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Sedgefield is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It has a population of 4,534, increasing to 5,211 at the 2011 census.
St Edmund's church in Sedgefield is noted for its ornate 17th century Cosin woodwork, unique to County Durham since the display in Brancepeth was destroyed in a fire.
The 18th century saw the architect James Paine commissioned by John Burdon in 1754 to design and construct a Palladian estate at nearby Hardwick Hall. The building work was never completed as Burdon went bankrupt, but sufficient landscaping was done to form the basis of the now renovated Hardwick Hall Country Park.
The 19th century South African politician and industrialist Henry Barrington was born in Sedgefield and actions by his offspring indirectly led to the South African town Sedgefield, Western Cape being named in honour of his birthplace.
In the 19th century, Sedgefield was a great hunting centre, dubbed 'the Melton of the North'. Hunter Ralph Lambton had his headquarters at Sedgefield: the humorous writer, Robert Smith Surtees, who lived at Hamsterley Hall, was a friend of his. On 23 February 1815, Lord Darlington wrote: 'Mr Ralph Lambton was out with some gentlemen from Sedgefield, and a most immense field.'
Sedgefield was also known in the area because of Winterton Hospital. This was an isolation hospital and an asylum. The site was like a village itself with its own fire station, bank and cricket team. Today, little trace is left of the hospital, apart from the church, which is now surrounded by the Winterton housing estate and the NETPark Science park.
Sedgefield is twinned with Hamminkeln, Germany.
Sedgefield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district and borough in County Durham, in North East England. It had a population of about 87,000 ( 2001 UK census). It was named after Sedgefield; but its largest town was Newton Aycliffe. Other places included Shildon, Ferryhill and Spennymoor.
The borough was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Sedgefield Rural District, Spennymoor and Shildon urban districts and part of Darlington Rural District.
The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.
Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since a by-election in 2007 by Phil Wilson, a member of the Labour Party.
Labour have held Sedgefield since 1935. From 1983 to 2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became the party's leader in 1994 and Prime Minister in 1997.
Places named Sedgefield include:
- Sedgefield — a town in County Durham, England
- Sedgefield (borough) — a former local government district and borough in County Durham, in north-east England
- Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency) — a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Sedgefield, Western Cape — a coastal town in South Africa about halfway between the towns Knysna and George
- Sedgefield (Charlotte neighborhood), a neighborhood in Charlotte, NC
- Sedgefield, North Carolina, a populated place
Sedgefield is a neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is situated between Park Rd. and South Blvd and belongs to popular South End (Charlotte neighborhood).
Sedgefield is only 3 miles away from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and within walking distance to the Bank of America Stadium. The core of the neighborhood is a mix of duplex housing and single-family homes along tree-lined streets. Property values have been increasing faster than average due to the development along South Blvd. Many of the homes in Sedgefield have been renovated or even rebuild from the ground and expanded. In 2014 Redfin real estate brokerage predicts Sedgefield to be one of the Nation's "hottest neighborhoods" in terms of price development.