West Hartlepool
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This article refers to the place; for the Rugby Football Club see West Hartlepool R.F.C.
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.
The municipal borough of West Hartlepool was created in 1887, and it was promoted in 1902 to be a county borough outside the control of Durham County Council.
In 1967, a county borough, called Hartlepool, was established for both West Hartlepool and old Hartlepool (also adding the parish of Seaton from Stockton Rural District).
[edit] Sport
A Rugby Union team called West Hartlepool R.F.C. formed in 1881, and again in 1911, it still plays today.
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