Taken in the early 1900s, the image looks down Middlegate looking west towards the Victoria Dock.
The two houses with bay windows on the right are still in existence and now beautifully renovated. The Borough Hall is very much the same from outside . However all the buildings on the left have long since been demolished. Interestingly, although the intrically patterened lamp post on the right is no longer there, there is one exactly the same on the opposite side of the road.
HHT&N 213
Part of the "Library" collection
Location
The Borough Buildings, comprising Public Offices, Police Station and a covered market, opened in 1866. They were built on land known as 'Johnnny's Close', in Middlegate, on Hartlepool Headland. The Borough Hall currently hosts a wide range of entertainments and has rooms that can be hired for meetings and functions.
More detail »A main street in the Headland area where the Borough Hall is the most prominent building.
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