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'''Hartlepool''' is a seaside and port town on the [[North Sea]] coast of south-eastern [[County Durham]], England. It has a population of around 93,000. The town has its origins in the 7th century, at which time present-day County Durham was the cradle for the development of [[Christianity]] in the kingdom of [[Northumbria]], when the [[monastery]] on the Hartlepool headland was founded.

'''Hartlepool''' is a seaside and port town on the [[North Sea]] coast of south-eastern [[County Durham]], England. It has a population of around 93,000. The town has its origins in the 7th century, at which time present-day County Durham was the cradle for the development of [[Christianity]] in the kingdom of [[Northumbria]], when the [[monastery]] on the Hartlepool headland was founded.

As with the rest of the [[North East England|North East]], Hartlepool has in the 21st century seen an increase in social problems such as addiction, unemployment, homelessness and domestic violence. Hartlepool was one of three areas in [[Northern England]] to experience twice the national average rates of Deaths of Despair (fatalities associated with [[drugs]], [[alcohol]] and/or [[suicide]]), with these making making up 70.5 of 100,000 deaths.<ref>[https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/living-in-the-north-of-england-increases-risk-of-death-from-alcohol-drugs-and-suicide/ Living in the North of England increases risk of death from alcohol, drugs and suicide] </ref>

As with the rest of the [[North East England|North East]], Hartlepool has in the 21st century seen an increase in social problems such as addiction, unemployment, homelessness and domestic violence. Hartlepool was one of three areas in [[Northern England]] to experience twice the national average rates of Deaths of Despair (fatalities associated with [[drugs]], [[alcohol]] and/or [[suicide]]), with these making making up 70.5 of 100,000 deaths.<ref>[https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/living-in-the-north-of-england-increases-risk-of-death-from-alcohol-drugs-and-suicide/ Living in the North of England increases risk of death from alcohol, drugs and suicide] </ref> As of 2010, the [[abortion]] rate in Hartlepool was also higher than the national average with 19 abortions per every 1,000 women against an average of 17.5 for England and Wales on the whole.

== Culture ==

== Culture ==

Hartlepool is mentioned in the popular [[Irish]] and American [[Folk music|folk]] song "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" ("In eighteen hundred and forty two;

Hartlepool is mentioned in the popular [[Irish]] and American [[Folk music|folk]] song "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" ("In eighteen hundred and forty two;