Hartlepool

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Hartlepool has a long proud history. Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of Hartlepool '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.
Old Hartlepool is the original fishing village which existed before West Hartlepool. It is usually used to distinguish that part of the town from the “new” town of West Hartlepool. West Hartlepool then became known as Hartlepool and Old Hartlepool, wishing to keep its separate identity, began to be known as the Headland!
Hartlepool has strong links to the industries from both Teesside which has or had a large steelworks plants and Co Durham which was a large coal mine field until the early 1980's when the goverment decided to close these down. The loss of these industries in time made the docks redundant and have now been closed and replaced with a marina .

.In prehistoric times Hartlepool's headland is thought to have been an isolated tidal island covered by thick forests. In the nineteenth century during excavation of the adjacent marshy area called the Slake, trunks of trees from the ancient forest were found embedded in the clay along with antlers and the teeth from deer that seem to have inhabited the area in large numbers many years ago.Hartlepool forest is still recorded in existence in the thirteenth century. In fact the ancient Anglo Saxon name for Hartlepool was Heret eu meaning Stag Island which is a reference to either the stag's head shape of the headland or perhaps an indication that the area may have been well inhabited by forest deer.

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Hartlepool