Re: The famous 'Bigg Market' in the 'Toon' as they say these days
Bigg was known as Byggg, a type of barley. The stage coach stopped there on it's way to Edinburgh which took 3 days from there. A Scottish soldier got into a drunken brawl while waiting for the coach but stabbed a man resulting in murder. He was hung on he town Moor. The old town hall was taken over by the GPO for a while.
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