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  • John Eckford in 1839 married Margaret Christie, and he went far afield for a wife, namely from Newbiggin in Forfar, where for fourteen years he had his one and only charge, to Strathmiglo in Fife.

    In Flanders Fields and Other Poems 1919

  • Newbiggin was a town of some importance in Plantagenet days, with a busy harbour, and a pier; and in the reign of Edward II. it was required to contribute a vessel towards the naval defence of the Kingdom.

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • On the point at the northern curve of Newbiggin Bay stands Newbiggin

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • Newbiggin itself is a large fishing village and an increasingly popular holiday resort, for it possesses not only good sands but a wide moor near at hand which provides one of the best of golf courses; and, also, a short distance along the coast, are the attractive Fairy Rocks.

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • At Newbiggin, and Cresswell, for instance, deeds have been done, which, in their simple unassuming heroism, may be taken as typical of the hardy race which could count Grace Darling among its daughters.

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • But between them and Newbiggin, the nearest lifeboat station, the Lyne Burn runs into the sea, and spreads widely out over the sands; and the older people told Peggy she could never cross the burn in the dark.

    Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

  • John Eckford in 1839 married Margaret Christie, and he went far afield for a wife, namely from Newbiggin in Forfar, where for fourteen years he had his one and only charge, to Strathmiglo in Fife.

    In Flanders Fields and Other Poems John McCrae 1895

  • She said the Paragon practice employs 20 vets and several nurses to staff the various branches in Dalston, Carlisle, Hexham, Newbiggin etc.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • Newbiggin (Karl Malden) -- nor that the package contains virus-filled eggs that have been stolen from the British government's research facility at Porton Down.

    WN.com - Articles related to Agricultural Bank's initial offering does not thrill 2010

  • He does not know that he is about to encounter his old acquaintance Leo Newbiggin (Karl Malden) -- nor that the package contains virus-filled eggs that have been stolen from the British government's research facility at Porton Down.

    WN.com - Articles related to Agricultural Bank's initial offering does not thrill 2010

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