Hart, County Durham
Hart is a village and civil parish in the borough of Hartlepool and the ceremonial county of County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north west of central Hartlepool.
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[edit] History
In 1587 the parish suffered from the plague, and it was noted in the parish register that "89 corpses were buried, whereof tenne were strangers." In 1652 it was noted that John Pasmore was buried "On Black Monday 29 March. There was a star appeared in the South-east, ye sun eclipsed."[1]
In 1596, Ellen Thompson, condemned as a witch was buried under the stile of St Mary Magdalene church, which is the mother church of St. Hilda's, at the east entrance to the churchyard.[2]
The Jesuit Thomas Ellerker was born in Hart in 1738.[3]
[edit] Tourism
Just outside the village is Hart Bog which is on the List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland
[edit] References
- ^ Willam Page (1928). "'Parishes: Hart', A History of the County of Durham: Volume 3 (1928), pp. 254-263". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42630. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ "Surrounding Hartlepool are many picturesque villages ...". Destination Hartlepool. http://www.destinationhartlepool.com/section_things_to_see_and_do.php?viewstyle=&area=Villages&att=Hart+Village. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ Thompson Cooper, ‘Ellerker, Thomas (1738–1795)’, rev. Robert Brown, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 May 2011
[edit] External links
Media related to Hart, County Durham at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 54°43′N 1°16′W / 54.717°N 1.267°W
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