Wingate
Wingate is a village in County Durham, England. Wingate is a former pit town with a mix of 19th-century, post-war, and also much more recent housing developments. It was initially occupied by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was uncovered. It lies in the East of County Durham, three miles south west of Peterlee, and also seven miles north west of Hartlepool. Similar to most towns in the location, it grew rapidly with the advancement of coal-mining in the region. The name Wingate is said to derive from the Anglo-Saxon words windig (gusty) as well as geat (roadway) meaning gusty road. Like all County Durham towns, citizens are understood to talk the pitmatic dialect although brand-new housing developments has seen a sharp increase in the village's population. A selecting ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north east to Peterlee and also has a total population, taken at the 2011 census, of 10,302.
