Headland is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the borough of
Hartlepool,
County Durham, in the
North East of England
North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The region has three current administrative levels below the region level in the region; combined authority, unitary authority ...
. The parish covers old
Hartlepool and nearby villages.
History
![Hartlepool Headland - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Hartlepool_Headland_-_geograph.org.uk_-_136636.jpg)
The
Heugh Battery
The Heugh (pronounced: ) Gun Battery is located on the Headland at Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The museum bills itself as the only battlefield of World War I in Great Britain.
History
Heugh Battery was one of three erected in 1860 to p ...
, one of three constructed to protect the port of Hartlepool in 1860, is located in the area along with a museum.
The area made national headlines in July 1994 in connection with the
murder of Rosie Palmer
The murder of Rosie Palmer took place in Hartlepool, County Durham, England on 30 June 1994. Three-year-old Rose Frances Palmer (1 August 1990 – 30 June 1994) was abducted, raped and murdered after buying an ice pop from an ice cream van onl ...
, a local toddler.
On 19 March 2002 the
Time Team
''Time Team'' is a British television programme that originally aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to 7 September 2014. It returned online in 2022 for two episodes released on YouTube. Created by television producer Tim ...
searched for an Anglo-Saxon monastery.
See also
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St Mary's Church, Hartlepool
St Mary's Church or the Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Headland, Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It was built in 1850 and designed by Joseph Hansom in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival st ...
References
External links
Civil parishes in County Durham
Hartlepool
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