National Gazetteer (1868) - Newbiggin

"NEWBIGGIN, a chapelry in the parish of Woodhorn, E. division of Morpeth ward, county Northumberland, 9 miles E. by N. of Morpeth, its post town, and 4 N. of Blyth. The village is situated on the coast, near Newbiggin Point, and is a favourite watering-place during the summer season. The chief portion of the resident inhabitants are engaged in the fisheries. In due season herrings, mackerel, and other kinds of fish, are caught in large quantities. The bay affords tolerable security and anchorage for small vessels. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage* of Woodhorn, in the diocese of Durham. The church, which is situated on a rock, near the shore, is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. It has a spired tower, which answers as a beacon at sea. The church was rebuilt in 1846. There is a parochial school for both sexes, also a Sunday-school. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. There are a subscription library and reading-rooms. In the neighbourhood are several collieries. Newbiggin is a coastguard and a lifeboat station."