24 Facts About West Hartlepool

1. West Hartlepool has 11 electoral wards after the introduction of boundary changes in 2012.

2. West Hartlepool was only occupied by 900 individuals by the beginning of 19th century.

3. West Hartlepool has produced the nationally known football presenter Jeff Stelling, who has a renowned partnership with Chris Kamara who was born in nearby Middlesbrough.

4. West Hartlepool United youngster Josh Hawkes is being linked with a number of Premier League and Championship clubs, including Hull City, after a standout season in the National League.

5. West Hartlepool squandered a chance to regain the lead with Adam Coates failing to hold onto a pass.

6. West Hartlepool bus outside the Edgar Phillips electrical shop in Church Street.

7. People of West Hartlepool are called Hartlepudlians and have been said to have a rather unique accent, which is said to be a mixture of scouse and Geordie.

8. West Hartlepool greeted the ships, which sailed from Kristiansand in Norway on the second and final leg of the race.

9. On 28 June 2006 West Hartlepool celebrated after winning its bid to host The Tall Ships' Races.

10. West Hartlepool were then hit by bankruptcy and controversially sold their Brierton Lane stadium.

11. West Hartlepool has produced the nationally famous football presenter Jeff Stelling, who has a renowned partnership with Chris Kamara who was born in nearby Middlesbrough.

12. West Hartlepool United is the town's professional football club and they play at Victoria Park, Hartlepool.

13. West Hartlepool is served by two primary routes which are the A179 road and the A689 road, both linking the town to the A19 road.

14. West Hartlepool has its own specialist sixth form college, Hartlepool Sixth Form College.

15. West Hartlepool is represented in the House of Commons by one Member of Parliament.

16. West Hartlepool suffered badly in the Great Depression of the 1930s and endured high unemployment until the start of the Second World War, during which its shipbuilding and steel-making industries enjoyed a renaissance.

17. Today the term "West Hartlepool" is rarely heard outside the context of sport, but one of the town's Rugby Union teams still retains the name.

18. West Hartlepool was militarily occupied by a Scottish incursion, this time in alliance with the Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War, which after 18 months was relieved by an English Parliamentarian garrison.

19. West Hartlepool was founded in the 7th century, around the monastery of Hartlepool Abbey.

20. West Hartlepool is a town in County Durham, England.

21. West Hartlepool has one of the highest drug poisoning rates in England.

22. West Hartlepool was formed in 1854 by the Bishop of Durham.

23. Town of West Hartlepool was founded by Ralph Ward Jackson after having established the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway in 1839.

24. West Hartlepool refers to the western part of what has since the 1960s been known as the borough of Hartlepool in North East England.