Wingate
Wingate is a village in County Durham, England. Wingate is a previous pit town with a mix of 19th-century, post-war, as well as extra current housing developments. It was originally occupied by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was found. It lies in the East of County Durham, 3 miles south west of Peterlee, and also seven miles north west of Hartlepool. Similar to the majority of villages in the location, it proliferated with the development of coal-mining in the region. The name Wingate is said to originate from the Anglo-Saxon words windig (gusty) and geat (roadway) significance gusty road. Like all County Durham towns, homeowners are understood to talk the pitmatic language although new housing developments has actually seen a sharp rise in the village's population. An electoral ward in the exact same name exists. This ward extends north eastern to Peterlee and also has a total population, taken at the 2011 census, of 10,302.
