Stranton 1896

Detailed map of Stranton; Durham sheet 37.15. Introduction by Alan Godfrey. Stranton was the original village for West Hartlepool, though it was quickly eclipsed by the rapidly growing new town in the mid 19th century. This map covers the area from Burbank Street and All Saints church southward to Foggy Furze and Longhill Farm. The various iron and steel works with their railway sidings and furnaces are major features. Other features include the Lion Brewery, Bellevue, St Aidan's church, Hartlepools Paper Works, Baltic Saw Mills, Carr House, Longhill. Street directory entries for Burbank Street, Burn Road, Lister Street, Oxford Street, Stockton Road and Stockton Street are included.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). This edition published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett