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.

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Biggar
Biggar Village
Biggar Location in Barrow-in-Furness Borough Show map of the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Biggar Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD186662
District	Barrow-in-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 54.086°N 3.243°W / 54.086; -3.243

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

External links

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

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