Bowesfield is an area of
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Val ...
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County Durham
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England
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. The area is located in the Ropner ward to the south of the town centre. The area is a mix of industrial, residential, and open space.
The name Bowesfield, through Bowesfield Lane, can be found from Oxbridge Lane (just south of the town centre) through eastern Parkfield and down to
Tees Jubilee Bridge. The former Bowesfield Farm originally overlooked old
Thornaby
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north of York and south-east of Middlesbrough. On the south bank of the River Tees, Thornaby falls within th ...
on the opposite bank of the River Tees.
Southern Bowesfield was once dominated by industrial areas such as the
Bowesfield Works
Bowesfield Works was a railway locomotive manufacturing plant in Stockton-on-Tees. The works was operated by a joint venture company called Metropolitan Vickers-Beyer Peacock from 1949 until 1960.
Works history
Metropolitan-Vickers and Beye ...
which has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.
Parkfield
Parkfield, named after
Ropner Park
Ropner Park is a free public park, located in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.
In June 1890 Major Robert Ropner offered a piece of land, known locally as Hartburn Fields to the people of Stockton which could be used as a public park ...
to the west, includes Bowesfield Primary School,
Churches
Parkfield is noted for its amount of religious institutions. They are churches:
St Peter's (CoE), Church of Nazarene, St Cuthbert's (Roman Catholic), Jubilee York Road (Methodist) Stockton (United Reformed), Rivers of Life (Christian Fellowship), New Life and the former
Holy Trinity
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. Mosques are also found: Jamia Al Bihal and Farooq E Azam.
See also
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Bowesfield Works
Bowesfield Works was a railway locomotive manufacturing plant in Stockton-on-Tees. The works was operated by a joint venture company called Metropolitan Vickers-Beyer Peacock from 1949 until 1960.
Works history
Metropolitan-Vickers and Beye ...
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Stockton railway station (S&D)
Stockton railway station served the town of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, from 1825 to 1848 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
History
The station was formally opened on 27 September 1825 by the Stockton and Darlington Railw ...
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Hartburn
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Preston-on-Tees
Preston-on-Tees, locally called Preston, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,689. It is home to Preston Hall and its accompanying publ ...
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Ingleby Barwick
Ingleby Barwick is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It is south of the River Tees and north-east of the River Leven, North Yorkshire, River Leven.
Large scale devel ...
References
Stockton-on-Tees
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