse Sheep Island Vickerstown Yarlside
Wards	Barrow Island Central Barrow Dalton North Dalton South Hawcoat Hindpool Newbarns Ormsgill Parkside Risedale Roose Walney North Walney South
Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria North West England United Kingdom