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# Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society

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- [Jenny Braddy](https://ctlhs.co.uk/jenny-braddy/) - It is with profound sadness that the Society share the news that Jenny Braddy died peacefully in her sleep at James Cook University Hospital on Wednesday 6 May 2026. A stalwart of Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society, prominent local historian, and soulmate of the Society Chairman, Geoff Braddy, Jenny was well-known, respected, and loved
- [Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society AGM 2026](https://ctlhs.co.uk/cleveland-teesside-local-history-society-agm-2026/) - The Annual General Meeting of the Society will take place on Saturday 25 April 2026, commencing at 10.15am, at The Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough. The doors to the Dorman Museum open at 10.00am, and the AGM will commence at 10.15am, with two talks to follow commencing at 10.30am approximately. The agenda and supporting papers for the
- [BE IT REMEMBERED](https://ctlhs.co.uk/be-it-remembered/) - William Lister, Iron Founder and Engine Builder (1785 – 1850) The Society, in partnership with the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, ran an essay competition called 'Research on the Rails' last year. The competition was to encorage research and writing about the history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, to mark the 200th
- [Celebrating 200 Years of the Railways](https://ctlhs.co.uk/celebrating-200-years-of-the-railways/) - The Frank Elgee Memorial Day School Saturday 15 November 2025 Preston Hall Museum - Stockton on Tees Book Here To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the Elgee Memorial Lecture 2025 will take the form of a Day School with contributions from speakers reflecting on the origins, impact, and significance of
- [Research on the Rails Competition Winner Announced](https://ctlhs.co.uk/research-on-the-rails-competition-winner-announced/) - To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society and the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway collaborated to fund a prize essay competition. After careful consideration of the essays submitted, a winner has been announced: Gillian Bryant for her essay ‘Be
- [“Research on the Rails” Prize Essay Competition](https://ctlhs.co.uk/research-on-the-rails-prize-essay-competition/) - Our Society was founded in 1968 as the result of a conversation between Barry Harrison, a university lecturer’ and Tom Sowler, the Stockton historian, so naturally we are looking forward to celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 2025. At the moment, we are working in partnership with the Friends of
- [CTLHS / SURTEES SOCIETY DAY SCHOOL](https://ctlhs.co.uk/ctlhs-surtees-society-day-school/) - Stockton-on-Tees 1600-1835: Urban History in Regional Context Saturday 5 April 2025 River Tees Watersports CentreStockton on Tees To mark the publication of Book of Orders and Accounts for the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. edited by John Little for the Surtees Society, as volume 228 of its publications, the Surtees Society and the Cleveland & Teesside Local
- [More History Books for Sale](https://ctlhs.co.uk/more-history-books-for-sale/) - There’s a name for May the fourth - Star Wars Day…. “May the Force (the fourth) be with you." Well the force certainly was with us in Guisborough this year - our formidable force of committee members and volunteers, had all hands on deck to help make our book sale a resounding success! The story
- [History Book Sale - 4th May](https://ctlhs.co.uk/history-book-sale-4th-may/) - Local history month will be upon us soon, and to celebrate this we are going to host a book sale, including hundreds of books in the collection of the late Jacky Quarmby. Jacky was a great friend to our society, and long term supporter and committee member of the CTLHS. We will be inviting members
- [Annual General Meeting 2024](https://ctlhs.co.uk/annual-general-meeting-2024/) - The Annual General Meeting of the Society will take place on Saturday 20 April 2024, commencing at 10.15am, at St Mary’s Centre, Corporation Road, Middlesbrough. NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE The change of venue is necessary because of temporary closure of the Dorman Museum. We apologise for any inconvenience. The doors to St Mary’s Centre open
- [Winter Programme](https://ctlhs.co.uk/winter-programme/) - Our winter programme is now in full swing, with a series of talks both in person and online. We'd love you to join us! Full details on our Programme Page
- [Our Summer Programme](https://ctlhs.co.uk/our-summer-programme/) - We are excited to announce our summer programme of events for members. We'd love for you to join us on one or all of these dates, which are a great chance to get out there and enjoy history in the flesh with expert guides and speakers, and also to socialise with fellow members. The dates
- [Notice of AGM and Two Talks](https://ctlhs.co.uk/notice-of-agm-and-two-talks/) - The 2023 Annual General Meeting of Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society will take place on Saturday 15 April at 10am. It will be a brief meeting held at the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough, and will be followed by two interesting talks to mark the end of our Winter Programme. The first talk is entitled
- [Winter Programme of Talks](https://ctlhs.co.uk/winter-programme-of-talks-2/) - Cleveland & Teesside Local History is pleased to announce a winter programme of talks, commencing 17 September 2022 and running until April 2023. As always we've tried to provide an interesting mix of topcs, time periods and parts of our region. The programme includes a mix of both in-person and online talks; please remember to
- [Selected highlights of Week Four of Local History Month 2022](https://ctlhs.co.uk/selected-highlights-of-week-four-of-local-history-month-2022/) - Sunday 22 May 2022 11.00am Locomotion Charity Run On the 200th anniversary of the laying of the first track of the Stockton & Darlington Railway was laid, at St John's well in Stockton on Tees, why not combine history and running? The Locomotion Trail Run celebrates this important anniversary with a 10k trail run starting
- [Selected highlights of Week Three of Local History Month 2022](https://ctlhs.co.uk/selected-highlights-of-week-three-of-local-history-month-2022/) - Sunday 15th May 2022 10.00am – 12.00noon Free Guided Walking Tour of Stockton High Street Join us on a guided walk around Stockton’s High Street along with Teesside Archives and Stockton’s Townscape Heritage. Discover the history of its buildings and hear about the people who lived and worked here. Learn about the work of the
- [Selected highlights of Week Two of Local History Month 2022](https://ctlhs.co.uk/selected-highlights-of-week-two-of-local-history-month-2022/) - AND Don’t Forget! There are events taking place hosted by Stockton Central Library and Middlesbrough Central Library all week! Sunday 8th May 2022 2.00pm (Doors open 1.30pm) £2 Court Room, Middlesbrough Town Hall ‘Seen To Be Believed’ North East Film Archive Film celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee by taking an affectionate look at
- [Selected highlights of Week One of Local History Month 2022](https://ctlhs.co.uk/selected-highlights-of-week-one-of-local-history-month-2022/) - 1st May 2022 BBC Radio Three 7.30pm The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff Drama on 3 Listen as award-winning folk band The Young'uns' tell the true and amazing story of Johnny Longstaff. Johnny was born in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1919, and his early life was marked by poverty. At the age of 15 he joined the
- [Local History Month 2022](https://ctlhs.co.uk/local-history-month-2022/) - May means its Local History Month! Lots of great talks, walks and other events to celebrate and discover out local history. You can find out about what is happening locally from a number of sources: The Middlesbrough Local History Month brochure available from local libraries, museums, bookshops and other venuesThe We are Middlesbrough Facebook pageOther
- [2022 AGM and Two New Talks](https://ctlhs.co.uk/2022-agm-and-two-new-talks/) - The Annual General Meeting of the Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society will take place on Saturday 14 May 2022. ** UPDATE - the meeting will now be held on Zoom. Please note that this is a different arrangement to that previously advertised in the Newsletter (which stated that the AGM would take place on
- [BALH Digital Webinar : The 1921 Census: opportunities for local history](https://ctlhs.co.uk/balh-digital-webinar-the-1921-census-opportunities-for-local-history/) - How the recently released 1921 census might be used to inform (or inspire) local history research. Tuesday 8th February 2022 7:00pm - 8:00pm Event type: Virtual This talk will explore the recently released 1921 Census and its associated resources, and demonstrate ways in which the records might be used to inform (or inspire) local history research.
- [First In Person Talks Arranged. New Venue](https://ctlhs.co.uk/first-in-person-talks-arranged-new-venue/) - We are excited to be delivering our first in-person talks in a long while this February. During the Covid pandemic, we moved all of our talks online, hosting a range of speakers over Zoom. This has been a great success and has allowed us to welcome attendees from all over the world, but we've been
- [AGM and Talk - Wednesday 8 September 2021](https://ctlhs.co.uk/agm-and-talk-wednesday-8-september-2021/) - Following the AGM which takes place on the evening of Wednesday 8 September 2021, we are delighted to have secured the services of Chris Corbett, from Teesside Archives, to recount again the fascinating life of William Gileard Brown. Chris delivered this talk as part of Local History Month in May, and by common consensus it
- [Last chance to visit Teesside Archives before relocation!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/last-chance-to-visit-teesside-archives-before-relocation/) - Teesside Archives have been very busy preparing for their relocation to the Dorman Museum. Read all about the progress being achieved and how they are open for one last visit on Saturday 11 September 2021 ... https://teessidearchives.wordpress.com/.../01/moving-update/
- [Skelton Tour - Saturday 4 September and Tuesday 7 September](https://ctlhs.co.uk/skelton-tour-saturday-4-september-and-tuesday-7-september/) - If you would like to attend our history walks around Skelton, led by local expert Peter Appleton, now is your last chance to sign up. From the parish church of All Saints' on the High Street to Old All Saints' parish church is almost exactly 900 yards. Within that short distance there is visible evidence
- [Winter Programme of Talks](https://ctlhs.co.uk/winter-programme-of-talks/) - This winter we will be holding a programme of talks on a range of interesting subjects covering our local area and historical subjects. This year we continue to host talks online using Zoom, which has proved popular and capable of bringing together people from all over the world to hear our speakers. The talks are
- [Annual General Meeting 2021](https://ctlhs.co.uk/annual-general-meeting-2021/) - The Annual General Meeting of the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society will take place on Wednesday 8 September 2021 commencing at 7.30pm. We will not be meeting physically, but virtually. The meeting will take the form of a Zoom meeting.Members of the Society will be provided with a link to the meeting, by e
- [Allan Wilby - Funeral Details](https://ctlhs.co.uk/allan-wilby-funeral-details/) - Further to our previous announcement regarding the death of our long serving Committee Member, Allan Wilby, died on Wednesday 14 April 2021, we can now provide details of the funeral. The funeral will take place at Teesside Crematorium (St Bede's Chapel) on Friday 7 May at 1.00pm. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, only a limited number
- [Allan Wilby - a Tribute](https://ctlhs.co.uk/allan-wilby-a-tribute/) - The Society was deeply saddened to learn that our long serving Committee Member, Allan Wilby, died on Wednesday 14 April 2021. Allan was 89 years old and died after a short illness. Allan was born in South Bank and had a life-long interest and affection for the Teesside area and its people, and a love
- [Allan Wilby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/allan-wilby/) - The Society is deeply saddened to announce that our long serving Committee Member, Allan Wilby, died on Wednesday 14 April 2021. Allan was 89 years old and died after a short illness. The funeral will take place at Teesside Crematorium (St Bede's Chapel) on Friday 7 May at 1.00pm. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, only a
- [International Women's Day Talk - 100 Inspirational Teesside Ladies](https://ctlhs.co.uk/international-womens-day-talk-100-inspirational-teesside-ladies/) - We are excited to announce an additional talk as part of our Spring Programme. Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society Secretary Martin Peagam will be giving a talk on Monday 8th March to mark International Women's Day. The talk is entitled '100 Inspirational Teesside Ladies'. ‘Putting Ladies on a Pedestal’ To mark International Women’s Day
- [Spring Online Talks Programme](https://ctlhs.co.uk/spring-online-talks-programme/) - Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society is hosting a series of online talks this Spring, bringing a wide range of topics on the places, people and recent historical research going on in our region. All of these talks are free to attend, and will be held online over Zoom. The talks will run twice per
- [Day School - 14 March 2020](https://ctlhs.co.uk/day-school-14-march-2020/) - Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society and Teesside University will be holding their joint Day School on 14 March 2020 at the University in Middlesbrough. The theme will be "Care and Conlict in the 20th Century" Talks by expert speakers cover a range of topics from World War I on Teesside to Harold MacMillan in
- [RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS](https://ctlhs.co.uk/response-to-coronavirus/) - The Committee has decided to cancel all activities until the end of May. This decision has been taken in the light of government advice regarding the Coronavirus. The Annual General Meeting scheduled for Saturday 4 April 2020 will NOT take place. The AGM will take place at a later date. The two presentations by speakers
- [2020 AGM to be Held](https://ctlhs.co.uk/2020-agm-to-be-held/) - To all Members of the Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 These are unprecedented times. People are unable to meet. We are unable to host meetings or walks. We are unable to visit places. We have been unable to publish our usual publications. And we have been unable to hold our
- [Leisure and Recreation History and Heritage Day, 22nd October](https://ctlhs.co.uk/leisure-and-recreation-history-and-heritage-day-22nd-october/) - PROGRAMME and ticket details for the Leisure and Recreation History and Heritage Day, to be held on Tuesday, October 22 at Middlesbrough Town Hall are now available. Organised by Heritage Unlocked and supported by Creative Factory, Middlesbrough Council and the Society for the Study of Labour History, the event in the recently renovated Courtroom brings
- [Winter Programme Announced](https://ctlhs.co.uk/winter-programme-announced/) - Our Winter 2019-20 Programme of talks and events has been announced. Members will receive a printed programme with their next Newsletter. Winter Programme Saturday 14 September 2019 Middlesbrough College 10.45am - Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Mulgrave: The Communities from Aislaby to Staithes Speaker: Christiane Kroebel 12.00pm - The Refurbishment of Middlesbrough Town Hall Speaker: Neil
- [Ancient Egypt: New Stories - A Talk by Professor Joan Fletcher](https://ctlhs.co.uk/ancient-egypt-new-stories-a-talk-by-professor-joan-fletcher/) - Egyptology Middlesbrough, in association with the Dorman Museum and Aging Better Middlesbrough, presents a talk by Professor Joann Fletcher: ‘Ancient Egypt: New Stories’ Saturday June 1st at 3pm at the Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6LA Tickets £5 Children 11+ welcome when accompanied by an adult To buy tickets contact Geoff on 01642 249971 geoffmorgan5@hotmail.com
- [2019 AGM](https://ctlhs.co.uk/2019-agm/) - Saturday 6 April saw the annual general meeting and the final talks of the Winter programme, held at Middlesbrough College. The Committee for the year ahead are: Chairman: Geoff Braddy Vice Chairman: Linda Polley Hon. Secretary: Martin Peagam Hon. Treasurer: Julie Tweedy Hon. Editor: Val Harrison Programme Secretary: Matt Falcus Ordinary members: Jenny Braddy,
- [Golden Jubilee Day School - 27 October 2018](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee-day-school-27-october-2018/) - Golden Jubilee Day School - Have YOU got your place booked yet? Saturday 27th October 2018 Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society was founded in 1968. This year it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. This Day School is an opportunity to reflect on the development of local history studies over the past fifty years, to celebrate
- [The Winter Programme is back!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/the-winter-programme-is-back/) - Although we are still basking in the summer heatwave, there are signs that Autumn and then Winter will soon be upon us. One of the surest signs is the start of the Society’s Winter Programme. The first talks take place on Saturday 15 September at Middlesbrough College. There will be two speakers. One of these
- [A Golden Jubilee "Extra" - Saturday 6th October](https://ctlhs.co.uk/a-golden-jubilee-extra-saturday-6th-october/) - A GOLDEN JUBILEE "EXTRA" SATURDAY 6th OCTOBER 2018 at 10.45 a.m. In a typical year, our Society normally holds just four Saturday meetings. However, this is our Golden Jubilee year, so we can offer an extra treat! This will be an extra meeting at Middlesbrough College. The idea arose from a conversation with Barry Harrison, who
- [Time to Party! The Golden Jubilee Celebration Meal](https://ctlhs.co.uk/time-to-party-the-golden-jubilee-celebration-meal/) - To mark the Golden Jubilee of the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society, we are holding a Jubilee Meal, in association with Middlesbrough College, at which the menu will pay homage to the dining-out experience of 1968. As well as a three-course meal, prepared and served by the catering students of Middlesbrough College, diners will
- [‘Captain Cook’s Cleveland’ – Day School. Have you got your place booked yet?](https://ctlhs.co.uk/captain-cooks-cleveland-day-school-have-you-got-your-place-booked-yet/) - Saturday 10th March Have you got your place booked yet? We are all looking forward to the first Day School of the year which takes place on Saturday 10 March 2018. Open to both Members and also those who are not Members, the Day School marks the 250th anniversary of the start of
- [Newsletter of the Year 2018!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/newsletter-of-the-year-2018/) - The British Association for Local History has named the C.T.L.H.S. Newsletter as Newsletter of the Year 2018! A wonderful way to start our Golden Jubilee Year! Every Member of the Society receives a copy of our Newsletter on a quarterly basis. The Newsletter contains details of forthcoming events as well as reports on events that
- [Happy Birthday! The Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society is 50 years old today!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/happy-birthday-the-cleveland-and-teesside-local-history-society-is-50-years-old-today/) - Today is the 50th Birthday of the Society! The Society was ‘born’ on Friday 9th February 1968 at 37 Harrow Road at 37 Harrow Road, Middlesbrough (then still part of Yorkshire). Present at the birth were Mr. Zeeland of the Dorman Museum and twenty-two people other people, all keen to witness the historic moment when
- [‘Captain Cook’s Cleveland’ – Day School](https://ctlhs.co.uk/captain-cooks-cleveland-day-school/) - Saturday 10 March 2018 To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the start of Captain Cook's voyages of exploration the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society with the Teesside University Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research are having a day school to explore ‘Captain Cook’s Cleveland’. There'll be six speakers: Paul Menzies, Robin Daniels, Ian
- [Packett Prize Winner Announced!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/packett-prize-winner-announced/) - The winner of the £250 first prize for the 2017 Packett Prize Competition is Peter McCarthy. The winning essay is entitled ‘The Eight Streets of Grangetown: immigration, assimilation and dissemination’. The judges considered this to be a scholarly addition to local knowledge and our shared history. The essay met the competition’s brief to a very
- [Summer and Winter Programme](https://ctlhs.co.uk/summer-and-winter-programme/) - Allan Wilby, our Programme Secretary, has put together some great talks and other activities over the coming months. Details can be found on our Programme page.
- [The Packett Prize](https://ctlhs.co.uk/the-packett-prize/) - We were delighted to receive four essays as entries to the Packett Prize Competition. The essays embraced a wide range of topics and periods of history, and included some excellent original research. The results of the competition will be announced in due course, and the essays will be published in Cleveland History and the Newsletter.
- [The Annual General Meeting](https://ctlhs.co.uk/the-annual-general-meeting/) - The Annual General Meeting took place on Saturday 8 April 2017. We had a good turn-out of Members and they received reports on the work that has been done by the Committee on their behalf and on plans for the future. The existing Committee were all re-elected. The AGM was followed by two excellent talks
- [The Ironmasters Were Youngsters!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/the-ironmasters-were-youngsters/) - Fascinating and sometimes unexpected, the things you learn at lectures. I once learned how to make poteen using boot polish and a gas meter at a Sociology lecture (just so you know I never turned theory into practice, and I have long ago forgotten what I learned). At a lecture entitled ‘From Roman Nails to
- [Cook’s Cottage – but not the one in Australia!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/cooks-cottage-but-not-the-one-in-australia/) - Timing is everything. The same weekend as the Society hosted a lecture entitled ‘The search for Cook’s Cottage’, considerable interest in the subject of houses possibly lived in by Captain James Cook, arguably the greatest explorer that ever lived, was sparked by two events elsewhere. Firstly, as the Evening Gazette reported, a tourist attraction in
- [WHAT WAS TEESSIDE LIKE 350 YEARS AGO?](https://ctlhs.co.uk/what-was-teesside-like-350-years-ago/) - WHAT WAS TEESSIDE LIKE 350 YEARS AGO? NORTH EAST ENGLAND DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Details have been announced about the Day School the Society is holding, in partnership with Teesside University Centre for Regional and Local Historical Research on Saturday 11 March 2017. The theme of the Day School is ‘North East England in the
- [The Frank Elgee Memorial Lecture - 3rd December](https://ctlhs.co.uk/the-frank-elgee-memorial-lecture-3rd-december/) - The Frank Elgee Memorial Lecture 'Nature and Industry on the Tees' Saturday December 3rd 2016 10.30am Dorman Museum Middlesbrough TS5 6LA Every year a lecture is held which celebrates and remembers the life and works of Frank Elgee. This year's Elgee Memorial Lecture is to be delivered by Dr Robert Woods, the Director of the Industry
- [Major Discovery at Fountains Abbey!](https://ctlhs.co.uk/major-discovery-at-fountains-abbey/) - Remarkable ground-penetrating technology has revealed more than 500 graves of Cistercian monks and lay brothers who once lived at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. Geophysical techniques and ground-penetrating radar have formed part of a major research project at the World Heritage Site, adding new details about the life of the monastic community and their burial
- [Day School – North East England During the Seventeenth Century](https://ctlhs.co.uk/day-school-north-east-england-during-the-seventeenth-century/) - Advance Notice! Make a note in your diary! Saturday 11 March 2017 Day School – North East England during the Seventeenth Century Speakers will include Phil Philo, Martin Roberts and Steve Rushton Venue: Teesside University Details to follow
- [Roman Roads: Past, Present and Future Research](https://ctlhs.co.uk/roman-roads-past-present-and-future-research/) - Conference – 12 / 13 November 2016 The Roman Roads Research Association is proud to host the second of two conferences to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Ivan D. Margary, whose name, through his work “Roman Roads in Britain”, has become synonymous with the study of Roman roads. The conference is being held
- [Saltburn Historical Walk 1 July 2016](https://ctlhs.co.uk/saltburn-historical-walk-1-july-2016/) - Fancy a healthy walk around historic Saltburn? Then this event on 1 July 2016 might be of interest to you.
- [Guided Walk Around Egglescliffe](https://ctlhs.co.uk/guided-walk-around-egglescliffe/) - A new event to attend this summer. On Wednesday 15th June, join Robin Daniels for a guided walk around the village of Egglescliffe, near Yarm, looking at its history. Meet outside St John’s Church, Egglescliffe, at 2.00pm Open to CTLHS members only.
- [Markup: Text Alignment](https://ctlhs.co.uk/markup-text-alignment/) - Default This is a paragraph. It should not have any alignment of any kind. It should just flow like you would normally expect. Nothing fancy. Just straight up text, free flowing, with love. Completely neutral and not picking a side or sitting on the fence. It just is. It just freaking is. It likes where
- [Markup: Image Alignment](https://ctlhs.co.uk/markup-image-alignment/) - Welcome to image alignment! The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and let's get started. On the topic of alignment, it should be noted that users can choose from the options of None, Left, Right, and Center. In

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- [Home](https://ctlhs.co.uk/)
- [Home](https://ctlhs.co.uk/)
- [Programme of Events](https://ctlhs.co.uk/programme/) - The Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society operates an active and varied programme. We provide regular talks and day-schools on a wide variety of topics and covering every period of history, from Anglo Saxon and Roman times to Victorian and Twentieth Century developments. Details of our current programme of talks are provided below. Summer 2026
- [Member Area](https://ctlhs.co.uk/member-area/) - Within this treasure chest are resources for CTLHS Members to enjoy and download. Membership Renewals for the year 1st January to 31st December 2026 Membership renewals due in January.The rates and categories from January 1st 2026 are as follows:Individual Member £18Household Member £19Schools/Colleges/Libraries etc
- [Local History Prize](https://ctlhs.co.uk/packett-prize/) - THE CLEVELAND AND TEESSIDE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY PRIZE The J.T. Packett Prize Since 2007, our Society has run a biennial prize essay competition, made possible by a generous bequest from the late Mr. John T. Packett. The 2025 competition was different from the usual format, because we joined with the Friends of the Stockton and
- [Membership](https://ctlhs.co.uk/membership/) - Membership of CTLHS brings with it: The opportunity to attend our meetings and talks programme on a range of interesting topics. The opportunity to participate in Guided Walks to places of historical interest. The opportunity to attend occasional Day Schools at which a number of speakers deliver talks relevant to the Day School theme. Receipt of our Newsletter (named the Newsletter of the Year 2018 by the British Association for Local History) - distributed three times a year and containing short articles on a variety of topics. Our Bulletin 'Cleveland History' - published twice a year and containing more lengthy articles, reflecting research carried out by Members of the Society. Our email newsletter 'The Scroll' - distributed monthly, with short articles and details of a talks and other events of interest to historians in the region. Access to our 'Members Only' area of the web site with access to copies of papers presented at events, articles that have appeared in 'Cleveland History', and other documents of interest.
- [Publications](https://ctlhs.co.uk/publications/) - The Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society publishes and sells a number of local history publications. Our own publications include: Our Bulletin, ‘Cleveland History’, is issued free to members twice a year. It is noted for its high standard and its variety of topics – there is always something to interest everyone. A regular Newsletter
- [The Bulletins - 1-126](https://ctlhs.co.uk/publications/the-bulletins-1-100/) - Since 1968 the Society has produced over 100 Cleveland History bulletins. These contain articles on a wide variety of topics, all written by Society Members following original research. The following is a list of the articles contained in the first 126 bulletins. To search for a particular article, location, author or title, use your browser's
- [Donations](https://ctlhs.co.uk/donations/) - The Society always welcomes donations from both members and non-members. All donations are appreciated to help support the work of the Society. If you would like to donate you can do this in 2 ways: Either by bank transfer - please email us at ct-lhs@outlook.com and we will send you our bank details. Or via
- [Background Information and How to Enter](https://ctlhs.co.uk/packett-prize/background-information-and-how-to-enter/) - THE CLEVELAND AND TEESSIDE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY PRIZE The J. T. Packett Prize Every two years the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society holds the Packett Prize Competition. The competition is normally held every two years, with entries submitted by 31 March of the year in which the competition is held. The next closing date
- [Previous Winners](https://ctlhs.co.uk/packett-prize/previous-winners/) - Previous winners of the JT Packett Prize include: 2007 ‘Freebrough Hill: Form and Function’ Marjorie Brookes The full essay can be found in “Cleveland History” volume no. 95, Autumn 2008 2009 ‘Cleveland Asylum Chapel’ Val Harrison The full essay can be found in “Cleveland History” volume no. 97, Autumn 2009 2011 ‘Childhood in an Ironstone Mining Community’ Pat Wetherell
- [Contact Us](https://ctlhs.co.uk/contact-us/) - We are always pleased to hear from anyone interested in joining the Society, with questions about our activities, or even with questions about local history. The current Committee members of the Society are listed below. Current Committee OFFICERS Chairman - Geoff Braddy Vice Chairman - Linda Polley Hon. Secretary - Martin F Peagam Hon. Treasurer
- [Links](https://ctlhs.co.uk/links/) - Links to other groups involved in local history in our area. Please note: C&TLHS is not responsible for the contents of any web sites other than its own. Cleveland and Teesside Tees Archaeology CIAS - Cleveland Industrial Archaeology Society Durham Durham County Local History Society North Yorkshire Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society National The British
- [Cuthbert Sharp](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/cuthbert-sharp/) - Born: Cuthbert Sharp was born in 1781 in Hartlepool. He was the son of Cuthbert Sharp and Susannah Crosby of Stockton, the sister of Brass Crosby. His father was a Hartlepool ship-owner. Educated: Cuthbert Sharp attended Dr. Burney’s school in Greenwich, London and Edinburgh University. Married: In October 1811 he eloped to Scotland with Elizabeth
- [Red Barns, Redcar](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/red-barns-redcar/) - Red Barns, Kirkleatham Street, Redcar (Historic England Listing Grade II*) Red Barns was designed and built for (Thomas) Hugh Bell, by architect Philip Webb between 1868 and 1870. Hugh Bell was the son of Isaac Lothian Bell, ironmaster and patron of the arts; he was the father of Gertrude Bell, writer, traveller and archaeologist; and
- [The Beatles at the Globe, Stockton on Tees - 1963](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-beatles-at-the-globe-stockton-on-tees-1963/) - The Event: On 22nd November 1963 two events took place, one in Dallas, Texas, and the other in Stockton on Tees. Both had a major impact on those who witnessed them. At the Globe Theatre, Stockton on Tees, the Beatles were about to go one stage. The group – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
- [About](https://ctlhs.co.uk/about/) - Our members carry out research into the historical, industrial, architectural, archaeological and sociological evolution of the area and its adjoining regions, and then disseminate that research through talks, written articles and other means. We have regular talks by invited speakers on topics of interest, as well as occasional themed day schools. We also take part in visits and tours of places of interest. We encourage the preservation and use of historical documents, and the preservation of buildings and other material objects of historical importance. We promote and support local history projects and work closely with local archives, libraries, museums and groups connected with archaeology, family history and industrial archaeology.
- [Our Local Area](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/) - Fifty Places, Buildings, Events and People As part of our celebrations to mark the 50th year of the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society, we started publishing information of the places, buildings, events and people of significance in our local history. The selection of places, buildings, events and people are to some extent subjective. Most
- [Interesting People](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people-2/) - Interesting people associated with the Cleveland and Teesside area. Click on a name to find out more. John C. ATKINSON John de BALLIOL Isaac BASIRE Thomas BATES Florence BELL Gertrude BELL Hugh BELL Isaac Lowthian BELL Perceval and Jane BELL Thomas BERTIE Henry BOLCKOW Tom BROWN Robert de BRUS Sir John & Lady Margaret BULMER
- [William Wilson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-wilson/) - Born: William Wilson was born in 1715 Educated: He joined the East Company as a midshipman in 1729 at the age of 14. Married: In 1755 William Wilson married Rachel Jackson, daughter of George Jackson of Richmond and sister of Ralph Jackson the diarist. Family: William and Rachel had 9 children, but only 5 survived.
- [Isaac Wilson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/isaac-wilson/) - Born: Isaac Wilson was born on 16th February 1822 in Kendal in Westmorland. His parents were Isaac Wilson, a woollen manufacturer, and Mary Jowitt. Educated: The Wilsons were a Quaker family, so Isaac may have attended the Quaker School on Stramongate in Kendal. Married: On 9th June 1847 Isaac Wilson married Anna Benson of Kendal,
- [Ellen Wilkinson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/ellen-wilkinson/) - Born: Ellen Cicely Wilkinson was born in 1891 in Chorlton upon Medlock, a working-class district of Manchester. Her parents were Richardson Wilkinson and Ellen Wood. She was one of four children. Educated: She went to Ardwick Elementary School and Stretford Road Secondary School. She was able to attend Manchester University after winning a scholarship and
- [John Wharton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-wharton/) - Born: John Wharton was born John Hall on 21st June 1765 at Skelton Castle. He was the first son of Joseph William Hall (afterwards Stevenson) and Ann Foster, daughter of James Foster of County Fermanagh. He was the grandson of John Hall Stevenson, the author. In 1788 he changed his name to Wharton when he
- [Brian Walton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/brian-walton/) - Born: Brian Walton was born in Seamer near Hilton in 1600. Educated: He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1616 as a sizar. He moved to Peterhouse, Cambridge where he earned a B.A. and in 1623 an M.A. He became a Doctor of Divinity in 1645. Married: Between 1623 and 1625 he married Anne Claxton. She
- [Edward Turnbull](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/edward-turnbull/) - Born: Edward Turnbull was born in 1820 in Newcastle. Educated: Turnbull's long legal career suggests that he was well educated. Married: In his twenties, Edward Turnbull married Annie Young from Sunderland. Family: Edward and Annie had no children. Home: As a young man, Turnbull moved from Newcastle to Hartlepool. In the 1850s Edward and Annie
- [John Hall Stevenson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-hall-stevenson/) - Born: He was born John Hall in 1718 at Skelton Castle, the home of his uncle, Lawrence Trotter. He was the eldest son of Joseph Hall, a lawyer and Catherine Trotter. His father was a lawyer. Educated: John Hall attended Jesus College, Cambridge. He left without taking a degree and went on the Grand Tour
- [John E. Stead](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-e-stead/) - Born: John Edward Stead was born at Howden-on-Tyne in 1851. His father was Rev. W.Stead, a Free Church minister who had previously worked in the Stead family’s cutlery workshop in Sheffield. His mother was Isabella Jobson from Warkworth. John had three sisters and five brothers. The oldest of the brothers was the journalist William Thomas
- [Reginald Smyth (pseudonym Reg Smythe)](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/reginald-smyth-pseudonym-reg-smythe/) - Born: Reginald Smyth was born on 10th July 1917 in Hartlepool. He was the eldest son of Richard Smyth and Florence Pearce. Reg had two brothers and two sisters. Their father worked in a local shipyard. Educated: He attended Galley’s Field School, West Hartlepool. He left school at 15 to work for a local butcher.
- [Bernhard Samuelson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/bernhard-samuelson/) - Born: Bernhard Samuelson was born on 22nd November 1820 in Hamburg. He was the eldest of six sons. His parents were Samuel Henry Samuelson, a merchant, and Sarah Hertz. Educated: The family moved to England while Bernhard was a child. He attended a private school at Skirlaugh, near Beverley. Aged 14 he went to work
- [Samuel Sadler](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/samuel-sadler/) - Born: Samuel Alexander Sadler was born 1842 near Oldbury in Worcestershire. His parents were James Sadler and Mary Millership Educated: It has been said that Samuel Sadler studied at London University under Michael Faraday. Married: In 1865 Samuel Sadler married Rachael Field, daughter of John Field and Mercy Sadler of Oldbury. John and Mercy Field
- [William Romaine](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-romaine/) - Born: William Romaine was born on 25th September 1714 at Hartlepool. He was the second son of William Romaine who was a corn merchant and a member of Hartlepool Corporation. The Romaines were French Huguenot refugees who came to England in 1685. William had one brother and three sisters. Educated: He was educated at the
- [Joseph Ritson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/joseph-ritson/) - Born: Joseph Ritson was born in Stockton on 2nd October 1751. He was the son of Joseph Ritson, a farm worker, and Jane Gibson. He was one of nine children, but only five of them survived infancy. Educated: He was taught by Rev. John Thompson of Stockton, who seems to have introduced Joseph to Latin.
- [Thomas Richardson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-richardson/) - Born: Thomas Richardson was born on 6th June 1821 at Castle Eden. His parents were Thomas Richardson (1795-1850) and Isabella Heslop. His father owned a shipyard and the Castle Eden Foundry in Hartlepool. Educated: Thomas Richardson was an apprentice to his father at the family shipyard in Hartlepool. Married: On 2nd November 1843 Thomas Richardson
- [George Pyman](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/george-pyman/) - Born: George Pyman was born on11th May 1822 at Sandsend near Whitby. He was the eldest son of James Pyman and Jane Arr. He had two brothers and a sister. Educated: By the age of 10, George Pyman was sailing with his uncle in a fishing smack. Whatever education he may have received came to
- [Dorothy Pattison (Sister Dora)](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/dorothy-pattison-sister-dora/) - Born: Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison (known from 1864 as Dora) was born in East Hauxwell near Richmond on 16th January 1832. Her father was the rector of St. Oswald's, East Hauxwell. Her parents were Rev. Mark James Pattison and Jane Winn, the daughter of Francis Winn, a banker from Richmond. Dorothy was the eleventh of twelve
- [Margaret Nicholson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/margaret-nicholson/) - Born: Margaret Nicholson was born in Stockton-on-Tees in about 1750. Her father was George Nicholson, a Stockton barber. Educated: Margaret may have an elementary education, but at the age of 12 she went into domestic service. Married: Margaret Nicholson never married. Family: She had no children. Home: Margaret Nicholson became a housemaid to several wealthy
- [Ralph Milbanke](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/ralph-milbanke/) - Born: Ralph Milbanke was born 28th July 1747. His parents were Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th baronet, and Elizabeth Hedworth, daughter of John Hedworth, M.P. for Durham. Educated: Ralph Milbanke was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge. Married: On 9th January 1777 Ralph Milbanke married Judith Noel, daughter of Edward, Viscount Wentworth. Family: Ralph
- [Nicholas de Meynell](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/nicholas-de-meynell/) - Born: Nicholas de Meynell was born in 1276, probably in Whorlton Castle. His parents were Nicholas and Christiana de Meynell. He had a younger brother named John and a sister named Christiana. His surname appeared in documents with various spelling, such as Meinell, Meynill and Menill. Educated: As a youth, it is likely that he
- [Harold Macmillan](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/harold-macmillan/) - Born: Maurice Harold Macmillan was born on 10th February 1894 in London. His parents were Maurice Crawford Macmillan, the well-known publisher, and Helen Artie Tarleton Belles from Indiana. He had two older brothers. Educated: His parents sent him to a day school in London and a preparatory school in Oxford. He went to Eton, and
- [Albert de Lande Long](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/albert-de-lande-long/) - Born: Albert de Lande Long was born in Ipswich on 13th September 1844. His parents were Peter Long, a barrister, and Hannah Falkland. Educated: Albert attended Queen Elizabeth’s School, Ipswich. He served his apprenticeship with Ransome and Sims of Ipswich (later Ransome, Sims and Jefferies) who specialised in agricultural machinery. Married: On 9th August 1875
- [Thomas Locke](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-locke/) - Born: Thomas William Spink Locke was born in 1830 in Bury St. Edmunds. Educated: His later life and career indicated that he was a well educated man. Married: Thomas Locke never married. Family: He had no children. Home: In 1874 Thomas Locke gave his address as the Green House, Coatham. During the 1890s Col. Locke
- [Minnie Levick](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/minnie-levick/) - Born: Harriett Minnie Castledine was born on 8th August 1871. Her father was Henry Castledine who lived in the Regent’s Park district of London. Educated: Minnie Castledine was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge and the London School of Medicine for Women. She graduated B.Sc. in 1895, M.B. in 1898 and M.D. in 1901. Married: In
- [Ralph Jackson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/ralph-jackson/) - Born: Ralph Jackson was born on 15th January 1736. His parents were George Jackson of Richmond and Hannah Ward, daughter of Ralph Ward of Guisborough, one of Yorkshire’s richest men. Ralph was one of four sons and five daughters. Educated: At the age of thirteen, Ralph Jackson was sent to a writing and arithmetic school
- [Joseph Isherwood](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/joseph-isherwood/) - Born: Joseph William Isherwood was born on23rd June 1870 at Hartlepool. He was the son of John Isherwood from Bolton and Mary Ellen Dobinson of Stockton. John Isherwood was a grocer in Hartlepool. Educated: He attended a school near St. Hilda's church in Hartlepool. At the age of fifteen he was taken in to the
- [Thomas Carlton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-carlton/) - Born: Thomas Carlton was born in 1852 in Chesterton near Cambridge. His mother was Elizabeth Carlton. His paternal grandparents were James and Dinah Carlton. His grandfather was a bricklayer. Educated: As a teenager, Thomas worked as an agricultural labourer, so it is likely that he had no more than an elementary education. As a young
- [Amos Hinton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/amos-hinton/) - Born: Amos Hinton was born in Tring, Hertfordshire on 14th September 1844. Educated: He attended a private school in Tring. In 1862, at the age of 18 he went to work at John Birks’ shop in South Street, Middlesbrough where he leant the finer points of the grocery trade. Married: Amos Hinton married Ann Kirtland.
- [Henry Heavisides](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/henry-heavisides/) - Born: Henry Heavisides was born on 29th November 1791 in Darlington. His parents were Michael Heavisides, the well-known bookseller, and Mary Marsh of Croydon who ran a private boarding school in Darlington. Educated: He was educated at Darlington Grammar School. Married: Around 1812 Henry Heavisides married Jane Bradley of Stokesley. Family: Henry and Jane had
- [Will Hay](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/will-hay/) - Born: William Thomson Hay was born on 6th December 1888 in Stockton-on-Tees. His parents were William Robert Hay, an engineer from Inverness-shire and Elizabeth Ebden from Barnsley. He had two brothers and three sisters. Educated: The family were soon living further south and Will went to schools in Lowestoft, Hemel Hempstead and London. He later
- [Jack Hatfield](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/jack-hatfield/) - Born: John Gatenby Hatfield was born in Great Ayton on 15th August 1893. His parents were Thomas and Hannah Hatfield Educated: Jack Hatfield attended the Wesleyan School on Corporation Road in Middlesbrough. Married: Jack Hatfield married Elsie Darley. Family: Jack and Elsie had four sons, Jack, Thomas, Peter and Richard. Three of them continued to
- [John Hale](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-hale/) - Born: John Hale was born in London in 1728. His parents were Sir Bernard Hale of King's Walden in Hertfordshire and Anne Thoresby. John had three older brothers and four sisters. Educated: He would have received the education befitting of a young gentleman, but became a soldier at the age of 14, rather than pursuing
- [Edgar Gilkes](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/edgar-gilkes/) - Born: Edgar Gilkes was born on 22nd February 1821 at Nailsworth in Gloucestershire. His parents were Benjamin and Marian Gilkes. He had four brothers and a sister. Educated: As a teenager, he trained as an engineer at the works of Barrett, Exall and Andrewes in Reading Married: Edgar Gilkes married Emma Hutchinson from Helmsley on
- [Geoffrey of Hartlepool](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/geoffrey-of-hartlepool/) - Born: His surname and the fact that he held property in Brierton point to Hartlepool being Geoffrey de Hartlepool’s likely place of birth. His father, named John, was stated to be an inhabitant of the Palatinate of Durham. Educated: Geoffrey’s successful legal career indicates that he was well educated. Married: It is not known whether
- [Henry Foulis](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/henry-foulis/) - Born: Henry Foulis was born in 1635 at Ingleby Greenhow. He was the second son of Sir Henry Foulis, second baronet of Ingleby and Mary Layton, daughter of Sir Thomas Layton of Sexhow. Educated: He graduated from Queen’s College, Oxford in 1657 and became a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. There he met Nathaniel Crewe
- [John de Faucomberge](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-de-faucomberge/) - Born: John de Faucomberge was born in 1290, probably in Skelton Castle. He was the third son of Walter de Faucomberge, lord of Skelton and Isabel de Ros, daughter of Sir William de Ros. Educated: It is likely that he would have had the upbringing characteristic of the sons of the knightly class. Married: John
- [Laurence Dundas](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/laurence-dundas/) - Born: Laurence Dundas was born on 10th April 1766 in London. His parents were Thomas Dundas, 2nd Baronet, 1st Baron Dundas and Charlotte Fitzwilliam, daughter of Earl Fitzwilliam. Laurence was one of 14 children. Educated: He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. Married: On 21st April 1794 Laurence Dundas married Harriot, daughter of
- [Arthur Dorman](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/arthur-dorman/) - Born: Arthur John Dorman was born on 8th August 1848 at Ashford in Kent. He was the son of Charles Dorman, a currier in the leather trade, and Emma Cage. Educated: Arthur Dorman was educated at Christ’s Hospital School in London. In 1866 he began an apprenticeship with Richardson, Johnson and Company at their rolling
- [Raylton Dixon](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/raylton-dixon/) - Born: Raylton Dixon was born on 8th July 1838 in Newcastle. He was the second son of Jeremiah Dixon of Ambleside, who worked for a bank, and Mary Frank. Educated: He was educated privately, and then entered an apprenticeship with a firm of shipbuilders on Tyneside. Married: In 1863 Raylton Dixon married Elizabeth Walker, daughter
- [Brass Crosby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/brass-crosby/) - Born: Brass Crosby was born on 8th May 1725 in Stockton-on-Tees. His parents were Hercules Crosby of Stockton and Mary Brass of Hesleden. He was one of five children. Educated: Brass Crosby served an apprenticeship with a solicitor in Sunderland. Married: In 1748 Brass Crosby married Sarah Walraven. After her death he married a Mrs.
- [Richard Cosin](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/richard-cosin/) - Born: Richard Cosin was born in around 1548 in Hartlepool. His father, John Cosin of Newhall, was killed fighting in the Duke of Somerset’s army against the Scots near Musselburgh just before Richard was born. His mother, Margery Pudsey, was the daughter of Henry Pudsey of Bolton. After her husband’s death she married Roger Medhope
- [Brian Clough](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/brian-clough/) - Born: Brian Clough was born in Valley Road, Middlesbrough on 21st March 1935. He was the sixth of nine children of Joseph Clough and Sarah Hunter. His father worked in a sweet factory. Educated: He attended Marton Grove Secondary Modern School in Middlesbrough. Married: On 4th April 1959 Brian Clough married Barbara Glasgow. Family: Brian
- [Robert Clifford](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/robert-clifford/) - Born: Robert Clifford, First Lord Clifford, was born in April 1274. He was the son of Roger de Clifford and Isabella de Vieuxpont. His grandfather had been a knight of Richard de Clare, earl of Gloucester. Educated: His father was killed in battle in 1282 and Robert became a royal ward. His upbringing was entrusted
- [William Christopher](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-christopher/) - Born: William Christopher was born in Stockton in 1735. His parents were John Christopher and Margaret Williamson. William had two sisters and three brothers. Educated: Judging by his later career, William must have had a sound basic education. Married: On 18th April 1765 William Christopher married Ann Tatham of Little Stainton near Stockton. After Ann’s
- [Thomas Casebourne](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-casebourne/) - Born: Thomas Casebourne was born in 1797 at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. His parents were Adam Casebourne and Sarah (Townsend?). Educated: He became an assistant to Thomas Telford, the canal builder, who taught him engineering. Married: In 1820 Thomas Casebourne married Catherine Rose, daughter of Joseph and Maria Rose from Lincolnshire. Their children were Catherine,
- [Thomas Burnet](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-burnet/) - Born: Thomas Burnet was born in around 1635 at Croft. His father was John Burnet. Educated: Thomas Burnet was educated at the free school of Northallerton, Clare College, Cambridge and Christ’s College, Cambridge. He entered holy orders. Married: He never married. Family: He had no children. Home: From about 1657 to 1671 Burnet lived in
- [Sir John and Lady Margaret Bulmer](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/sir-john-and-lady-margaret-bulmer/) - Born: Lady Margaret Bulmer was born Margaret Stafford, the daughter of Henry Stafford. She was the widow of William Cheyne of London and the second wife of Sir John Bulmer. Sir John Bulmer was said to have been born in Kirkleatham in 1492. He was the eldest son of Sir William Bulmer and Margery Conyers.
- [Thomas Bertie](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-bertie/) - Born: Thomas Bertie was born Thomas Hoar on 3rd July 1758 in Stockton-on-Tees. He was the fourth son of George Hoar of London (formerly of County Durham) and Frances Sleigh of Stockton. His father was Keeper of the Regalia at the Tower of London. Educated: Thomas attended a private navigation school in Stockton, Mr. Eaton’s
- [Isaac Basire](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/isaac-basire/) - Born: Isaac Basire was born in 1607 on Jersey in the Channel Islands and was baptised in Rouen. His parents were Jean Basire, a minor nobleman, and Judith le Macherier. His parents were Protestants. Educated: Isaac Basire was educated at the School of Erasmus in Rotterdam and Leyden University. He also studied in The Hague
- [Thomas Bates](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-bates/) - Born: Thomas Bates was born on 21st June 1775 at Matfen in Northumberland. He was the younger son of George Bates of Aydon Castle in Northumberland, and Diana Moore, daughter of Thomas Moore of Bishop’s Castle in Shropshire. Educated: He attended Haydon Bridge grammar school, Witton-le-Wear school and Edinburgh University. Married: Thomas Bates never married,
- [John de Balliol](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-de-balliol/) - Born: John de Balliol was born before 1208. He was the eldest son of Hugh de Balliol of Barnard Castle and Cecily de Fontaines. Educated: Although John de Balliol was instrumental in founding Balliol College, Oxford, it is unlikely that someone of his time and social class would have had much in the way of
- [Interesting Places](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places-2/) - Interesting places in the Cleveland and Teesside area. Click on a place to find out more about its history. Acklam Billingham Brotton Cargo Fleet Coatham Crathorne Eaglescliffe Egglescliffe Elwick Elton Eston Grangetown Great Ayton Great Broughton Greatham Guisborough Hart Hartlepool (The Old Borough) Hartlepool (West) Haverton Hill Hutton Rudby Kirkleatham Kirklevington Linthorpe Loftus Long Newton
- [Interesting Events](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events-2/) - Interesting events which occurred in the Cleveland and Teesside area. Click on one of the events to find out more: The Synod of Whitby - 664AD The Battle of the Standard at Northallerton - 1138 The Harrying of the North - 1069 The Founding of Gisborough Priory - 1119 Hartlepool Granted a Borough Charter -
- [Interesting Buildings](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings-2/) - Interesting buildings in the Cleveland and Teesside area. Click on one of the buildings to find out more: Almshouses, Ormesby Grey Towers, Nunthorpe The Friends School, Great Ayton Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield Heugh Battery, Hartlepool Kiora Hall, Norton Maison de Danse, Yarm Lane, Stockton (demolished) Middlesbrough High School Red Barns, Redcar St. Mary's Parish Church, Norton
- [Horace KING](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/horace-king-2/) - Born: Horace Maybray King was born on 25th May 1901 in Grangetown. His parents were John King and Margaret Maybray. His father was a steelworker and later became an insurance agent. Horace had two sisters and an older brother. Educated: Horace King was educated at state schools in Norton and Stockton and at King’s College,
- [Henry PEASE](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/henry-pease/) - Born: Henry Pease was born on 4th May 1807 in Darlington. His parents were Edward Pease, the father of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and Rachel Whitwell. Henry was the youngest of four brothers and three sisters. Educated: Henry Pease was educated in Darlington at the school run by Mr. H.F.Smith, a Quaker. Married: Henry
- [Lucia de THWENG](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/lucia-de-thweng/) - Born: Lucia de Thweng was born at Kilton Castle on 24th March 1279. She was the only child of Robert de Thweng and his wife Matilda, daughter of Roger de Merlay of Morpeth Castle. Educated: Lucia’s parents died while she was still just a baby and she became a ward of King Edward I. She
- [Robert ROPNER](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/robert-ropner/) - Born: Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner was born on 16th December 1838 in Magdeburg in Prussia. His parents were John Henry Ropner and Emilie Bessel. He was one of ten children. His parents both died of cholera when he was ten. Educated: He was educated in Prussia, probably in Magdeburg. Married: On 26th July 1858,
- [Edmund GUEST](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/edmund-guest/) - Born: Edmund Guest was born in 1514 in Northallerton. He was the son of Thomas Geste from Worcestershire. Educated: He was well educated, attending York grammar school, Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge. Married: Edmund Guest never married. Family: Home: During the reign of the Catholic Mary I, Guest, who was strongly Protestant, moved from
- [Gilbert SPENCE](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/gilbert-spence/) - Born: Gilbert Ormerod Spence was born in Stockton on 24th September 1879. He was the son of Henry Grant Spence, a manager at a Thornaby shipyard, and Eliza Dorothea Spence. Educated: Gilbert Spence was educated at Oatlands, Harrogate and then at Uppingham School. Married: G.O.Spence was unmarried during his time in office as mayor of
- [Grace Sutton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/grace-sutton/) - Born: Grace Sutton, nee Horsfall was the third daughter of William Horsfall of Storthes Hall, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She was born in 1757. Educated: As the daughter of a wealthy landowner it is likely that she was educated at home. Married: Grace Horsfall married George Sutton of Stockton-on-Tees in 1780. Family: Home:
- [William Hustler](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-hustler/) - Born: Sir William Hustler was the third son of William Hustler of Acklam and Grace Savile whose family came from near Wakefield. His older brothers both died young. William was born in London in 1655. Although his father was a considerable landowner, he regarded himself as a merchant. Educated: William's grandfatherfounded and generously endowed a
- [Teresa Newcomen](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/teresa-newcomen/) - Born: Teresa Newcomen was born Teresa Vansittart in London in 1813. Her parents were Henry Vansittart of Kirkleatham and Teresa Newcomen. Educated: Married: Teresa Vansittart married her cousin Arthur Newcomen on 11th July 1841. Her husband died in 1848 and Teresa never re-married. Family: Teresa and Arthur had four children: Arthur, Charles, Teresa Alice and
- [John Vaughan](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-vaughan/) - Born: John Vaughan was born on 21st December 1799 in Worcester. His father was John Vaughan who later worked at the Dowlais Ironworks in Wales. Educated: Growing up in a poor family, Jacky Vaughan started work as a boy in a scrap mill. He learnt a great deal about ironmaking when he went to work
- [Frank Elgee](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/frank-elgee/) - Born: Frank Watson Elgee was born on 8th November 1880 in North Ormesby. His parents were Thomas Elgee, a bookkeeper at a local ironworks, and Jane Coates. He had two younger brothers, Allan and Edward and a sister, Amy. Educated: Frank attended Derwent Street School in North Ormesby and the Hugh Bell Higher Grade School.
- [Dorothy Pennyman](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/dorothy-pennyman/) - Born: Dorothy Wake was born in 1699. Her parents were William Wake, Rector of St. James’ Westminster and Ethelreda Hovell of Hillington Hall, Norfolk. In 1716 William Wake became archbishop of Canterbury. The Wakes had 6 daughters. Educated: It is likely that Dorothy received an education as befitted the daughter of a prosperous clergyman. Married:
- [Mary Leslie](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/mary-leslie/) - Born: Ellen Mary Leslie, nee Martin, was born in 1880 in Sunderland. Her parents were Rev. Henry Martin from Derbyshire and his wife Mary from Hull. She had three sisters and five brothers. Educated: She studied at Queen Victoria’s High School For Girls in Stockton and later at Durham University Married: In 1913 Mary Martin
- [Joseph Dodds](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/joseph-dodds/) - Born: Joseph Dodds was born on a farm near Winston between Darlington and Barnard Castle on 10th October 1819. His parents were Matthew Dodds, a farmer at Winston and his wife Margaret from near Barnard Castle. Educated: Joseph Dodds attended a dame school in Winston, followed by the parish school in Winston and Gainford Academy.
- [Hugh de Hertelpoll](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/hugh-de-hertelpoll/) - Born: Hugh de Hertelpoll, sometimes referred to as Hugh of Hartlepool, was born in around 1245 at Hartlepool Educated: He was educated at Oxford University, which implies some previous education as well. The fact that Hugh became a Franciscan Friar suggests that he may have received an education at the Friary in Hartlepool. Married: Hugh
- [Edmund Harvey](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/edmund-harvey/) - Born: Edmund Harvey was born in 1698, probably in Stockton. Educated: In adult life, Harvey ran his own Sunday School for poor children, so we must assume that he was an educated man. Married: Family: Home: Edmund Harvey lived in Finkle Street, Stockton. Known for: Edmund Harvey was a pewterer in Stockton-on-Tees. In 1769 he
- [Brian London](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/brian-london/) - Born: Brian London (real name Brian Harper) was born in Stranton, West Hartlepool on 19th June 1934. His parents were the boxer Jack London (real name John Harper) and his wife Agnes. Brian's brother Jack also became a boxer. Educated: Brian Harper went to Stranton school in West Hartlepool. Married: He married his wife Veronica,
- [John C. Atkinson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-c-atkinson/) - Born: John Christopher Atkinson was born on 9th May 1814 at Goldhanger in Essex. He was the son of John Atkinson, the curate of Goldhanger and Martha Causten, daughter of Richard Causten of Mundan Hall. Educated: John Atkinson went to school at Kelvedon in Essex, and in 1838 he graduated at St. John’s College, Cambridge.
- [Horace King](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/horace-king/) - Born: Horace Maybray King was born on 25th May 1901 in Grangetown. His parents were John King and Margaret Maybray. His father was a steelworker and later became an insurance agent. Horace had two sisters and an older brother. Educated: Horace King was educated at state schools in Norton and Stockton and at King’s College,
- [B. O. Davies](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/b-o-davies/) - Born: Benjamin Owen Davies was born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1866. He was the son of William Arthur Davies. During his career and after his death he was usually referred to as B.O.Davies rather than Benjamin. Educated: He was educated in Swansea. Married: Benjamin Owen Davies married Maria Barlow, nee Price, in 1901. Family: Home:
- [Benjamin Flounders](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/benjamin-flounders/) - Born: Benjamin Flounders was born on 17th June 1768 in Crathorne. His family were Quakers. Educated: In 1779 a Quaker boarding school, Ackworth School, was opened near Pontefract. Benjamin Flounders was educated there. Married: In 1799 Benjamin Flounders married Mary Walker, a shipbuilder’s daughter. She died in 1801 during childbirth. In 1812 he married Hannah
- [Perceval and Jane Bell](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/perceval-and-jane-bell/) - Born: Jane Bell, nee Thornell, was born in 1553, probably in Darlington. Her father was Lawrence Thornell of Darlington, possibly the Lawrence Thornell of Low Park, bailiff of Darlington and a man of considerable means, whose will was dated 1558. Jane Thornell married Perceval Bell who was a burgess of Hartlepool. Educated: Jane Thornell would
- [Hugh Bell](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/hugh-bell/) - Born: Thomas Hugh Bell was born on February 1844 at Walker-on-Tyne. His parents were Isaac Lowthian Bell, an ironmaster, and Margaret Pattinson. Educated: Hugh Bell was educated at Murchison House School in Edinburgh and at the Sorbonne in Paris. Married: Hugh Bell married Mary Shield on 23rd April 1867. In 1876, five years after Mary’s
- [Christopher Furness](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/christopher-furness/) - Born: Christopher Furness was born on 23rd April 1852 in West Hartlepool. He was the seventh son of John Furness and Averil Wilson. His father ran a successful grocery business in Lynn Street, West Hartlepool. Educated: Christopher Furness attended the Anderson School, West Hartlepool. Married: On 16th May 1876 Christopher Furness married Jane Suggitt, daughter
- [Alice Schofield Coates](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/alice-schofield-coates/) - Born: Alice Schofield was born on 3rd May 1881 near Prestwich in Lancashire. Her parents were Richard Schofield and Mary Jane Westbrook. She had three brothers. Educated: She attended Nelson Street Board School, Manchester Stockwell Teacher Training College. Married: Alice Schofield married Charles Coates in February 1910 at Christ Church, Coatham. She then called herself
- [Coatham](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/coatham/) - Place-name The settlement "at the huts or cottages". Cotum (1123-28) 1404, Cotom 1231, 1443. Old English cot, dative plural cotum. The reference is to fishermen's huts. The name is in systemic contrast with other dative plural names in the district, Acklam, Kirkleatham, Marske and Upleatham. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by
- [Swainby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/swainby/) - Place-name: ‘Farm of the young men’. Suanebi 1086, Suenebi [1111-22]15th century. Swayneby [1184]. From Old Norse sveinn, the Scandinavian cognate of old English "swan". See "The Place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire" A.H.Smith (1928). Domesday Book Swainby was included with Whorlton in the Domesday Book, although it was not mentioned by name. Whorlton was
- [Haverton Hill](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/haverton-hill/) - Place-name Hoverdon Hill 1580 Survey, Hawferton Hille 1608, Haverton Hill 1728-35. Possibly Old English hofer "a hump, a swelling" + dun, referring to a small circular hill on the banks of the Tees. See "A Dictionary of County Durham Place-names" Victor Watts (2002). Early Landowners In the 12th century the local lords of the manor
- [Normanby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/normanby/) - Place-name Normanebi 1086, Normanby 1191-99, Northmanby 1222-40, 1322. "Village or farm of the Norwegians", Old Norse Northmenn, genitive plural Northmanna + by. Victor Watts called this "a name-type indicating isolated settlements of Norwegians." See "The Place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire", A.H.Smith (1928) Domesday Book Under the heading "Lands of the Count" it says:
- [Redmarshall](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/redmarshall/) - Place-name Redmereshill 1195-1221. Redemershehill 1314. Redmarshall 1436. Old English place-name "red mere". Old English read + mere, genitive singular read-meares + hill. At some stage mere was replaced with Middle English mershe, a marsh. "The hill of the red mere". See "A Dictionary of County Durham Place-names" V.Watts (2002) Early Landowners Sir Henry de Lisle
- [Brotton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/brotton/) - Place-name ‘The stream settlement’. Bro(c)tune 1086, Brocton 1272, Brotton from 1181. Old English broc-tun Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Domesday Book Under the heading “Lands of the Count” it says: “In Broctune (Brotton), 12 carucates for geld, and 6 ploughs can be (there). Uctred had 1 manor there.
- [Cargo Fleet](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/cargo-fleet/) - Place-name Caldecotes (12th century, 1301) "cold cottages". Old English cald, plural calde, + cot. Cauldgate Fleet (1666) Old English cald + Middle English gate "a road" with river name fleot Old English "a place where water flows". Cleveland Port (1733) Cargo Fleet (1735). The transition from Cauldgate to Cargo may be the result of popular
- [Hart](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/hart/) - Place-name Uncertain. Hert c.1135-1512, Herte 1235-1335, Harte 1321-1621, Hart from1438-9. This is a difficult name. Ekwall believed that the name Heruteu "stag island", first recorded c.731 in Bede's Ecclesiastical History, originally referred both to Hartlepool and to Hart. This would normally have become late Old English Heorte, Middle English Herte, rather than Hert. Ekwall explained
- [Stockton-on-Tees](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/stockton-on-tees/) - Stockton-on-Tees Place-name Stokton upon Tease 1630. Place name Stockton + river name TEES. Stockton, Stoctun’[1183] -ton 1197-1331, Stokton(e) c.1245-1535, Stoketon 1195x1221-1339, Stockton from 1338, is probably ‘the outlying farm', Old English stoc-tun. Stockton, which became the bishop of Durham’s principal manor house in the south of the county, seems to have originated as an outlying
- [Thorpe Thewles](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/thorpe-thewles/) - Place-name ‘Thorpe held by the Thewles family’. Thorpp’ Thewles 1265, Thorpethewles from 1312 with variants –theules –theweles and – thelesse 159-1684. Earlier simply Torp(‘) c.1170-1821, ‘the outlying or secondary settlement’. Old Norse thorp. Thewles is probably a manorial addition from the Yorkshire surname Thewless, Thewlis, Old English theawleas ‘wanton, dissolute’. Information about this place-name was
- [Middlesbrough](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/middlesbrough/) - Place-name: Possibly ‘the middlemost fortification’. Mid(e)lesburc(h) –burgh [1114x40], Middelburg(h) 1273, c.1291, 1613, 1846, Middlesbrough from 1407. Old English midleste + burh. The significance of the name is not understood, but the older explanation ‘Midele’s fortification' depends on a hypothetical Old English personal name not independently recorded. Information about this place-name was provided by Victor Watts
- [Hutton Rudby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/hutton-rudby/) - Place-name Hutton means "settlement on the spur of land"; Old English hoh, a spur of land + ton, a settlement. Rudby possibly means "Ruthi's settlement"; Old Norse personal name Ruthi + Old Norse by, a settlement. Hotun (1086) Rodebi (1086) Rudebi (c.1190) Hottona juxta Rodeby (1204) Latin juxta "next to". Based on "The Place-Names of
- [Skelton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/skelton/) - Place-name "The settlement by the river Skell. Sc(h)eltun 1086, 1130. River name Skell + Old English tun. It is suggested that the specific is the name of this stream identical with the river name Skell, North Yorkshire. Alternatively it might be Old English scelf with Old Norse (sk) for English (sh), "the farm or village
- [Past Events](https://ctlhs.co.uk/programme/past-events/) - The following is a list of events organised by the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society, or to which the Society had a significant input. Reports on some of the talks can be found in our News section. Saturday 13th March 2016 ANNUAL DAY SCHOOL SPORTING CLEVELAND Speaker: Various Jointly organised by Cleveland
- [Elton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/elton/) - Place-name ‘Eel farm or village’. Eltun 12th c., Eltone 13th cent., Elton from 1406. Old English el + tun. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Early Landowners Bishop Aldhun of Durham (990-1018) granted Elton to Uchtred, son of the earl of Northumbria, but it was later returned to
- [Guisborough](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/guisborough/) - Place-name ‘Gigr’s fortification’. Ch- Ghigesburg, Gighesborc, Ghigesborg, Giseborne 1086, Gisebur(g)h c.1130-15th century, Gi- Gysburgh 1285-1577, Gysborow, -borough 1530, Gi- Gyseburne (1119) 15th century-1430, Gi- Gysburn 1228-1483. Old Norse personal name Gigr, secondary genitive singular Giges, + Old English varying with Old Norse borg and Old English burna. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor
- [Stranton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/stranton/) - Place-name Strantun c.1130, Stranton 1158. ‘Settlement, farm, estate on the shore’. Old English strand + tun. See “A Dictionary of County Durham Place-names” V.Watts (2002). Early Landowners Stranton was among the lands of Hartness granted to the first Robert de Brus by King Henry I. Later, Robert granted the lands of Hartness to his
- [Yarm](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/yarm/) - Place-name The settlement "at the fish-weirs'. Iarun, Gerou (sic for Geron) 1086 J- Yarum 1198-1436, Yarom 1285-1470, Yarm(e) from 1300. Old English gear, dative plural gearum. Old English gear means "yair, a weir, a pool for catching fish formed by a weir", here set in the River Tees. Information about this place-name was supplied by
- [The Guisborough Workhouse](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/the-guisborough-workhouse/) - Victorian workhouses were the product of national legislation (The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834) aimed at regularising and controlling care of the poor. Prior to this, support of the poor and homeless fell to the Parish, but nineteenth century population growth, and its increasing concentration, made this parochial response seem inadequate and it was
- [The Middlesbrough Workhouse](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/the-middlesbrough-workhouse/) - Victorian workhouses were the product of national legislation (The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834) aimed at regularising and controlling care of the poor. Prior to this, support of the poor and homeless fell to the Parish, but nineteenth century population growth, and its increasing concentration, made this parochial response seem inadequate and it was
- [The Stockton Workhouses](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/the-stockton-workhouses/) - Victorian workhouses were the product of national legislation (The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834) aimed at regularising and controlling care of the poor. Prior to this, support of the poor and homeless fell to the Parish, but nineteenth century population growth, and its increasing concentration, made this parochial response seem inadequate and it was
- [Kiora Hall, Ragpath Lane, Norton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/kiora-hall-ragpath-lane-norton/) - The history of Kiora Hall is the history of two houses, both built on the same site within about 30 years of one another. In 1877 (Jens) Christian Nielsen built a house for himself and his family on Ragpath Lane, Norton in what was then a field not far from Norton railway junction. Nielsen,
- [Worsall](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/worsall/) - Place-name High Worsall: Modern English high + placename Wircheshel, Wercesel 1086, "Weorc's nook of land". Old English personal name Weorc, genitive singular Weorces + halh. The reference is to land in a bend of the River Tees. Low Worsall: Modern English low + place-name Wercesal, Wirceshel, Werchesal(e) 1086 Wi- Wyrkesale 1285-1367, Wirsal (1316) 16th, 1369,
- [Stokesley](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/stokesley/) - Place-name ‘Clearing belonging to Stoke’. Stocheslag(e) 1086, Stokesley from 1112-22. Old English stoc ‘an outlying farm, a religious place, a town, a place’ probably used as a place name genitive singular stoces + leah. It has been suggested that the stoke in question may have been Stockton-on-Tees in Durham. See “The Cambridge Dictionary of English
- [Stillington](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/stillington/) - Place-name ‘The estate called after Styfel or Styfela’. Stillingtune c.1190, Stilington(e) –yng- c.1324-1415, Stel(l)yngton –ing- 1382-1561, Stillington from 1433. Old English personal name Styfel(a)+ ing + tun. Cf. Stillington North Yorkshire and Stillingfleet North Yorkshire. The alternative suggestion that the specific is Old English still 'a place for catching fish' seems unlikely on both topographical
- [Linthorpe](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/linthorpe/) - Place-name “Estate associated with Leofa”. Levingtorp c.1138 (from the Whitby Cartulary). Levingthorp 1160-80 (from Early Yorkshire Charters). Linthropp 1614 (from the Quarter Sessions) Old English personal name Leofa + ing + thorpe. Based on “The Place-names of the North Riding of Yorkshire” A.H.Smith (1928) Domesday Book Under the heading “Land of Earl Hugh” there
- [Wolviston](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/wolviston/) - Place-name ‘Wulf’s farm or village’. Oluestona [1091-2]12th, Wlfestuna 1114-28, 1153-95, Wluestun(a) 1128 - c.1350, -ton’ 1218 - 1326, Wolueston(‘) c.1250-1682, Wolviston from 1296, Wlestu’ early 13th, W(u)lleston’ 1256-1370, Wlston 1322-71, Wolston, c1340-1668, Woulston(e) 1573-1614, Wuston 1576, Woo(w)ston 1579, Woston(e) 1580, 1695. Old English personal name Wulf, genitive singular Wulfes + tun. This name, for which
- [Marske](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/marske/) - Place-name 'By the sea" is a modern addition to the place-name. Marske, Merscum [1043-69], Mersch(e)1086, Mersc 1086-1223, Mersk(e)[1180] -1401, Marske from 1442, Mask(e)1577-1714, the settlement ‘at the marshes’, Old English mersc, dative plural merscu. This name is in systemic contrast with other dative plural names in the district, e.g. Acklam, Coatham, Kirkleatham, Upleatham. The pronunication
- [Greatham](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/greatham/) - Place-name 'The homestead on the gravel'. Gretham 1196 - 1622, Grytham 1382, Greatham from 1581, Greetham 1630. Old English greot + ham. Greatham occupies a patch of gravel in the marshes of the Tees estuary. Information about this place name was provided by Victor Watts by personal communication. Bishop Stichill’s statutes for Greatham Hospital
- [Eston](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/eston/) - Place-name ‘The east settlement’. Astun(e) 1086, Eston(a) from 1160-72. Old English east-tun. Eston is situated in the east of the parish of Ormesby. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Domesday Book Under the heading “Land of the Count” it says “In Astune (Eston), 9 carucates for geld, and
- [Nunthorpe](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/nunthorpe/) - Place-name ‘Thorpe held by the nuns’. Nunnethorpe 1301, Nunthorpe from 1328. Earlier simply Torp 1086-c.1200, ‘the outlying farm’. Middle English nunne prefixed to Old Norse, Middle English thorp. Nunthorpe was an outlying farm of Great Ayton; for a while there was a small Cistercian nunnery there. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor
- [Hartlepool (The Old Borough)](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/hartlepool-the-old-borough/) - Place-name ‘Hart Island, pool or inlet’. This is a difficult name; its forms fall into three main types: Herterpol c.1160-1335; Hiartar poll [c.1170]c.1220; Hertrepol 1200-1521 with variants –poll(e) –pole. Hertepol 1211-1420 with variants -i-, -y-, -pole, -poll –pull (1420), Hertpol(e) 1310-11, 1382. III. Hertelpol 1200-1433; Hertilpol(e) c.1230-1511 with variant spellings –yl-, -poel (1260-c.1325), -pull(e) (1342-1473);
- [Hartlepool (West)](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/hartlepool-west/) - Place-name: ‘Hart Island, pool or inlet’. This is a difficult name; its forms fall into three main types: Herterpol c.1160-1335; Hiartar poll [c.1170]; c.1220, Hertrepol 1200-1521 with variants –poll(e) –pole. Hertepol 1211-1420 with variants -i-, -y-, -pole, -poll –pull (1420); Hertpol(e) 1310-11, 1382. III. Hertelpol 1200-1433; Hertilpol(e) c.1230-1511 with variant spellings –yl-, -poel (1260-c.1325), -pull(e)
- [Grangetown](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/grangetown/) - Place-name Grangetown takes its name because it was developed close to a farm named Eston Grange. The farm name dates back to the 12th century when it was established as a farm by the canons of Guisborough Priory. Farms belonging to monasteries were usually known as granges, derived from the old word for "grain".
- [Acklam](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/acklam/) - Place-name The settlement 'at the oak-tree clearings'. Aclun -um, Achelum, 1086, Ac(c)lum 12th century-1404, Acclam 1399. Old English ac-leah, dative plural ac-leum. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication Domesday Book Under the heading "Land of Robert Malet" it says: “In Aclun, Edmund had 1 carucate of land for
- [Seaton Carew](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/seaton-carew/) - Place-name ‘Seaton held by the Carew family’. Seton(e) Carrou 1311-12, Carrowe c.1325-1567, Seaton Karewe 1559, Carew 1605. Earlier simply Seton(e) c.1200-1510, ‘the settlement by the sea’, Old English sæ-tun. The vill was held by a Robert Carew in the reign of Henry I, whose family name is of Welsh origin. Information about this place-name
- [William Turner](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-turner/) - Born: William Turner was born on 12th September 1615 in Guisborough. He was the third son of John Turner and Elizabeth Coulthirst of Upleatham. John Turner bought the Kirkleatham Estate in 1623 and built Kirkleatham Hall. Educated: Married: Sir William Turner never married. Family: Sir William Turner had no children. He bequeathed
- [William Short](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-short/) - Born: William Henry Short was born on 4th February 1884 in Eston. His parents were James Short and Annie Stephenson. He had two brothers and a sister. He was often known by the nickname “Twig” Short. Educated: He attended the local school in Eston. Married: William Short never married. Family: Home:
- [Tom Brown](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/tom-brown/) - Born: Thomas Brown was born in 1705 in Kirkleatham. His father was a blacksmith. Educated: According to Young, the historian of Whitby, he was “bred a shoe-maker”, implying an apprenticeship in that trade. His education must have been limited because when he was offered a commission in the army he was unable to take
- [Ruth Pennyman](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/ruth-pennyman/) - Born: Ruth Constance Dorrien Knight was born 1st December 1893. Her father was Rev. Francis Henry Greville Knight who was curate of Ottery St. Mary in 1899 when he was preferred to the rectory of Dogmersfield. In 1892 at Langport, Somerset, he married Constance Lucy Dorrien-Magens from London. Educated: St. John’s Wood Art College
- [Great Broughton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/great-broughton/) - Place-name 'Brook settlement'. Old English broc + tun. Magna Broctun 1086, Mekil Broghton 1481, Great Broughton 1665. Modern English great, Middle English mikel, Latin magna + place-name. See “The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names” (ed.) V.Watts (2004) Domesday Book Under the heading “Land of the King” it says: “In (Great) Broctun, Siward (had)
- [Long Newton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/long-newton/) - Place-name ‘Long Newton’. (Longa) Neutona, (Lange) Newetone 1235, Long Neuton 1281 , Lang Newton 1367-1586, Longnewton from 1508. Old English lang + place-name Newton, ‘the new settlement’, Old English niwe + tun. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication Early Landowners Long Newton was in the possession of the
- [Skinningrove](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/skinningrove/) - Place-name ‘Skinnari’s, or, the tanners’ ravine’. Scinergreve 1273, Skynnergreve 1301, 1404, -gryf 1348, Skyn(n)ingrave [1285] 16th century, 1579. Old Norse by-name Skinnari or skinnari 'a tanner', genitive singular or plural skinnara + gryfja. Skinningrove is situated at the mouth of a deep ravine leading down to the sea; although Old Norse gryfja survives as griff
- [Eaglescliffe](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/eaglescliffe/) - Place-name Eaglescliffe is first recorded as a spelling in 1639. It is an alteration of nearby Egglescliffe due to popular etymology. Eggles seemed meaningless and obscure and was popularly altered to Eagles which seemed to make better sense, particularly with the element cliff. It is thus a spelling established locally long before its use for
- [Great Ayton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/great-ayton/) - Place-name 'River settlement’. Atun(a)1086, 12th century, Aton(a)12th– 1508, Haiton1202. Old Norse "a" replacing Old English "ae" + tun. Modern English great + the place name. Sometimes Canny Ayton (or Canny Yatton"), referring to its pleasant situation. See “The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names” V.Watts (2004) Domesday Book Under the heading “Lands of the King”
- [Loftus](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/loftus/) - Place-name The settlement ‘at the loft-houses, the houses with an upper storey’. Loctus(h)um, Loctehusum, 1086, Lofthus(es),(12th-15th), Loftus from 1160-1175 Old Norse lofthus 'a house with a loft', dative plural lofthusum. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication Domesday Book Under the heading “Land of Earl Hugh” it says: “In
- [Opening of The Victoria Bridge - 1887](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/opening-of-the-victoria-bridge-1887/) - The Event: The Victoria Jubilee Bridge – to give it its full name - which links the banks of the river at Stockton on Tees was opened on 20 June 1887. How many people crossing the Victoria Bridge today are aware that they are crossing a Grade II listed structure? And how
- [University of Teesside Established - 1992](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/university-of-teesside-established-1992/) - The Event: Teesside acquired its own university in 1992 when the Teesside Polytechnic was designated as a university. The story of higher education in Teesside can, however, be traced back to Victorian times. The rapidly expanding industries that emerged in the Teesside area from the 1850s onwards needed a workforce with specialist
- [John Walker](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/john-walker/) - Born: John Walker was born at 104 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees on 29th May 1781. He was the third son of John Walker, a grocer and wine and spirit merchant, and Mary Peacock. Educated: He was educated in Stockton. He was apprenticed to Watson Alcock, a Stockton surgeon, and he may also have received some
- [The Harrying of the North - 1069](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-harrying-of-the-north-1069/) - The Event: The Harrying of the North is the name given to a series of campaigns in Northern England, carried out under King William I, to assert his authority and quell any opportunity for rebellion. It resulted in possibly the most destructive massacre of people to take place in England, something described by
- [The Building of Yarm Bridge -1400](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-building-of-yarm-bridge-1400/) - The Event: The stone bridge which connects Yarm, on the southern bank of the River Tees with the area north of the river, was built in 1400. The current bridge has been modified since it was built and it was not the first bridge across the Tees at Yarm. There had been
- [The First Stockton Bridge – 1771](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-first-stockton-bridge-1771/) - The Event: The Victoria Bridge was not the first bridge to cross the River Tees at Stockton. In 1771 a stone bridge was opened to cope with the growth of road traffic that occurred in the middle of the eighteenth century, traffic which the Bishop’s ferry was unable to cope with, meaning
- [The Introduction of the Gilchrist Thomas Process - 1879](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-introduction-of-the-gilchrist-thomas-process-1879/) - The Event: From the 1850s onwards, Teesside was becoming a major centre for iron and steel production. Production technology was constantly evolving and in 1879 a new process was implemented that had a major impact – The Gilchrist Thomas Process. The Gilchrist Thomas Process was not invented in Teesside – it was
- [The Collapse of Roseberry Topping - 1912](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-collapse-of-roseberry-topping-1912/) - The Event: Roseberry Topping – ‘The Matterhorn of the Cleveland Hills’ – has a very distinctive profile, especially when viewed from the Tees Valley. This profile owes much to an event in 1912 when part of the hill collapsed. In 1912 a rock fall led to one face of the mountain -
- [John Walker Sells Friction Matches - 1827](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/john-walker-sells-friction-matches-1827/) - The Event: On 7 April 1827, from his shop at 59, High Street, Stockton in Tees, John Walker sold something that he recorded in his sales book as 'Sulphurata Hyper-Oxygenata Frict’. It was not the most easy-to-remember name for a product. 'On 7 September 1827 he recorded another sale – this time
- [James Cook born at Marton - 1728](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/james-cook-born-at-marton-1728/) - The Event: James Cook was born on 27th October 1728 in East Marton, now part of the area occupied by Stewart Park, Middlesbrough. His father, James, was originally from Scotland, and had married Grace Pace from Thornaby on Tees. He was an agricultural labourer and moved about the area to find work on
- [The Discovery of Iron Ore in the Cleveland Hills - 1850](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-discovery-of-iron-ore-in-the-cleveland-hills-1850-2/) - The Event: Teesside acquired its own university in 1992 when the Teesside Polytechnic was designated as a university. The story of higher education in Teesside can, however, be traced back to Victorian times. The rapidly expanding industries that emerged in the Teesside area from the 1850s onwards needed a workforce with
- [The Founding of Gisborough Priory - 1119](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-founding-of-gisborough-priory-1119/) - The Event: The Priory of St Mary of Gisborough was founded in 1119 by the Norman feudal magnate Robert de Brus, who was an ancestor of the Scottish king, Robert the Bruce. The town of Guisborough was well-established at the time of the priory's founding. A priest, church and mill were recorded
- [The Formation of Dorman Long Ltd -1875](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-formation-of-dorman-long-ltd-1875/) - The Event: In 1875 Arthur Dorman and Albert de Laude Long formed a company which would develop to provide many great engineering structures in the world, including some – such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge - which have become synonymous with towns, cities and even countries. Arthur Dorman was from Kent. Albert
- [William Fallows](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-fallows/) - Born: William Fallows was born at Sleights, near Whitby on 10th December 1797. His parents were William Fallows and Anne Errington. Educated: While he was a youngster, the Fallows family moved to Linthorpe, where William attended the village school. The family then moved to Stockton where William went to the Blue Coat School. In
- [Thomas Sheraton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-sheraton/) - Born: Thomas Sheraton was born in 1751 in Stockton. He was the son of Thomas Sheraton, a Stockton schoolmaster. Educated: It has been suggested that he was taught by his father and that he learnt the craft of cabinet making in the town. Married: Thomas Sheraton married Margaret Mitchinson in 1779.
- [Robert Pursglove](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/robert-pursglove/) - Born: Robert Pursglove was born in either 1503 or 1504 in Tideswell, Derbyshire. He was the son of Adam Pursglove and Mudwina Bradshawe. Educated: He was sent to the recently opened St. Paul’s School in London where he was a pupil for 9 years. He then studied at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for
- [Thomas Rudd](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-rudd/) - Born: Thomas Rudd was born in 1640. His father was John Rudd of Sandforth in Westmorland. Educated: Married: Before 1667 Thomas Rudd married Alice Watson, daughter of Thomas Watson of Stockton on Tees. Family: The eldest son of Thomas and Alice was Thomas Rudd who became librarian to the Dean and Chapter
- [Thomas Chaloner](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/thomas-chaloner/) - Born: Thomas Chaloner, often known as Sir Thomas Chaloner the younger, was born in 1564. His stepfather was Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder, a diplomat and clerk to the Privy Council. His mother was Audrey Frodsham, daughter of Edward Frodsham of Elton in Cheshire. She married Sir Thomas’ stepfather in 1565. Educated: Thomas
- [Ralph Ward Jackson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/ralph-ward-jackson/) - Born: Ralph Ward Jackson was born on 7th June 1806 at Normanby Hall. He was the son of William Ward Jackson and Susanna Atkins from Berkshire. He had two older brothers, five younger brothers and a sister. Educated: He was sent to the prestigious Rugby School. Married: In 1829 Ralph Ward Jackson
- [James Cook](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/james-cook/) - Born: James Cook was born on 27th October 1728 in Marton in Cleveland. His parents were James Cook, a day labourer from Roxburghshire, and Grace Pace from Thornaby. Educated: His father found work at Aireyholme Farm, and James attended the Postgate School at nearby Great Ayton. At seventeen he went to work in
- [Robert de Brus](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/robert-de-brus/) - Born: It is assumed that Robert de Brus, the founder of the Brus family in England and Scotland was born at Brix in Western Normandy. From the known dates in his life, it seems probable that he was born in the 1070s. Educated: Someone of his family background is likely to have the
- [George M’Gonigle](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/george-mgonigle/) - Born: George Cuthbert Mura M’Gonigle was born on 19th February 1889 in Monkwearmouth. His parents were William Alexander M’Gonigle, originally from Ireland, and Sarah Stobbs Educated: George M’Gonigle studied at Newcastle School of Medicine and Durham University. Married: On 15th July 1916 George M’Gonigle married Dorothy Campbell, daughter of Captain Charles Campbell.
- [William Gray](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/william-gray/) - Born: William Gray was born on 18th January 1823 in Blyth, Northumberland. His parents were Matthew Gray and Ann Bryham. Matthew Gray was a draper and a shipowner. Educated: William Gray attended Bruce’s Academy in Newcastle. He learnt the drapery trade from his father. Married: On 15th May 1849 William Gray married
- [Henry Bolckow](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/henry-bolckow/) - Born: Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow was born on 8th December 1806 at Sulten, Mecklenburg in Germany. He was the son of Henry Bolckow and Caroline Dussher and had five sisters and a brother. Educated: As the son of a wealthy family, Henry was privately educated. Married: In about 1840 Henry Bolckow married
- [Redcar](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/redcar/) - Place Name ‘The red or reed marshland’. Red(e)ker(re) c.1170 – 1422, Readcar 1653. Either Old English read, definite form reada, or hreod, genitive plural hreoda, + Old Norse kjarr. The land is low-lying and the rocks of reddish hue. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication Domesday Book Redcar
- [Norton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/norton/) - Place-name ‘The north settlement’. Northtun [late 10th]11th; Nortuna 1108 - 14, Norton from 1228. Norton was part of an episcopal estate with its caput at Stockton 2 miles to the South Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Early Landowners In the 10th century Ulfcytel, son of the
- [Marton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/marton/) - Place-name Uncertain. Martun(e) -ton 1086 etc. Either Old Norse marr ‘fen, marsh’ or Old Norse marr ‘a horse’ + tun. The former hardly fits the situation of Marton, the latter might replace Old Northumbrian marh (Old England mearh) It is remarkable that this element has been so rarely identified in English place-names, yet there must
- [Kirklevington](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/kirklevington/) - Place-name ‘Levington with the church’. Kirklevingtona (1230-50) Middle English kirke (Old Norse kirkja) + place-name. Levetona, Lentune 1086, 'the settlement on the River Leven', river name Leven + tun. Kirk for distinction from Castel Levington, a medieval motte represented by Castle Hill. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication.
- [The Friends School, Great Ayton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/the-friends-school-great-ayton/) - The Friends School, Great Ayton (Historic England Listing Grade II) The Society of Friends (or Quakers) had established and registered a place of meeting and worship in Great Ayton as early as 1689. Initially this was likely to have been in a room in a private house or houses, but in 1700 a Meeting House
- [Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/hardwick-hall-sedgefield/) - Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield (Hardwick Hall Historic England Listing Grade II; Hardwick Country Park Historic England Listing Grade II*) Hardwick Hall is an up-market hotel adjacent to what is now Hardwick Hall Country Park, located on the western edge of the County Durham village of Sedgefield. Together, the house and parkland formed a relatively small but
- [Heugh Battery, Hartlepool](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/heugh-battery-hartlepool/) - Heugh Battery, Hartlepool (Historic England Listing Grade II) The history of Hartlepool Headland has often been driven by its vulnerable position on the North East coast of England. Two harbours, one natural and one formed by the building of a pier in the 15th century, gave the peninsula a continuous strategic role to play.
- [Spark's Daylight Bakery, Stockton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/sparks-daylight-bakery-stockton/) - Spark’s Daylight Bakery, Bishopton Avenue, Stockton (Historic England Listing Grade II) Spark’s Daylight Bakery, now redeveloped as apartments, was designed in 1938 by local Middlesbrough and Darlington architect Robert Ridley Kitching, and officially opened in May 1940. Kitching was very much a ‘modern’ architect, often (but not always) working in a style that has
- [Yarm Methodist Chapel](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/yarm-methodist-chapel/) - Yarm Methodist Chapel, Chapel Yard, Yarm (Historic England Listing Grade II) The Methodist Chapel in Yarm is one of only three remaining octagonal Methodist chapels in Britain, the other two being in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire and Arbroath, Angus. The chapels in Yarm and Heptonstall were built in 1763 and 64 respectively and St John’s in
- [The ‘Hartlepools’ United- 1967](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-hartlepools-united-1967/) - The Event: Today the term ‘West Hartlepool’ is rarely heard, other than in rugby circles where one of the town’s rugby teams continues to carry the name of a town that officially disappeared in 1967. It was in 1967 that the two parts of modern ‘Hartlepool’ were unified when Old Hartlepool (or ‘The
- [Jack Hatfield at the Olympic Games - 1912](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/jack-hatfield-at-the-olympic-games-1912/) - The Event: In 1912 Jack Hatfield returned home to Middlesbrough from the Stockholm Games to a hero’s welcome. At Darlington Railway Station he was by a crowd of 20,000 people whilst a band played ‘Hail the Conquering Hero’. The whole of Teesside celebrated the achievements of a man who had won not one but
- [The Consecration of Stockton Parish Church - 1712](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-consecration-of-stockton-parish-church-1712/) - The Event: On 20 March 1712, Stockton on Tees acquired a new parish church, with the consecration of a church at the eastern end of the High Street. The foundation stone of the new church had been laid in 1705 and building work was completed by 1712.The new church replaced St Mary’s Church,
- [The Synod of Whitby- 664AD](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-synod-of-whitby-664ad/) - The Event: The members of Cleveland and Teesside History Society voted this the fourth most significant event in the history of Cleveland and Teesside. We owe the date we celebrate Easter to an event that took place over 1,300 years ago at an abbey situated on a cliff top overlooking a harbour in
- [St. Hilda](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/st-hilda/) - Born: Bede said that Hilda died in 680 at the age of 66, which would make 614 the year of her birth. Her parents were Hereric, a prince of Deira (a kingdom that broadly corresponded to Yorkshire) and Breguswith. Hereric was nephew to King Edwin of Northumbria and it is generally thought that Breguswith
- [Chick Henderson](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/chick-henderson/) - Born: Chick Henderson was born Henderson Rowntree on 22nd November 1912 in Hartlepool. His parents were Richard and Hannah Rowntree. Educated: He was educated at Galleys Field School, Hartlepool. Married: On 4th June 1940 he married Pamela Stevenson from London. Family: Henderson and Pamela Rowntree had one daughter. Home: During
- [Joseph Pease](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/joseph-pease/) - Born: Joseph Pease was born in Darlington on 22nd June 1799. His parents were Edward Pease and Rachel Whitwell. The Peases were a wealthy Quaker family in Darlington. Educated: Joseph was educated at Tatham’s Academy in Leeds and Josiah Forster’s Academy at Southgate just north of London. As a Quaker, Joseph Pease could
- [Sir James Strangways](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/sir-james-strangways/) - Sir James Strangways Born: James Strangways or Strangeways was born in about 1410. His parents were James Strangways and Jan Orell of West Harlsey. His father was a lawyer. Educated: Not recorded. Married: In 1431 James Strangways married Elizabeth Darcy (1417 – c.1460) the daughter of Philip Darcy and Eleanor Fitzhugh. Elizabeth’s
- [Thornaby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/thornaby/) - Place-name ‘Thormothr’s village or farm’. Turmoz- Thormozbi, Tormozbi(a) 1086; Thormodebi –by 1202 - 16th century; -mot(h)ebi –by 13th cent., -motby 1301, 1369; Thornaby 1665. Old Norse personal name Thormothr, genitive singular. Thormoths + by. A purely Old Norse compound as the Domesday Book spellings show, with Anglo Norman z = [ts]< Thormoths, not the Middle
- [Saltburn](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/saltburn/) - Place-name ‘The salty stream’. Salteburnam 1180 - 90, 1203. Old English salt + burna. The reference is to the alum which is found here. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Domesday Book Saltburn doesn't appear by name in the Domesday Book although some of the lands listed as
- [Ormesby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/ormesby/) - Place-name: ‘Orm’s village or farm’. Ormesbi(a) 1086, Ormesby from 12th cent. Old Norse personal name Ormr, secondary genitive sing. Ormes, + by. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Domesday Book Under the heading “Land of the King’s Thegns” it says: “In Ormesbi, 4 thegns had 12
- [Elwick](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/elwick/) - Place-name: ‘Ella or Ægla’s farm or village’. Ailewic c.1150; Ellewic 1174-1441, with variants –wyc –wyk; Elwyk(e) –wik(e) c.1250-1558; Elwick from 1622. Old English personal name Ægla or Ella + wic. Information about this place-name was supplied by Victor Watts by personal communication. Early Landowners Robert de Brus, the overlord of the district
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- [The Battle of the Standard at Northallerton - 1138](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-battle-of-the-standard-at-northallerton-1138/) - The Event: On 22 August 1138, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, there took place a major battle between English and Scottish forces. The Battle of the Standard was a resounding victory for the English, but stories of the battle would resound down through history for many centuries, fuelling antagonism between the two nations. In Walter
- [Fifty Interesting Events](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/) - As part of our celebrations to mark the 50th year of the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society, we are publishing, throughout the Jubilee year information of fifty places, buildings, events and people of significance in our local history. We provided the Members of the society with a List of 100 Events that the Committee
- [Hartlepool granted a Borough Charter - 1201](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/hartlepool-granted-a-borough-charter-1201/) - The Event: Hartlepool received a Borough Charter in 1201, allowed the local people the freedom to set up a corporation for their own self-government, to have a mayor, and to hold an annual two-week fair and a weekly market. Stockton on Tees did not receive a Borough Charter until ten years later and Middlesbrough not
- [The Discovery of iron Ore in the Cleveland Hills - 1850](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/the-discovery-of-iron-ore-in-the-cleveland-hills-1850/) - The Event: The members of Cleveland and Teesside History Society voted this the most significant event in the history of Cleveland and Teesside. The details are shrouded in mystery and legend, but what is known is that ???? The Significance: The discovery of iron ore did not mark the start of iron and steel
- [Teesside’s Last Blast Furnace Ceases Production - 2015](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-events/teessides-last-blast-furnace-ceases-production-2015/) - The Event: On 12th October 2015 the flames at the Teesside Steel Works Blast Furnace, at Redcar, and the Coke Ovens, at Redcar and South Bank, were extinguished. Almost 175 years after Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan had built their first iron-works plant on Vulcan Street in Middlesbrough in 1840, iron and steel making on
- [Fifty Interesting People](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/) - People make history. They shape the places they live in, they create the buildings, and they are the ones around whom events happen – indeed, sometimes they are the instigators of those events. Some people achieve fame, or infamy. Some are famous but only for a while, being forgotten by those that follow them. Others
- [Nicholas Love](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/nicholas-love/) - Born: Nicholas Love was born during the 14th century, but the year and place of his birth are not known. Educated: He was an educated man, and since he chose the religious life, it may be reasonably inferred that he was educated by one of the religious orders. Married: Nicholas Love chose to
- [Ivy Close](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/ivy-close/) - Born: Ivy Lilian Close was born on 15th June 1890 in Stockton-on-Tees. She was one of four children of John Close, a jeweller, and Emma Blackburn. Educated: Married: Ivy Close married Stuart Elwin Neame on 26th December 1910. He died in a car accident in 1923. In 1938 she married Curly Batson from
- [Isaac Lowthian Bell](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/isaac-lowthian-bell/) - Born: Isaac Lowthian Bell was born in Newcastle, 15th February 1816. He was the son of Thomas Bell and Catherine Lowthian. He had three sisters and three younger brothers. His father was one of the founders of Losh, Wilson and Bell, the Tyneside iron and chemicals company. Educated: He was educated at Bruce’s Academy,
- [Gertrude Bell](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/gertrude-bell/) - Born: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was born on 14th July 1868 at Washington Hall in County Durham. Her father was Thomas Hugh Bell, the ironmaster, and her mother was Mary Shield of Newcastle. Gertrude’s mother died when she was three after giving birth to Gertrude’s brother. Her father married Florence Olliffe in 1876 and the
- [Florence Bell](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-people/florence-bell/) - Born: On 9th September 1851 Florence Eveleen Elenore Olliffe was born in Paris. She was the youngest of four children of Sir Joseph Olliffe, physician at the British Embassy in Paris, and Laura Cubitt, daughter of Sir William Cubitt who became Lord Mayor of London. Educated: Florence was privately educated in Paris.
- [Fifty Interesting Buildings](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/) - Our Physical Heritage: Fifty interesting Local Buildings A building is a piece of historical evidence. It can certainly provide information about the time in which it was built: its site, size, decoration, materials, construction methods, and even its subsequent demolition, can all speak of changing social, economic and cultural priorities. In recognition of this, and
- [St Mary’s Parish Church, Norton](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/st-marys-parish-church-norton/) - St Mary the Virgin, Norton is a very good example of the way history can be built into, and subsequently read from, architectural structures. Nikolaus Pevsner has called it ‘one of the most rewarding churches in County Durham.’[1] Churches reflect changing religious attitudes and spiritual priorities within the communities they serve, and the ancient origins
- [Middlesbrough High School](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/middlesbrough-high-school/) - Middlesbrough High School, now Teesside University’s Waterhouse Building, was built in 1875. At that time Victorian secondary school education, was ‘responding to the developing commercial and industrial interests of the provincial towns. While successful industrialists sent their own sons in increasing numbers to public schools . . . they still sought a local educational provision
- [Maison de Danse, Yarm Lane, Stockton (Demolished)](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/maison-de-danse-yarm-lane-stockton-demolished/) - The Theatre Royal, situated on Yarm Lane, Stockton, was destroyed by fire on 28th August 1906. A roller-skating rink was built on the site and, trading as the Royal, provided space for this very fashionable pursuit at least until 1919. During the First World War the building was also used as a drill hall. Sometime
- [Grey Towers, Nunthorpe](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/grey-towers-nunthorpe/) - In the late 1990s, Grey Towers, a large Victorian house known locally as part of Poole Hospital, was earmarked for preservation and development. During this transformative process, a number of important discoveries were made, discoveries which have led to an exciting re-evaluation of the role this local house played in the wider history of
- [Almshouses, Ormesby](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-buildings/almshouses-ormesby/) - Known collectively as the Ormesby almshouses, this attractive brick terrace, now Nos. 33-55 The High Street, originated in a smaller provision of four houses, built in 1718 ‘for impotent poor persons’.[1] Nine more cottages were added later, probably at the same time as the school at the east end of the group. According to its
- [Fifty interesting Places](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/) - Places provide the backdrop to events, the site for buildings and the environment in which people are born live and die. But places do not remain static – they change over time and have their own history. In recognition of this, and in keeping with the 50th anniversary of our founding, Cleveland and Teesside Local
- [Port Clarence](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/port-clarence/) - Place-name The original name of this area was “Samphire Batts”. The word “batt” can be defined as “low-lying land by a river or by a shore subject to flooding”. Samphire is an edible plant that grows in such conditions. The port on Samphire Batts was begun in 1828 by the Clarence Railway Company, which took
- [Kirkleatham](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/kirkleatham/) - Place-name ‘Leatham with the church’. Kyrkelidun 1181, Kirkledom 1491, ME kirke < ON kirkja + p.n. Leatham. Also known as Weslide, Westlid(um) –un, Westude (for –lide) 1086, ‘west Leatham’. Leatham is the settlement ‘at the slopes’, ON hlith, dative pl. hlithum, probably replacing OE hlith, dative plural hleothum, and referring to the foothill of the
- [Egglescliffe](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/egglescliffe/) - Place-name ‘The church community cliff’. Eggescliva 1155x89, Eggasclif before 1172, Eggecliue c.1175-1400 with variants –clif –clyf –clyve, Eggisclife 1554, 1625, Eggleclif c.1190, Ecclescliue 1197, Eg(g)lescliue –clyf 13th cent., Eg(g)lisclif(f) –clyff 1374-1527, Egglescliffe from 1605x6, Eaglescliffe 1639-1874. This is a difficult name. It has been claimed as a compound of PrW 'egles ‘a church, church community’
- [Crathorne](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/crathorne/) - Place-name ‘Thorn-tree in the corner of land’. Gra- Cratorne 1086, 1279x81, Crathorn from c.1160x75. ON kra + OE, ON thorn. The reference is to a bend in the River Leven. See “The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names” (ed.) V.Watts (2004) Domesday Book Under the heading “Land of the King” it says: “In Cratorne, Ulf
- [Billingham](https://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/billingham/) - Place-name ‘The homestead or estate called, or at Billing’ Billingham from [c.1040] 12th., Bellingaham 1087x93, -yngham 1378, 1381, Billingeham [c.1123]12th, [c.1190x5]n.d. OE billing ‘a hill, prominence, a ridge’ perhaps used as a place name. Billingham, locative-dative singular. Billinge, + ham. Billingham stands on a prominent ridge overlooking low ground. It is almost certainly not
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- [Cathay, Cabbages and Criminals: A Biography of William Wilson by Ian Lawrence](https://ctlhs.co.uk/cathay-cabbages-and-criminals-a-biography-of-william-wilson-by-ian-lawrence/) - Commodore William Wilson of Ayton Hall joined the Honourable East India Company as a 14-year-old midshipman in 1729. Over the next 20 years he rose through the ranks on several different ships, until becoming Captain of the Suffolk, trading between England and China by way of India. He made his fortune with the East India
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- [Who Was J T Packett?](https://ctlhs.co.uk/packett-prize/who-was-j-t-packett/) - John Packett, a Middlesbrough man by birth, was living in Essex at the time when he joined the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society in 1994. He remained a member until he died in 2004. Shortly after his death, our Treasurer, Julie Tweedy, received a letter from his solicitor saying that Mr. Packett had bequeathed
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