page_title: Hartlepool Abbey
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hierarchical_section_title: Hartlepool Abbey / Impact
caption_attribution_description: St Hilda&#39;s church, Hartlepool
context_page_description: Hartlepool Abbey, also known as Heretu Abbey, Hereteu Abbey, Heorthu Abbey or Herutey Abbey, was a Northumbrian monastery founded in 640 CE by Hieu, the first of the saintly recluses of Northumbria, and Aidan of Lindisfarne, on the Headland Estate of Hartlepool now called the Heugh or Old Hartlepool, in County Durham, England.
context_section_description: A village was founded around the monastery in the 7th century, marking the earliest beginnings of the modern town of Hartlepool. However, after Hilda left Hartlepool Abbey it, and the village surrounding it, is not mentioned again in any known sources until the 12th century, and appears to have declined in importance until it was finally either sacked and destroyed by Danish Vikings around 800, or possibly simply abandoned.
caption: St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool. Built on the site of the medieval Hartlepool Abbey.
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