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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. The West Hartlepool Harbour and Dock (8 acres (0.032 km 2)) opened on June 1, 1847.
Ralph Ward Jackson. Ralph Ward Jackson is known as the founder of West Hartlepool. Frustrated by restrictions on business at Old Hartlepool’s Victoria Dock, he established the West Hartlepool Dock Company and opened a new dock in 1847 to the south west of the old town. West Hartlepool was born. Ralph Ward Jackson (1806–1880) by Francis Grant.
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. [3] The area known as Newburn Raw, part of the ancient village of Stranton, steadily grew into a centre for shipping and railway transport. [2] [4] The West Hartlepool Harbour and Dock (8 acres (0 ...
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. It was realised that trade had to be brought into the town in order to save it from oblivion and in ...
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About 640 AD a woman named Hieu founded a monastery on the site of Hartlepool. Soon a fishing village grew up nearby. The Danes destroyed the monastery in the 9th century but the village of Hartlepool continued through the centuries. The village was first mentioned in the year 1153. By that time Hartlepool had grown into a small but busy port. In 1...
In 1569 the North of England rose in rebellion. The rebels entered Hartlepool in December. However, they held Hartlepool for only a few days. As a royal army approached Hartlepool the rebels fled. In 1642 there was a civil war between the king and parliament. In January 1644 a Scottish army (on parliament’s side) occupied Hartlepool. They remained ...
In 1810 part of the old pier was destroyed by a storm. However, the pier was rebuilt. After 1813 a toll was charged on ships using the port to maintain the pier. In 1808 the old harbor was enclosed and drained but after a court case in 1813, the owner was forced to let the sea submerge again. Hartlepool was still a tiny town in the early 19th centu...
In 1901 Hartlepool had a population of about 14,000 but West Hartlepool was twice that size. In December 1914 three German ships bombarded Hartlepool. The bombardment killed 112 people and injured over 200 others. West Hartlepool War Memorial was built in 1923. Hartlepool Borough Hall was built in 1926. The last shipyard in Hartlepool closed in 196...
Ralph Ward Jackson (7 June 1806, Normanby – 6 August 1880, London) [1] was a British railway promoter, entrepreneur and politician. He founded West Hartlepool, England in the 19th century.
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Edward Mellanby (1884-1955) A physician from West Hartlepool whose studies of rickets in 1919 led to the discovery of vitamin D. He was knighted in 1937. Cecil Yuill (1907-1992) A builder, born in West Hartlepool, who founded the building firm later known as Yuill Homes. Yuill’s built 30,000 houses in the North East between 1927 and 2014.
