'''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. |