Seghill is famous for the ring, owing to the legendary single netty, being freshly creosoted each day for reasons of hygiene. They was also a factory making fibreglass domes & minarets for mosques back in the 70s & a graveyard where human bones used to stick out of the ground. The locals pronounced it sey-gell, emphass on the second syllable, with the occasional Sieg Heil thrown in by way of a laugh; I've also heard it pronounced sey-geel.

I grew up near there, and even went school in Seaton Delaval, but never heard The Blackleg Miner until I started going to folk cubs.

There's a couple of Peter Bellamy songs on Youtube, including my wee film The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate, which reunites Bellamy's legendary (& too long unavailable!) recording with the text & illustrations from the Randolph Caldecott picture book from which he got it. Have a look at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhQMsONIwng