A silver pass for the grandstand at Newcastle racecourse dated 1800 and issued to Charles William Bigge Esq, view of the grandstand, reverse named abo

A silver pass for the grandstand at Newcastle racecourse dated 1800 and issued to Charles William Bigge Esq, view of the grandstand, reverse named above a racehorse & jockey, pierced for suspension Charles William Bigge (1773-1849) was a merchant & banker from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On the death of his father in 1794, Bigge inherited estates at Benton House, Little Benton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Heddon on the Wall, Ponteland and Gosforth; as well as collieries at Little Benton and Willington. In 1806 he became a partner in the Newcastle banking firm of Ridley Bigge Gibson & Co, which in 1832 became Northumberland and Durham District Bank. In 1812 Bigge built Linden Hall, Longhorsley, Northumberland, to a design by Sir Charles Monck on land bought from the earl of Carlisle.