Pegswood
Sign in to savePegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery. Pegswood is two miles (3 km) east of Morpeth and three miles (5 km) west of Ashington, with a population of around 3,280. Pegswood is on a small hill above the valley in which Morpeth is situated, close to the River Wansbeck and to the small stream Brocks Burn.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pegswood
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,280
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Pegswood
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 3,280
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Northumberland
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Northumberland
- UK place.post_town
- MORPETH
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE61
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Northumberland
- Population
- +3280
- Image
- St Margaret's Chapel, Pegswood - geograph.org.uk - 5304365.jpg
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Pegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery. Pegswood is two miles (3 km) east of Morpeth and three miles (5 km) west of Ashington, with a population of around 3,280. Pegswood is on a small hill above the valley in which Morpeth is situated, close to the River Wansbeck and to the small stream Brocks Burn.
== History == The prevailing theory as to the origin of the name Pegswood is that it means being a personal name. Another theory is that the element Peg- derives from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning pig. Pegswood started as a small farming settlement, yet with the discovery of coal and the opening of Pegswood colliery, the village expanded to accommodate miners in 1872. The colliery shut in 1969, however the village is still classed as a pit village. All that is left today are the Pit Heap, now a park, and the entrance to the mine shaft, now in the Bothal Court estate. Coinciding with the coal industry, there was also a brickworks in Pegswood, which has since closed down.