Piggotts Explained

Official Name:Pigott's
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Antigua and Barbuda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Antigua and Barbuda
Subdivision Type1:Island
Subdivision Name1:Antigua
Subdivision Type2:Civil parish
Subdivision Name2:Saint George Parish
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1,931
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:17.1167°N -109°W
Elevation M:55

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.

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”.

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.

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 Religion!Counts!%
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%
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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

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Museum of Antigua and Barbuda .
  2. Web site: Antigua and Barbuda::Statistics Division/Redatam Webserver Statistical Process and Dissemination Tool. 2021-12-18. redatam.org.
  3. Web site: Antigua and Barbuda::Statistics Division/Redatam Webserver Statistical Process and Dissemination Tool. 2021-12-18. redatam.org.