West Hartlepool refers to the western part of the modern borough of Hartlepool in north-east England. Originally it was a separate settlement, with countryside in between, but urban sprawl joined the two towns. In 1967, the county borough of West Hartlepool was expanded to include Old Hartlepool, and the resulting county borough renamed Hartlepool.
Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of Hartlepool 'Old Hartlepool', known locally as the Headland, and the more recent 'WestHartlepool'.
It is usually used to distinguish that part of the town from the “new” town of WestHartlepool.
Hartlepool forest is still recorded in existence in the thirteenth century.
HARTLEPOOL, a parliamentary borough of Durham, England, embracing the municipal borough of Hartlepool or East Hartlepool and the municipal and county borough of WestHartlepool.
The towns are on the coast of the North Sea separated by Hartlepool Bay, with a harbour, and both have stations on branches of the North Eastern railway, 247 m.
As a borough of the Palatinate Hartlepool was not represented in parliament until the 19th century, though strong arguments in its favour were advanced in the Commons in 1614.
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