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West Hartlepool was a predecessor of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland.
West Hartlepool. Type: Locality. Description: western part of the borough of Hartlepool in North East England. Category: geographical area. Location: Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 54.68333° or 54° 41' north. Longitude.
Details about West Hartlepool. The town of West Hartlepool was founded by Ralph Ward Jackson after having established the Stockton & Hartlepool Railway in 1839. The area, having just one farm house in 1845, steadily grew into a centre for shipping and railway transportation.
Hartlepool (/ ˈhɑːrtlɪpuːl / HART-lih-pool) is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area. With an estimated population of 92,600, it is the second-largest settlement in County Durham, after Darlington.
West Hartlepool History. At the beginning of the nineteenth century it was hard to believe that Old Hartlepool, with its small population of only 993 consisting almost entirely of fishermen had been one of the busiest ports on the eastern coast.
HARTLEPOOL (WEST), a sea port town and a chapelry in Stranton township and parish, Durham. The town is practically a joint town with Hartlepool; is separated from it only by the harbour; and communicates with it both by railway and by ferry.
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Hartlepool, West, a seaport town and a municipal borough in Stranton parish, Durham. The town is practically a joint town with Hartlepool; is separated from it only by the harbour, and communicates with it both by railway and by ferry.
