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Blackhall St. Joseph's parish is on the east coast of County Durham, though the postal address is Hartlepool, Cleveland. It lies between Horden in the north and Hartlepool in the south and Castle Eden to the west. Included in the parish is the village of Monk Hesleden, the medieval parish which gives it's name to the minor local authority parish council and which is now much smaller than Blackhall. Also included is High Hesleden and Hesleden itself, both small villages. Blackhall indeed has been developed linearly along the coast with Blackhall Colliery in the northern part and Blackhall Rocks the southerly part. Now they merge into one another though at one time they were non-contiguous. This division still colours the villagers' view of their community but the stranger would not be able today to identify a boundary line. In fact St. Joseph's Church is on the dividing line on Coast Road between the two.
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