[1][2] It is part of the Hartington Nether Quarter parish, and is in the Peak District National Park.

Biggin was once known as Newbiggin, when it had a monastic settlement of the Cistercian order, established by the monks of Garendon Abbey, Leicestershire.

The monks established a sheep ranch at Biggin Grange, which still has one ancient outbuilding.

Farming is still important to the village, though at one time (18th Century) it was also a centre of lead mining.

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