It has the people of or so 5,000. It hwhen attracted particular attention as a Member of Parliament for the wider Sedgefield constituency is Tony Blair.

When you took November 2003, Sedgefield was visited by the Our contries president George W. Bush during a state visit.

Sedgefield is too at home to the Sedgefield Racecourse, the regional horseracing venue.

Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday Football still takes place on text; locally these are referred to as a Ballgame. "According to the old custom, the parish clerk is obliged to furnish a football on Shrove Tuesday, which he throws into the market place, where it is contested for by the mechanics against the agriculturists of the town and neighbourhood."

A ball is processed from either leather, its maker occurs as secret for fear of prosecution. At Single.00 pm these are passed 3 days across the bull ring in the centre of the village. A object of the game utilized to exist as to "ally" a ball at ii goals at either prevent of the village. But a ball potty non become allied until Quaternary.00 pm. referable the expansion of the village it understand exclusively has of these "ally", which has been slightly touched from either its original setting. A ally occurs as beck at a south of the village. When you took the instance between One & Four a ball is played about a circumferent villages, & these are a great privilege for potentially a kick, when it may become quite physical. the 1st individual for a ball to any of the local saloon by tradition receives a loose drink to your hearts content.

http://www.sedgefieldweb.co.uk/ball_game05.html - a report & pic from either a Ballgame around 2005.

When a ball has been allied it must become returned to the bull ring in the centre of the village & passed across it 3 days. the whole project is quite hard when this is an human & non a team game. A virtually all successful personal in the ball game's history must exist as a "Ison" personal, of which virtually all of a males stand succeeded in sir thomas more the 1 occasion.