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STRANTON, a township and a parish in Hartlepool district, Durham. The township lies on the coast, and contains West Hartlepool town r. station and harbour. Post town, West Hartlepool. Acres, 3,695; of which 357 are water. Real property, £124,387; of which £79,948 are in railways, and £1,100 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 4,008; in 1861, 13,601. Houses, 2,369. The parish contains also Seaton-Carew and Brierton townships, and comprises 9,308 acres. Pop. in 1851, 4,769: in 1861, 14,515. Houses, 2,560. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Durham. Value, £280.* Patron, Sir M. W. Ridley. The church is good; and it occupies the site of a more ancient church, given by Robert Bruce to Guisbrough priory. The p. curacies of Christchurch, Holy Trinity, and Seaton-Carew are separate benefices. See Hartlepool (West).
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Stranton CP/AP Hartlepool RegD/PLU County Durham AncC |
Place: | Stranton |
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