Hartley, Northumberland

Hartley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Seaton Valley in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the A193 road 4 miles (6 km) south of Blyth and 4 miles north of Tynemouth. It was a farming and later colliery village but today is part of Seaton Sluice. However it has given its name to the ward of Hartley which covers Seaton Sluice and New Hartley. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 4,923.[1] Hartley is sometimes called Old Hartley to distinguish it from New Hartley.

Hartley
Delaval Arms
Hartley is located in Northumberland
Hartley
Hartley
Location within Northumberland
Population4,923 
OS grid referenceNZ335755
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITLEY BAY
Postcode districtNE26
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East

 


History

The place-name 'Hartley' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1167, where it appears as Hertelawa. The name means 'stag hill'.[2] Hartley was formerly a township in the parish of Earsdon,[3] from 1866 Hartley was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1912 the parish was abolished and merged with Seaton Delaval and Monkseaton.[4] In 1911 the parish had a population of 1688.[5]

References
  1. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.222.
  3. "History of Hartley, in North Tyneside and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. "Relationships and changes Hartley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. "Population statistics Hartley Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

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