. The earth and its inhabitants ... , having been opened in1825, or four years before railway communication was established between Liverpool 290 THE BEITISH ISLES. and Manchester. Stockton, t miles above the mouth of the Tecs, is joined by abridge to South Stockton, in Yorkshire, and has iron works, sliip-yards, sail-clothfactories, and glass houses. Near Stockton are the village of Billiwjham, withan old Norman church, and Wi/uyard, the Grecian mansion of the Earl ofLonsdale. Port Claremr, at the mouth of the river, has iron works, and exportsmuch coal. The Bay of the Tees is much cumbered w
. The earth and its inhabitants ... , having been opened in1825, or four years before railway communication was established between Liverpool 290 THE BEITISH ISLES. and Manchester. Stockton, t miles above the mouth of the Tecs, is joined by abridge to South Stockton, in Yorkshire, and has iron works, sliip-yards, sail-clothfactories, and glass houses. Near Stockton are the village of Billiwjham, withan old Norman church, and Wi/uyard, the Grecian mansion of the Earl ofLonsdale. Port Claremr, at the mouth of the river, has iron works, and exportsmuch coal. The Bay of the Tees is much cumbered with sand-banks, but itsnavigation is rendered safe by lights, buoys, and embankments. Turning north from it, we pass the pretty bathing-place of Scaton Carew, withbeautiful sands and the remains of a submerged forest, and roach Hartlepool,proudly seated upon a bold promontory, whence we overlook a wide expanse ofthe sea and wild country backed by the Yorkshire hills. An opulent city in the Fig. 144.—IlAKTLErOOL. Scale 1 : 85, Depth under ôTathoms. Depth ovoi 5Fathoms. 1 Mile. time of the early Norman kings, Hartlepool in course of time fell from its highestate, and at the beginning of the present century had hardly 1,000 leading place in the commercial movements of England, which it has taken since1832, is wholly due to the opening of coal mines in its vicinity, and to the construc-tion of docks, quays, and warehouses. The present town of Hartlepool is altogether acreation of modern times. Its docks, accessible to vessels drawing 26 feet of water,partly occupy an ancient inlet of the sea, and quite a new town, West Hartlepool,has sprung up to the south of them. Hartlepool imports corn, flour, timber, andlive animals, and exports in return coal and the produce of its iron and engineeringworks. Ship-building is actively carried on. T/iroston is a small town to thewestward, and almost a suburb of Hartlepool.
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