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Eston
Eston is a former industrial town in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary area of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the outlying settlements of Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Grangetown, Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland, Normanby, South Bank, Middlesbrough, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. Demographics The local authority ward covering the area (as well as Lackenby, Lazenby and Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland, Wilton) had a population of 7,005 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. History The land around Eston has been occupied since 2400 BC. The 1850 discovery of ironstone in Eston Hills by industrialist John Vaughan (Middlesbrough), John Vaughan and mining engineer John Marley (mining engineer), John Marley saw Eston develop from a small farming settlement in 1850 to a thriving mining town. Miners' cottages, although altered, can still be seen in parts of Eston. The mining history of Eston was the subject of ''A Century in Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normanby, Redcar And Cleveland
Normanby is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the outlying settlements of Eston, Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Grangetown, South Bank, Middlesbrough, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. Demographics John Marius Wilson, John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' recorded the population as 195 in 1851. In 1911 the parish had a population of 14,977. A ward covering the area had a population of 6,930 at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census. History In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Normanby like this: Normanby was historically a Township (England), township in the ancient parish of Ormesby. A Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858, local government district covering the township was created in 1865, governed by a local board. In 1866 Normanby became a separate civil parish. A town hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teesville
Teesville is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the settlements of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. Demographics A ward covering the area had a population of 6,517 at the 2011 census. Politics Teesville is part of the Redcar constituency in the House of Commons. 2023 local elections results In the 2023 local elections, the following members were returned to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Municipal buildings Eston Town Hall, in Teesville, was used by the Eston Urban District council from 1961 to 1968. When the County Borough of Teesside was abolished in 1974, the Borough of Langbaurgh, as part of the secord tier of local government within Cleveland County, used the town hall for the borough. The borough changed its name in 1988 to Langbaurgh-on-Tees and, as a unitary authority, after the abolition of Cleveland County, to Redc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grangetown, North Yorkshire
Grangetown is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The area is east of Middlesbrough and south-west of Redcar. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the other centres of Eston, Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland, Normanby, South Bank, Middlesbrough, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. History Grangetown's development was a result of the discovery of Ironstone mining in Cleveland and North Yorkshire, ironstone in the nearby Eston Nab, Eston Hills, in 1840. Workers came from other parts of England, as well as Ireland, and Eastern Europe to work in the iron and Teesside Steelworks, steel industry along the riverbanks by Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan, Bolckow and Vaughan from 1881. The name of the village was taken from a farm nearby called ''Eston Grange'', formerly a working farm for the monks of Guisborough Priory. By 1914, it was a community of around 5,500 people with most houses lying between Bolckow Road and the steel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Borough Of Teesside
The County Borough of Teesside was a county borough in the north-east of England, which existed for just six years. It was created in 1968 to cover the Teesside conurbation which had grown up around the various port and industrial towns near the mouth of the River Tees. The council was based in Middlesbrough, the area's largest town. The county borough was abolished in 1974 on the creation of the new county of Cleveland, which covered a larger area, with the county borough's territory being split between three of the four districts created in the new county. Prior to 1968 the area was governed by the six separate authorities of Billingham, Eston, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees. Middlesbrough was a county borough, providing all local government services in its area; the others were all district-level authorities, with strategic functions provided by their respective county councils. The River Tees formed the boundary between County Durham and North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eston Urban District
Greater Eston is an urbanised area in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The name of Greater Eston is a concept devised by town planners from Redcar and Cleveland Council. It cannot be found on any maps, nor does it leave a trail of evidence in history. The idea of Greater Eston is one of unifying an area with separate, if sometimes merging, or crumbling, identities. This is an urban regeneration project and is still mostly on the drawing board. It has elements which include The Great Street, The Great Park, an Urban Village and so on. It will constitute the areas of Eston, Grangetown, Normanby, Ormesby, South Bank and Teesville. The proposed Greater Eston is immediately to the east of the borough of Middlesbrough, and forms part of the Middlesbrough conurbation. The area, with the addition of Ormesby, is designated by the ONS as the Eston and South Bank urban subdivision of the Tees Valley urban area, which ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Bank, Middlesbrough
South Bank is a former industrial town in the Redcar and Cleveland borough in North Yorkshire, England on the south bank of the River Tees. It is east of Middlesbrough and south-west of Redcar. The town is served by railway station. The area forms part of the Teesside built-up area's Middlesbrough subdivision and is also a part of Greater Eston. Demographics Within Redcar and Cleveland, the South Bank ward had a population of 6,548 at the 2011 census. History Formerly known as "Tees Tilery", South Bank has a long history of steelmaking in the companies Bolckow Vaughan and Dorman Long, and shipbuilding at Smiths Dock Company. The area was also known by the nickname of "Slaggy Island" as it was surrounded by slag heaps. South Bank was historically part of the Township (England), township of Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland, Normanby in the ancient parish of Ormesby. A Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858, local government district covering the township was create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redcar And Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its council has been a unitary authority since 1996. The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four boroughs in the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland. It was renamed Langbaurgh-on-Tees in 1988, and given its present name when Cleveland was abolished in 1996; the borough was made a unitary authority in the same year. Redcar and Cleveland is part of the Tees Valley combined authority, which also includes the boroughs of Darlington, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees; the latter three were also formerly in Cleveland County. Its main settlement is the town of Redcar. Other notable towns and villages include South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, Greater Eston, Loftus, Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Skelton. History The district was created in 1974 as the borough of Langbaurgh, one of four districts of the new non-metropolita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redcar (UK Parliament Constituency)
Redcar is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 by Anna Turley, of the Labour and Co-operative parties. She previously represented the constituency between 2015 and 2019, when she was defeated by Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Jacob Young (politician), Jacob Young. History The constituency was created in 1974 and was held by the Labour Party from then until 2019, except during a period between 2010 and 2015 when it was held by the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 General Election, Redcar was the largest Labour majority overturned by the Conservatives, being represented since by a Conservative MP. Boundaries Historic 1974–1983: The County Borough of Teesside wards of Coatham, Eston Grange, Kirkleatham, Ormesby, Redcar, and South Bank. 1983–1997: The Borough of Langbaurgh wards of Bankside, Church Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marley (mining Engineer)
John Marley (11 November 1823 – 4 April 1891) was an English mining engineer from Darlington who together with ironmaster John Vaughan made the "commercial discovery" of the Cleveland Ironstone Formation, the basis of the wealth of their company Bolckow Vaughan and the industrial growth of Middlesbrough.North of England Institute of Mining Engineers. Transactions Volume VI, 1857-8. He was an effective leader of engineering operations at Bolckow Vaughan's mines and collieries. He ended his career as a wealthy independent mine-owner and president of the |
Ormesby
Ormesby is a village and area split between the unitary authority areas of Borough of Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. Demographics The Ormesby ward, including Overfields and Ormesby Hall, had a population of 5,942 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. History Ormesby manor and church are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the property of 'Orme', to whose name the suffix (derived from a Viking word for habitation or dwelling place) was added to make Ormesby. The manor of Ormesby was extensive and stretched about from the banks of the River Tees to the brow of the hill south of Ormesby village. Its east and west boundaries were defined by the streams#Other names, becks, Spencer Beck and Ormesby Beck – beck being the Old Norse word for stream (coming from the same root as the word "beach") and is still used present day Northern England. A Middle Beck ran parallel to the others, through the middle of the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilton, Redcar And Cleveland
Wilton is a small village in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. Geography It is located between Redcar and Eston at the base of Eston Hills – to the east of Eston Nab. The village is noted for its golf course and castle, Wilton Castle. It lies just south of the A174 trunk road. On the other side of the A174, is the village of Lazenby. Demographics In 1951 the parish had a population of 958. History The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Cuthbert. Wilton Castle was sold to ICI in the 1940s. On 1 April 1974 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Guisborough. St Cuthbert's Church St. Cuthbert's Church, now an Anglican church, was founded before 1100. As with the nearby church in Kirkleatham, also named after St Cuthbert, it is s believed that the body of St Cuthbert was carried through Wilton by the monks of Lindisfarne, on their way from Ripon to Durham. The church is included in the map of this journey at Durham Cathedral. In Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
