Seghill

Seghill is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Seaton Valley, located on the Northumberland border which is the county boundary between Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. Seghill is situated between the villages of Seaton Delaval and Annitsford, about north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Governance Seghill is part of the Seghill with Seaton Delaval ward. Margaret Richards (Labour) is the sitting County councillor. There are three parish councillors which represent the ward, Simon Heartland (Conservative), Daniel Nesbitt (Labour), and Stephen Stanners (Labour). Seghill was formerly a township in the parish of Earsdon, from 1866 Seghill was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Seaton Valley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 2582. Economy Seghill used to be a busy pit village within the Northumberland Coalfield. Seghill Colliery was closed during the so-called Robens era, on 28 September 1962. The folk song "Blackleg Miner" originates from the area and contains the lyric: Divint gan near the Seghill mine Across the way, they stretch a line To catch the throat and break the spine Of the dirty blackleg miner.