Picture of woman in Sandwell Chare, The Croft,  taken through Sandwell gate. date not known

Children walking up Sandwell Chare towards the Sandwell Gate, town wall. Note the lady leaning out of the window. The houses, in an area known as the Croft, have now all been demolished.

Ancient Watergate Sandwell Chare 1908 leading from the Fish Sands.

Sandwell Chare/Town Wall taken from beach looking up through Sandwell Gate. The buildings, the Croft,  have been demolished & street level has been raised.

Shows Sandwell Gate & gate at angle for wagons. Taken from Sandwell Chare. On left Blue Anchor pub which closed in 1897.

On 9th February 1966, a bad storm badly damaged the Town Wall. £7000 worth of damage was caused at the Gospel Mission and the Port and Harbour Commisioners' Offices.

Storm damage to the Town Wall and Gospel Hall.

The man strolling is David Bunton a ferryman post 1930. The Fish Sands can be seen along with The Croft and the Harbour of Refuge PH.

The Croft, Hartlepool. Situated on Hartlepool Headland next to the Fish Sands.

This actually shows the Fish Sands and Town Wall. Shows pub "Joan Hunter & the Sands", background Cambridge Buildings, Flour Mill Above.

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The Town Wall, old Hartlepool. St Hilda's Church in the background.

The Town Wall and Harbour, Hartlepool Headland taken from a postcard around 100 years old

Town Wall, Hartlepool Headland taken from a postacard around 100 years old

View from Middleton 1980s.

Children stand in front of John French's Whitby Hotel on the Town Wall. In the distance is the shipyard of Withy and Co.

This photograph shows the entrence to Hartlepool Harbour and the Fish Sands at low tide. In the distance you can see CMEW and the Swan Necked Crane.

The photo shows houses on the Town Wall old Hartlepool close to Sandwell Gate in January 1967 and they are still there today. The first house in the picture has a doorplate and two notices on the walls. Does anyone know what the building was used for in 1967 ?

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The Town Wall, old Hartlepool, in 1972, with St Hilda's Church on the right. 

A view of the Town Wall, showing the fourteenth century defences along the Fish Sands. 

A view of the Town Wall and Fish Sands. with the swan neck crane and the CMEW Crane in the background.

Coastguards having a chat to the locals on the Town Wall in 1890.

The Town Wall in 2007. The Georgian houses dating from the late 1700s on the left have been beautifully renovated.

View looking West with Sandwell Gate, The Croft, on left & Sandwell Chare going off on right. Cobles stored by wall.

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Taken from Middleton showing town wall & the Ferry on the left. Spine of St. Mary's to right of centre and St. Hilda's on left

The Town Wall from the Fish Sands with the swan necked crane in the background.

Town Wall, Hartlepool Headland. Original sketch

Town Wall old Hartlepool

Town Wall, Hartlepool Headland

Picture of the houses on the Town Wall taken c1940.

The first few houses on the left date from the late 1700s, are Grade 2 listed and are now some of the oldest properties in the town.

Trawler heading in to port.