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Hartlepool Hartlepool’s position on the north-east coast has given it a rich and varied past as traders, invaders and later industrialists brought their influence to the area. Prehistoric settlers exploited its natural resources and remains from the Mesolithic to the Romans have been found at the Submerged Forest near Seaton Carew. Roman period native settlements have also been excavated at Catcote and Newton Bewley. An Anglo-Saxon monastery was established on the Headland in the 640s AD. The Christian heritage of the district was later consolidated by powerful Norman Lords who built magnificent churches such as St. Hilda’s on the Headland. They also reorganised many of the local villages such as Elwick, Hart and Dalton Piercy. The medieval town on the Headland has been extensively excavated from the 1960’s to the present day and is one of the best understood small medieval ports in the British Isles. Hartlepool became industrialised from the early decades of the 19th century. In 1847, Ralph Ward Jackson was instrumental in the construction of new dock facilities and the birth of a 'new' town, West Hartlepool. At one time these new docks made Hartlepool the fourth busiest port in England after London, Liverpool and Hull. The bulk of 19th century trade was carried out by sea and this led to many shipping losses of this stretch of coast. The remains of a collier brig discovered at Seaton Carew form one of only two nationally Designated Historic Wreck sites along the whole of the east coast of England. One of only two remaining Gun Battery’s to have seen combat during both The First and Second World Wars Hartlepool
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