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Boosbeck is a village in the borough of
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 ...
and the
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of
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England. The name is Viking in origin and means "the stream near a cow shed". Between 1878 and 1960, the village had a
station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...
on the North Eastern Railway line between and . It was very efficient but closed in 1960. Lockwood Primary School is located on the southern edge of the village. It was opened in 1984.


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Villages in North Yorkshire Places in the Tees Valley Redcar and Cleveland {{Redcar-geo-stub