Wingate
Wingate is a village in County Durham, England. Wingate is a previous pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and also a lot more current housing developments. It was initially lived in 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 7 miles north west of Hartlepool. Just like a lot of towns in the location, it grew rapidly with the advancement of coal-mining in the region. The name Wingate is said to stem from the Anglo-Saxon words windig (gusty) and also geat (roadway) meaning windy road. Like all County Durham towns, homeowners are known to speak the pitmatic language although brand-new housing developments has seen a sharp increase in the town's population. A selecting ward in the exact same name exists. This ward stretches north eastern to Peterlee as well as has a complete population, taken at the 2011 census, of 10,302.
