Wingate, County Durham

Wingate
Wingate
Village
	Holy Trinity Church, Wingate
	Wingate Location within County Durham
Population	4,168 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	NZ400379
Unitary authority	County Durham ;
Ceremonial county	Durham ;
Region	North East ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINGATE
Postcode district	TS28
Dialling code	01429
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Easington ;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°44′06″N1°22′48″W / 54.7349°N 1.3801°W

Last updated December 28, 2024

Wingate is a village in County Durham, England.

Wingate is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments. It was originally inhabited by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was discovered. It is located in the East of County Durham, three miles south west of Peterlee, and seven miles north west of Hartlepool. As with most villages in the area, it grew rapidly with the development of coal-mining in the region.

The name Wingate is said to derive from the Anglo-Saxon words windig (windy) and geat (road) meaning windy road. Like many County Durham villages, residents are known to speak the pitmatic dialect, described to be a mixture of both mackem and teesside accents, although new housing developments has seen a sharp increase in the village's population.

History

There is no evidence of settlement at Wingate until the 16th century. However, mining made its presence felt in the 19th century and Wingate became a large settlement and regional centre for the area. The village is located approximately two miles east of the original settlement, which is now called Old Wingate. Coal was discovered in 1839 when two shafts were sunk; coal was drawn in December 1839. In 1906, an explosion in the mine killed 26 pit workers in Wingate, and in 2006 a march took place to commemorate the miners.^[2]

On 7 January 1971, Avro Vulcan bomber XM610 crashed near the school after suffering an engine fire due to metal fatigue in the number 1 engine. The pilot remained in the burning aircraft before he ejected to direct the aircraft to crash into the sea; however. the aircraft later spiralled down into the village and crashed, leaving a large crater. There were no fatalities in the accident. The pilot was awarded the AFC for his attempts to save the aircraft.^[3]

Wingate is also the birthplace of Ted Harrison, a Canadian artist notable for his paintings of the Yukon.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north east to Peterlee and has a total population, taken at the 2011 census, of 10,302.^[7]

Transport

Car travel

The village has ready access to road links for commuters, with the A181 leading westward to Durham and then north and south via the A1. Heading east towards the east Durham coast leads to the A19, with links to Peterlee, Sunderland and Teesside. The main road through the village is the B1280.

Public transport

Public transport is provided by Arriva North East services 58 and X22, and Go North East service 239. Buses serve a range of destinations including: Sedgefield, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Peterlee and Stockton-on-Tees

Wingate was previously served by two railway stations at Wingate and Wellfield on the Great North of England, Clarence & Hartlepool Junction Railway and the North Eastern Railway Castle Eden Branch respectively. Both stations are long closed and the majority of the former right of way has been reclaimed and turned into walkways, notably parts of the Hart to Haswell Walkway. One of the level crossing gates survives next to the Railway Crossings pub on Front Street.

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References

↑ "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 21 July 2015.
↑ "Wingate Mine explosion". www.dmm.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
↑ "Vulcan crash". www.neam.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
↑ Amos, Mike (31 August 2006). "The Northern Echo: JOHN NORTH – Anything Yukon do". The Northern Echo . Retrieved 2 March 2007.
↑ "Yukon painter Ted Harrison celebrated in biography". CBC News . 25 August 2009.
↑ "Ted Harrison Gallery Serigraphs – biography" . Retrieved 2 March 2007.
↑ "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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[1] "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[2] "Wingate Mine explosion". www.dmm.org.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[3] "Vulcan crash". www.neam.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[amos-4] Amos, Mike (31 August 2006). "The Northern Echo: JOHN NORTH – Anything Yukon do". The Northern Echo . Retrieved 2 March 2007.

[cbc.ca-5] "Yukon painter Ted Harrison celebrated in biography". CBC News . 25 August 2009.

[6] "Ted Harrison Gallery Serigraphs – biography" . Retrieved 2 March 2007.

[7] "Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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v t e Civil parishes in County Durham
including Stockton-on-Tees (north of the river)
Darlington	Parishes Archdeacon Newton Barmpton Bishopton Brafferton Coatham Mundeville Denton East and West Newbiggin Great Burdon Great Stainton Heighington High Coniscliffe Houghton le Side Hurworth Killerby Little Stainton Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent Middleton St. George Morton Palms Neasham Piercebridge Sadberge Summerhouse Walworth Whessoe Unparished areas The former Darlington County Borough
County Durham	Towns Barnard Castle Bishop Auckland Chilton Ferryhill Great Aycliffe Greater Willington Peterlee Seaham Sedgefield Shildon Spennymoor Stanley Tow Law Parishes Barforth Barningham Bearpark Belmont Bishop Middleham Bolam Boldron Bournmoor Bowes Bradbury and the Isle Brancepeth Brandon and Byshottles Brignall Burnhope Cassop-cum-Quarrington Castle Eden City of Durham Cleatlam Cockfield Cornforth Cornsay Cotherstone Coxhoe Croxdale and Hett Dalton-le-Dale Dene Valley Easington Colliery Easington Village Edmondbyers Edmondsley Eggleston Egglestone Abbey Eldon Esh Etherley Evenwood and Barony Fishburn Forest and Frith Framwellgate Moor Gainford Gilmonby Great Lumley Greencroft Hamsterley Hamsterley Common Haswell Hawthorn Headlam Healeyfield Hedleyhope Hilton Holwick Hope Horden Hunderthwaite Hunstanworth Hutton Henry and Station Town Hutton Magna Ingleton Kelloe Kimblesworth and Plawsworth Lanchester Langleydale and Shotton Langton Lartington Little Lumley Lunedale Lynesack and Softley Marwood Mickleton Middleton in Teesdale Middridge Monk Hesleden Mordon Morton Tinmouth Muggleswick Murton Nesbitt Newbiggin North Lodge Ouston Ovington Pelton Pittington Raby with Keverstone Rokeby Romaldkirk Sacriston Satley Scargill Seaton with Slingley Shadforth Sheraton with Hulam Sherburn Village Shincliffe Shotton South Bedburn South Hetton Staindrop Stanhope Startforth Streatlam and Stainton Thornley Toft Hill Trimdon Trimdon Foundry Urpeth Waldridge Wackerfield Weather Hill Wood West Auckland West Rainton and Leamside Westwick Wheatley Hill Whorlton Windlestone Wingate Winston Witton Gilbert Witton-le-Wear Wolsingham Wolsingham Park Moor Woodland Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas The former Chester le Street Urban District Consett Parts of the former Durham Municipal Borough Parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District Crook and Willington Urban District Stanley Urban District
Hartlepool	Towns Headland Parishes Brierton Claxton Dalton Piercy Elwick Greatham Hart Newton Bewley Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough
Stockton-on-Tees	Towns Billingham Parishes Aislaby Carlton Egglescliffe Elton Grindon and Thorpe Thewles Longnewton Newsham Preston-on-Tees Redmarshall Stillington and Whitton Wolviston Wynyard Unparished areas Part of the former Teesside County Borough
For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham . For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire .

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