Interesting events which occurred in the Cleveland and Teesside area.

Click on one of the events to find out more:

  1. The Synod of Whitby – 664AD
  2. The Battle of the Standard at Northallerton – 1138
  3. The Harrying of the North – 1069
  4. The Founding of Gisborough Priory – 1119
  5. Hartlepool Granted a Borough Charter – 1201
  6. The Building of Yarm Bridge – 1400
  7. The Consecration of Stockton Parish Church – 1712
  8. James Cook Born at Marton – 1728
  9. The First Stockton Bridge – 1771
  10. John Walker Sells Friction Matches – 1827
  11. The Discovery of Iron Ore in the Cleveland Hills – 1850
  12. The Formation of Dorman Long Ltd – 1875
  13. The Introduction of the Gilchrist Thomas Process – 1879
  14. Opening of the Victoria Bridge Hills – 1887
  15. Jack Hatfield at the Olympic Games – 1912
  16. The Collapse of Roseberry Topping – 1912
  17. The Beatles at the Globe, Stockton-on-Tees – 1963
  18. The Hartlepools ‘United’ – 1967
  19. The University of Teesside Established – 1992
  20. Teesside’s Last Blast Furness Ceases Production – 2015