New Hartley
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New Hartley | |
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Church of St. Michael and All Angels | |
Location within Northumberland | |
Population | 2,286 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WHITLEY BAY |
Postcode district | NE25 |
Dialling code | 0191 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
New Hartley is a small village in South East
History
The village is historically linked to nearby Hartley village, which was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement.[citation needed] Records show that coal mining began in 1291[citation needed] A number of pits were created and exhausted at Hartley, before a new pit called Hester was sunk in 1845.[1] at a site in between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval. Soon after, families settled around the new mine, and the village of New Hartley was created.
To the north and west of the pit, in a rough L shape, were built houses, a Methodist chapel, the "Hartley Hastings Arms" and New Hartley Workmen's Club.
Hartley Colliery Disaster
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Social facilities
A housing development, "The Brambles" was completed in 2008 adding 64 homes to the village. The local pub, the "Hartley Hastings", is known locally as The Haggans – former licensees Isaac and Jane Haggan ran the pub in 1950–1960. There is also a large Working Men's Club, a Post Office and convenience shop. Christmas street lights are displayed outside the Post Office and adjoining Convenience Store. There is also a Masonic Hall at Seaton Delaval.
Sport
New Hartley football club has produced Liverpool Champions League winner Ray Kennedy (Liverpool), Michael Bridges (Sunderland and Leeds United), Bobby Cummings (Newcastle), and Ron Guthrie (Newcastle and Sunderland). The club has a strong under 18-level and is a feeder club for Glasgow Rangers.
The village was home to ex-Liverpool and Arsenal footballer Ray Kennedy, who had begun his career with the New Hartley Juniors.
Transport
The X7 operates a twice hourly service to and from Newcastle, with a 50-minute journey time. Local bus operator Phoenix also provides a 2 times a day service (weekdays only) to nearby Cramlington.
The old Blyth and Tyne Railway cuts through the eastern end of the village.[3] Local campaigns to reopen this line, including the station at Seaton Delaval, have so far not succeeded.[4]
References
- ^ "BBC – Legacies – Work – England – Tyne – The Hartley Mining Disaster – Article Page 1". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Kate Humble moved by family history mining tragedy". Evening Chronicle. 11 July 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Disused Stations:Hartley Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "£1.5million for Northumberland-to-Newcastle rail project will help heal 'scars' of railway closures". Northumberland Gazette. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
External links
Media related to New Hartley at Wikimedia Commons