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Wingate, Durham

Historical Description

Wingate, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Kelloe parish, Durham, The village stands on the Hartlepool and Ferryhill railway, 9 miles WNW of Hartlepool. It is inhabited chiefly by colliers, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.), and a railway station. The township comprises 4176 acres; population, 4463. In the neighbourhood are brickworks and a large colliery. The ecclesiastical parish bears the name of Wingate Grange, is partly in Monk Hesledon parish, and was constituted in 1842. Population, 5310. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; gross value, £340 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The church, erected in 1840 and restored in 1870, is in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and bell-turret. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, a reading-room and library, a theatre of wood built in 1885, and a police station.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCounty Durham 
Poor Law unionEasington 
WardEasington 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wingate from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online:

CountyCounty Durham
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTS28
Post TownWingate

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