Piggotts
human settlement
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.
Circa 1864, Richard Albert Louden Piggott (1844-1926) 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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