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In this section you will find a selection of information, photographs and memories of Hartlepool’s churches and other places of worship, and also of graveyards. We would like to add to this section: if you have any relevant material that you would be willing to share, please get in touch with us at infodesk@hartlepool.gov.uk
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Brougham Street Primitive Methodist Church (now Durham Street)
Christ Church, opened in 1854 and closed in 1973. The building was refurbished as an Art Gallery in 1996.
Methodist church on the corner of Raby Road (formerly Hart Road) and Middleton Road now demolished.
Originally on the corner of Vane Street and Milbank Crescent, the current building is Davison Drive.
The Independent Chapel was in Brougham Street(now Durham Street) and was opened in 1843.
New Life Fellowship Church which was in Osborne Road in premises built in 1892 as Osborne High School by Mr Branson. The school closed in the early 1930s.
In Park Road and on the corner of Lansdowne Road. It was completely demolished in 1968 and the Salvation Army Citidal is now on the site.
The original chapel opened around 1850, was badly damaged on 16th Dec 1914 and rebuilt on the same site. It is said to have been built on the foundations of the original building.
The original St James' Church was located in Musgrave Street and opened in 1870. When it was demolished, a new parish was formed and another St James' Church opened in Rossmere Way.
A wooden structure was probably rebuilt circa 1180-90 and major restoration took place 1792.
Presbyterian Church on Hartlepool Headland rebuilt in Brougham St (now Durham St) in 1881.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Hutton Avenue, Hartlepool opened in 1894.
Originally chapelry of Stranton Church on the corner of Arncliffe Gardens and Elwick Road.
The Swedish or Scandanavian church was on the corner of Middleton Road and Clarence Road and opened in 1885.
The Wesley Church opened in 1872. After closing as a church in 1973, it was briefly re-opened as a nightclub in the early 2000s, but is again now unused.
Tower Street Congregational Church opened in 1855 and was demolished in 1956.
