title: Headland, Hartlepool
text: # Headland, Hartlepool
  
  54°42′N 1°11′W﻿ / ﻿54.70°N 1.19°W﻿ / 54.70; -1.19 Headland is a civil parish in the Borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The parish covers the old part of Hartlepool and nearby villages.
  
  ## History
  
  The Heugh Battery, one of three constructed to protect the port of Hartlepool in 1860, is located in the area along with a museum.
  
  The area made national headlines in July 1994 in connection with the murder of Rosie Palmer, a local toddler.
  
  On 19 March 2002 the Time Team searched for an Anglo-Saxon monastery.
  
  