Hartburn, County Durham

Hartburn is a suburb of Stockton-on-Tees in England, situated to the south west of the town centre. It is made up of a number of estates situated around Hartburn Village. The area was originally called East Hartburn, with West Hartburn being located close to Middleton St George.The village was founded centuries ago and the surrounding area has been developed extensively, mostly with semi-detached housing, from the 1930s onwards. It is situated just off the A66 road to Darlington. The village is a reasonably desirable area of housing in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It has three public houses "The Masham", "The Stockton Arms" and the "Parkwood". In the early 2010s Hartburn has expanded through new housing built on the site of the former Bowesfield Works in Low Hartburn.In 1183, William de Hertburne (later changed to William de Hertbourne) exchanged his land in what is now Hartburn for some land in Washington, County Durham (then known as the County Palatine of Durham), thereby adopting a new title: William de Wessyngton. This occasion is commemorated by a plaque outside the church of All Saints in the village, which was erected at the 800th anniversary (2 April 1983). A later descendant of William de Wessyngton was George Washington, the first President of the United States of America.The name of Hartburn and its ancient connections were not unknown to the later Washington family living in the United States, as a subsequent descendant of Pres. George Washington's brother Samuel, Perrin Washington named his son William de Hartburn Washington (1833-1870). William became an artist and his pictures and portraiture work are still highly collectable, particularly in the USA where they are displayed in many notable galleries.(see Wikipedia William D. Washington)