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History The Hartlepool Story
 

 

The Hartlepool Story

Welcome to History of Hartlepool your first port of call for information, history and intersting insights into one of the most fascinating maritime towns in England's hospitable North East.

We have two ways of looking at the History of this unique town, firstly The Hartlepool Story which is played out here in useful sections, secondly a Timeline which provides an extensive chronological list of events.

Introduction
The Saxons and Vikings
Early Christianity
The Middle Ages
Civil Conflict, Decline and Hope
A Reawakening
Industrial Strength
Seaton, beside the sea
The War Years – terror from the sea and sky
Full Circle
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Hartlepool's first Methodist Chapel was built on the Town Wall in 1793.