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HART, a village and a township in Stockton district, and a parish partly also in Easington district, Durham. The village stands on a rising ground, near the Ferryhill and Hartlepool railway, about 2 miles from the coast, and 4 NW of Hartlepool; and has a post office under Ferryhill. The township comprises 2, 366 acres of land, and 223 of water. Real property, £2, 753. Pop., 297. Houses, 55. The parish contains also the townships of Thorpe-Bulmer, Throston, Elwick, Dalton-Piercy, and Nesbitt. Acres, 7, 880. Real property, £10, 971. Pop. in 1851, 920; in 1861, 1, 420. Houses, 239. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to F. A. Milbank, Esq. 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. Value, £164. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is the mother one of Hartlepool, of Norman formation, and in good condition; 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 has relief of St. George and the Dragon; and contains an octagonal font, carved with hagiological figures and other symbols.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Easington RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
| Place: | Hart |
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