As demolition in the 1950s and 60s took hold, congregations dwindled and in 1973 the church was closed. The farmers market is a great opportunity to meet farmers and other producers facetoface and buy a wide variety of tasty and unusual food directly from them. It was built in 1972, a model of the architectural fashion of the time for custard and chocolate. Page 1 town of hartlepool history lynn street 1950s and. Elite pantomimes return to the town hall theatre, hartlepool, once again, to bring you another funpacked panto. Hartlepool simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A very early photograph showing york road in west hartlepool with a really old car in the centre of the road. A new centre celebrating the towns brewing history is also attracting locals and visitors into the town centre. In 1996 it was refurbished and is now the towns art gallery. Book reveals hidden history of durham city in 50 buildings, plus. It was to serve the throston area of the rapidly growing town of hartlepool and was made from the north west part of st hildas parish. Complete hartlepool history history of hartlepool 9,085 views with a population of 98,000 and situated on the north east coast of england hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of hartlepool, known locally as the headland, and the more recent west hartlepool. As a nonhartlepool person, i learnt a few things about the town, park, history, seaside and a bit of dialect. An outbreak of cholera in hartlepool in 1832 killed 57 people. The outbreak of world war i in 1914 fuelled hartlepools success as a centre of the shipbuilding industry. The park and old hartlepool bus shared the same line as far as the top of church street where there was a junction, the conductrees. It lists book shops and bookshops who offer books and childrens books.
Home about contact page 01 remembering 16th december 1916 photographs taken on 16th december 2014 page 1 town of hartlepool history lynn street 1950s and 1960s. A timeline of the history of hartlepool local histories. The hartlepool monkey starts with a run at the stratford circus arts centre in east london, from 19 september, before going on a national tour, including performances at hartlepool town hall. Hartlepool community hubs, community hub central, york. This photograph shows lynn street in west hartlepool. This is the official page for hartlepool community hubs. New book shines light on hartlepools industrial heritage. Hartlepool history tour is a unique insight into the illustrious history of these three northeastern towns. Saturdays fa cup will be the first ever competitive meeting between the two clubs. For many years west hartlepool and old hartlepool were separate towns but merged together as one town, under the hartepool order of 1966.
It sprang from the modern revival of hartlepool, is entirely a new place, and takes at once its form, its character, and its prosperity from the construction of extensive docks and railway. Be sure to enjoy this a short film on youtube by infotech studio produced for hartlepool borough council in support of their love hartlepool campaign. Book online pantomime children theatre family beauty and the beast pantomime. One of the most stirring experiences in the history of hartlepool occurred on 16 december 1914, when the town, together with west hartlepool, was bombarded by three german cruisers for slightly over half an hour. Hartlepool academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. We invite speakers to talk about a range of family, social and local history topics. West hartlepool, durham genealogy heraldry and history. There is a legend that during the napoleonic wars, a french ship was wrecked off the coast near hartlepool. It was built and owned by hartlepool borough council until it was privatised in the 1990s. Hartlepool is home to a national museum of the royal navy the other in portsmouth. Beauty and the beast pantomime destination hartlepool. Hartlepool gallery hartlepool family history group. Middleton grange shopping centre hartlepool history then. In this section you will find a selection of information, photographs and memories of hartlepool s shops and shopping.
Douglas book vol i, p archived 11 november 2012 at the wayback machine. As a result, hartlepool suffered outbreaks of cholera in the 19th century. Like all 19th century towns hartlepool was dirty and unsanitary. Hartlepool history hartlepool and west hartlepool as it was. The town is governed as part of the borough of hartlepool, a unitary authority which also administers outlying villages such as seaton carew, greatham, hart village, dalton piercy and elwick. Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of old hartlepool, known. Claire munroe, of hartlepools arts, museums and events service, said. Hartlepool is a town near the a689 road in county durham, england. The town is famous for its monkeyhanging legend, whereon the fishermen of hartlepool during the napoleonic wars in 1805 so fearful of an invasion, questioned and tortured a monkey, the ships mascot, dressed in french army uniform the only survivor from a french ship, which sank off the coast during a storm, apparently having no idea what a. The people from hartlepool thought it was a person and tried to ask it questions. The old town centre was based around this street before the shopping centre was built.
This is a list of 1,747 hartlepool men who were killed in wwi, compiled by bert wilson from various sources newspapers, death records, cemetery registers, monument inscriptions, etc. Before the shopping centre was opened, the old town centre was located around lynn street, but most of the. We hold nine monthly meetings in hartlepool each year, excluding july, august and december. It was originally an outdoor shopping centre but it was converted to an indoor shopping centre in 1992. The borough of hartlepool includes outlying villages such as seaton carew, greatham and elwick. Middleton grange shopping centre was built in 1969 and officially opened by princess anne on 27th may, 1970.
Hartlepool family history group cleveland family history. The original architecture of the building is the 1960s brutalist style. Today the modern town centre of hartlepool is in the former west hartlepool where we find many interesting features including the unusual victorian church called christchurch, now occupied by an art gallery. See more ideas about old pictures, pictures and northern england. They amalgamated in 1967 to form what is now the single entity known as hartlepool. Here you will find information about events and services delivered within the hubs in central, south and north plus wellbeing events delivered by our community connectors in venues across the town.
Hartlepool history, ralph ward jackson, robert the bruce, church of st hilda, the. Hartlepool is a town in county durham on the north sea coast of north east england, north of middlesbrough and south of sunderland. The centre piece of the exhibition is a sailing frigate, hms trincomalee. The outbreak of world war i in 1914 fuelled hartlepool s success as a centre of the shipbuilding industry. An interesting view of a busy church street which was the centre of the town back then. For additional updates and links to resources, click below. The project is attempting to explore the theme of identity and what it is like, as a young person, to live in hartlepool.
Feb 15, 2016 the story of hartlepool is, of course, the story of three towns. The village grew during the middle ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the county palatine of durham. Pools v brackley town hartlepool united football club. Hartlepool united football club was formed as a professional club in 1908 from a successful amateur cupwinning team, and joined the league in 1921. The town is practically a joint town with hartlepool. Page 1 town of hartlepool history lynn street 1950s and 1960s. For the latest hartlepool borough council news updates see our news section at the bottom of this page and our news archive leading from it. Hartlepool is a town near the a689 road in county durham, england the hartlepool monkey. Wonderful history by sid hudson trolly buses ran on rubber tyers same as normal buses, i think i would be correct in saying there was 4 destinations from church street st hildas the park foggy furze and seaton. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Page 11 town of hartlepool sport in our town hartlepool cricket club.
History enthusiasts can take a fascinating journey into hartlepools rich past in a new book that has been published about the town. It was not without controversy in the early days and it served a massive population in the growing west hartlepool. See more ideas about past, old pictures and history. A hartlepool perspective on news, sport, whats on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the hartlepool mail. Be sure to visit our books page and look at hartlepool the postcard.
It is in response to the incredibly biased view of the town shown in the channel 4 show skint. Why not advertise your books business on the hartlepool town centre business. Page 4 town of hartlepool history central area 1950s, 60s and 70s page 5 town of hartlepool history central area various dates. Hartlepool history of the town englands north east. By the 1880s west hartlepool had overtaken the old town in size. It is especially well endowed with town parks and leafy suburbs although despite its long history the very centre of darlington is now largely of a victorian and.
Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of old hartlepool, known locally as the headland, and the more recent west hartlepool. Hartlepool tourist information centre, church square, hartlepool, ts24 7eq. Hartlepool was founded in the 7th century ad, around the northumbrian monastery of hartlepool abbey. The afternoon session began with a brief brainstorming exploring aspects of hartlepool.
Today the modern town centre of hartlepool is in the former west hartlepool. The story of hartlepool is, of course, the story of three towns. It was very popular at one time and, after closing and reopening several times, is currently called jax and sells real ale. The peninsula of hartlepool forms one of the most striking features of the eastern coast, connected with the main shore only by a narrow neck on the north, the land stretches to the south and southwest, assuming at high water the shape of a crescent, and forming within its curve a natural harbour, secure from the eastern winds, which prevail with violence during a great portion of. According to old books on west hartlepool this building, in mainsforth terrace, used to be the original railway station.
Previously known simply as the historic quay, the museum is a recreation of an 18thcentury seaport and host to hartlepool s maritime experience. Part of the hartlepool public houses collection the clansman, stockton street, hartlepool, was a public house built as part of middleton grange shopping centre. Hartlepool mail art project fabulous books, fantastic. Surrounded on three sides by the sea, the magnesium limestone headland or peninsula. Book reveals hidden history of durham city in 50 buildings, plus more history books that could make great christmas presents. Written in the late 1950s, dennis winspear has concisely painted a picture of the history of hartlepool and presents an astounding narrative of the development of the community from a small fishing village to rapid modernisation as it became established as a thriving centre of industrialisation.
It is sorted by date, but you can sort it by surname or any other column by clicking the column header. Hartlepools hospital stands in the elbow of two arterial roads just north of the town centre. In this section you will find a selection of information, photographs and memories of hartlepools shops and shopping. At our meetings there will always be someone who you can give any advice you may need while tracing your family. As a non hartlepool person, i learnt a few things about the town, park, history, seaside and a bit of dialect. The museum of hartlepool showcases the vast history of the town as well as having a temporary exhibition space and its free entry. By the dawn of the 20th century, the two towns that made up hartlepool had once again become one of the busiest ports in britain.
A former ilketon and grantham town centreforward, ndlovu has been on the books at brackley since february 2016 and is one of the first names on the team sheet. Sep 17, 2017 the hartlepool monkey starts with a run at the stratford circus arts centre in east london, from 19 september, before going on a national tour, including performances at hartlepool town hall on 14. The sign in the shop window says that mr wood is a spectacle specialist and that he has sight test rooms on the premises at number 27 church street. Page 4 town of hartlepool history central area 1950s, 60s and. Lynn street, west hartlepool lynn street was part of the initial street layout of west hartlepool, which was designed by ralph ward jackson. Known as west hartlepool, it grew at a rapid pace, soon overshadowing the old town to the east. A railway link from the north was established from the south durham coal fields to the. Christ church, in the centre of ward jacksons west hartlepool, grew from stranton parish and was opened in 1854. Customer services civic centre victoria road hartlepool ts24 8ay.