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Title
Welcome to the Headland Sign
Date
2001
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 274 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
TS24_KA_S009
Acquisition method
commissioned by North Hartlepool Partnership
Work type
Sign or marker
Owner
Hartlepool Borough Council
Custodian
Hartlepool Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
February 2002
Access
at all times
Inscription description
carved inscriptions, west face: Welcome to the / HEADLAND / Ancient Borough / of Hartlepool.; south face: This Gateway Marker was erected / 2001 AD to mark the 800th / Anniversary of the grant of a Charter by / King John to the citizens of Herterpol, / the historic Borough of Hartlepool / It was the second of SIX Charters / which were granted to the / people of the Ancient Borough. / The seal depicted on the west side shows / the "Seal of the Community of Herterpol" / and the one on the east side shows the / seal of "John. By the Grace of God. / King of England and Lord of Ireland."; east face: IOHANNES DEI GRATIA REX ANGUE DOMINUS HIBERNIE.; north face: Charters Granted to the / Ancient Borough of Hartlepool / C1175 AD Charter from Adam De Brus, / grandfather of Robert the Bruce, / King of Scotland. / 1201 AD Charter from King John. / 1230 AD Charter from Richard Poore / (Bishop of Durham). / 1593 AD Charter from Queen Elizabeth 1. / 1841 AD Charter from Queen Victoria. / 1850 AD Second Charter from Queen Victoria.
West View Road, Hartlepool
TS24 0NA
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