Description
Brearton or Brierton, a township in Stranton parish, Durham, 3 miles W from West Hartlepool, and 2 1/4 from Seaton Carew station on the N.E.R. Area, 762 acres; population, 38. The manor was anciently held by the Greystocks, and after many changes is now the property of the Kirkleatham Free School and the trustees of the Lamb family.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
