Piggotts

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Pigott's
Village
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Pigott's
Coordinates: 17°07′N61°48′W / 17.117°N 61.800°W / 17.117; -61.800
Country Antigua and Barbuda
Island Antigua
Civil parish Saint George Parish
FoundedJune 14, 1861;162 years ago (1861-06-14) [1]
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,931
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)

Piggotts, also known as St Mark's Village, is a village in Saint George Parish on Antigua island in Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 1,478 in 2001.

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It is located in the north of the island, to the east of the capital city of St. John's.

History

In the late 1850s and early 1860s a school was built in what is now Piggotts to provide education to the poorer residents of the nearby sugar estates of Carlisle, Fitches Creek, Weirs, Gunthorpes, Paynters and Cassada Gardens. This school was centrally located so all of the residents of the estates would have easy access to the school. [1]

Circa 1864, Richard Albert Louden Piggott from Newgate Street in St. John’s City, moved to this area. Piggott had so many children, that the area eventually became known as “Piggotts Village”. [1]

Rivalry with Osbourn

The village had a rivalry with Osbourn Farm, especially in cricket. The two villages were separated by a gap, but when the affordable housing project Happy Hill was constructed from the 1950s to the 1970s, the villages became connected, and the rivalry slowly ended. [1]

Geography

The town is landlocked and has no sea access, and borders the town of Osbourn.

Religion

The town is home to the Antigua & Barduda International Islamic Society Masjid, one of the only mosques in Antigua and Barbuda, as well as

Religion Data [2]
Q49 ReligionCounts%
Adventist1889.78%
Anglican46224.10%
Baptist382.00%
Church of God934.85%
Evangelical633.27%
Jehovah Witness502.60%
Methodist593.09%
Moravian1708.84%
Nazarene301.55%
None/no religion733.83%
Pentecostal27114.14%
Rastafarian130.66%
Roman Catholic1859.67%
Weslyan Holiness291.50%
Other914.74%
Don't know/Not stated1035.39%
Total1 918100.00%
NotApp :13

Demographics

Piggots has six enumeration districts.

Census data [3]

Q48 EthnicCounts%
African descendent1,74190.16%
Caucasian/White110.57%
East Indian/India341.76%
Mixed (Black/White)50.28%
Mixed (Other)583.00%
Hispanic542.82%
Syrian/Lebanese110.57%
Other60.34%
Don't know/Not stated100.51%
Total1,931100.00%
Q58. Country of birthCounts%
Africa70.34%
Antigua and Barbuda1,35370.06%
Other Caribbean countries150.78%
Canada40.23%
Other Asian countries150.80%
Other European countries40.23%
Dominica784.03%
Dominican Republic452.31%
Guyana1105.72%
Jamaica894.61%
Monsterrat100.50%
St. Kitts and Nevis90.44%
St. Lucia683.52%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines261.32%
Syria60.29%
Trinidad and Tobago120.61%
United Kingdom80.40%
USA462.36%
USVI United States Virgin Islands60.33%
Not Stated221.12%
Total1,931100.00%
Q71 Country of Citizenship 1Counts%
Antigua and Barbuda1,59282.46%
Other Caribbean countries90.45%
Canada90.46%
Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries70.34%
Dominica291.49%
Dominican Republic271.37%
Guyana713.66%
Jamaica633.28%
Monsterrat50.28%
St. Lucia301.54%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines120.61%
Trinidad and Tobago80.39%
United Kingdom70.34%
USA452.32%
Other countries20.11%
Not Stated170.89%
Total1,931100.00%
Q71 Country of Citizenship 2 (Country of Second Citizenship)Counts%
Other Caribbean countries144.88%
Canada10.39%
Other Asian and Middle Eastern countries103.49%
Dominica5419.11%
Dominican Republic176.00%
Guyana4415.44%
Jamaica279.41%
Monsterrat51.89%
St. Lucia3913.79%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines134.51%
Trinidad and Tobago41.49%
United Kingdom41.49%
USA4816.95%
Other countries31.15%
Total285100.00%
NotApp :1,646

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Museum of Antigua and Barbuda" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Antigua and Barbuda::Statistics Division/Redatam Webserver | Statistical Process and Dissemination Tool". redatam.org. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Antigua and Barbuda::Statistics Division/Redatam Webserver | Statistical Process and Dissemination Tool". redatam.org. Retrieved 18 December 2021.


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