Wingate
Wingate is a town in County Durham, England. Wingate is a former pit village with a blend of 19th-century, post-war, as well as much more current housing developments. It was originally lived in by around 30 farmers prior to 1839 when coal was uncovered. It is located in the East of County Durham, three miles south west of Peterlee, and 7 miles north west of Hartlepool. As with a lot of villages in the area, it proliferated with the development of coal-mining in the area. The name Wingate is stated to stem from the Anglo-Saxon words windig (gusty) and also geat (road) meaning gusty road. Like all County Durham villages, locals are understood to speak the pitmatic language although new housing developments has actually seen a sharp boost in the town's population. A selecting ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north east to Peterlee and also has a complete population, taken at the 2011 census, of 10,302.