Hart, Durham
Historical Description
Hart, a village, a township, and a parish in Durham. The village stands on rising ground, about 2 miles from the coast, and 4 NW of Hartlepool, has a station on the N.E.R., And a post office under Castle Eden station (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, West Hartlepool. The township .comprises 2465 acres of land and 196 of foreshore; population, 291; of the ecclesiastical parish, 866. The parish contains also the townships of Thorpe Bulmer, Throston, Elwick, Dalton Piercy, and Nesbitt. The manor belongs to the Mil-bank family. One-fourth of the land is pasture, and limestone occurs. A fine view of the coast lies toward and over Hartlepool. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham; aet value, £197 with residence. Patron, Bishop of diocese. The church is partly Norman, and was thoroughly restored in 1889; retains the Norman character in its chancel arch and in part of its tower; has, on the outer S wall of the chancel, .a curious bas-relief of St George and the Dragon, and contains an octagonal font carved with hagiological figures and other symbols.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | County Durham | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hart St. Mary Magdalene | |
Poor Law union | Stockton | |
Ward | Stockton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hart from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hart (St. Mary Magdalene))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hart are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online: