Piggotts, also known as St Mark's Village, is a small township in
Saint George Parish on
Antigua
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island in
Antigua and Barbuda
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. It had a population of 1,478 in 2001.
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.
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”.
Rivalry with Osbourn
The village had a rivalry with Osbourn Farm, especially in
cricket
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. The two villages were separated by a gap, but when the affordable housing project
Happy Hill
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Sinc ...
was constructed from the 1950s to the 1970s, the villages became connected, and the rivalry slowly ended.
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
* Praise Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church
* New Life Assembly of God
* Church of God 7th Day
* Clare Hall Christian Union Church.
Demographics
Piggots has six enumeration districts.
* ''31800 Piggott's Ville-Woods''
* ''40600 Piggotts-School''
* ''40700 Pigotts Hill''
* ''40800 Piggotts-St.Mary's''
* ''40900 Piggotts-Moravian''
* ''41000 Piggotts-Central''
Census Data
See also
*
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
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— ''located near Piggotts''.
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References
*Scott, C. R. (ed.) (2005) ''Insight guide: Caribbean (5th edition)''. London: Apa Publications.
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda
Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
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