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History. The town of West Hartlepool was founded by Ralph Ward Jackson who went on to become managing director of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway in 1848. The area known as Newburn Raw, part of the ancient village of Stranton, steadily grew into a centre for shipping and railway transportation.
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.
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.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Hartlepool like this: HARTLEPOOL (WEST), a sea port town and a chapelry in Stranton township and parish, Durham.
Hartlepool has a long proud history. Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of Old Hartlepool, known locally as the Headland, and the more recent West Hartlepool. They amalgamated in 1967 to form what is now the single entity known as Hartlepool.
Historical Description. 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.
West Hartlepool showing The Promenade and Sands, the Fish Quay and Union Dock. This time we have an old postcard with scenes of The Promenade in West Hartlepool, Church Street and the Central Dock. They certainly did create some wonderful colourful postcards all those years ago.
