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North Gate
Hob Uid: 1407117
Location : Hartlepool Headland
Grid Ref : NZ5249034070
Summary : Site of 14th century North Gate at Hartlepool. Demolished 1836.
More information : (NZ52493407) North Gate (NR) (site of). (1) The North Gate had a ribbed archway, 10 feet wide, the whole gateway tower being about 30 feet wide, according to Hutchinson. It had a portcullis and double gates and was probably strengthened with a wet ditch and drawbridge. A plaque on a modern building at NZ52513408 states that on this site stood the Northgate erected circa 1260, demolished 1836. (2,3)

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Source details : OS 25" 19939
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Source details : Hutchinson, W, 1794. History of Durham 3, 27
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Source details : F1 DS 17-May-1957
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C14
Monument End Date : 1399
Monument Start Date : 1300
Monument Type : Town Gate
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Demolished 1836
Monument End Date : 1836
Monument Start Date : 1836
Monument Type : Town Gate
Evidence : Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Number : NZ 53 SW 638
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