Biggin

Such is the exposed position of Biggin that its church clock is protected by four coats of black paint. Dark gargoyles glower over the churchyard, where headstones reveal names which might have been borrowed from the local map: Manifold, Bonsall, Heathcote, Derbyshire and more. This is limestone country, the White Peak, criss-crossed with drystone walls and scattered with hundreds of sheep. Biggin has a well preserved pinfold where stray sheep and cattle were impounded until the owner reclaimed them in return for a fee to the ‘pinner’ who held the key.