Newbigging, Angus

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Long north-east from Drumsturdy to Newbigging

Newbigging, Angus is a village in Angus, Scotland.^[1] The name "Newbigging" originally referred to a "new bigging" or "new cottar town" (hamlet). The village is roughly two miles north of Monifieth and east of Dundee, Scotland's fourth City. Some of the earliest history of the local area is represented approximately four kilometres northwest at the village of Eassie, where the Eassie Stone is displayed in a ruined church; this carved Pictish stone is dated prior to the Early Middle Ages.^[2] Newbigging's inhabitants form a close knit community who have spent most of their lives here. While the village is small, slow expansion of its borders through property development is creating new inhabitants for the village.

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The oldest buildings in the village (exceeding 200 years), are the village church and the old church manse. The church is located almost in the centre of the village on the main road "Pitairlie Road", and is still in use for Sunday services, funerals, weddings and Christmas Eve meetings. The old manse which was superseded by the new manse behind the church, neither of which are used as the church manse anymore, was given the dwelling name of "Davidsons Cottage". While this name is in some databases as the name of the oldest house in Newbigging, it's current monicker is "Rhodd Duw", which is Welsh for God's gift due to the circumstances of its acquisition.

Other features in the village are:

Newbigging Primary School, whose headmistress was succeeded the prior headmaster (the great Stuart Henderson) of over 30 years.

Village Hall, also owned by the Primary School and used by them for gym lessons, school concerts, parties and the daily lunch hall. The hall is also used by the community for Council meetings and as the local Polling Office.

Newbigging Shop, under new ownership, is currently undergoing improvement works. This move may assist the return of the prize for Scotland's Best Local Convenience Store, which was awarded to the previous owners in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Village Garage - and petrol station is a convenient stopping point for services and fuel top-up as the only other stations nearby are stations in Dundee three miles to the southeast, and nothing for many more miles to the north.