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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brierton like this:
BRIERTON, or Brearton, a township in Stranton parish, Durham; near the Hartlepool railway, 3½ miles SW by S of Hartlepool. Acres, 748. Real property, £512. Pop., 30. Houses, 4.
Brierton is now part of HARTLEPOOL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HARTLEPOOL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brierton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brierton, in Hartlepool and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5258
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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