Thornaby-on-Tees
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 33 ′ N , 1 ° 18 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 22,620 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Post town | STOCKTON-ON TEES | ||
| ZIP code section | TS17 | ||
| prefix | 01642 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | North East England | ||
| Ceremonial county | North Yorkshire | ||
| Unitary authority | Stockton-on-teas | ||
| British Parliament | Stockton South | ||
Thornaby-on-Tees is a middle town in the Teesside conurbation in north east England . It is located in the southern borough of Stockton-on-Tees and is part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire . According to the 2001 census, the city has a total of 22,620 inhabitants.
history
Thornaby was first mentioned in a document around 800, when the Danish king Halfdan transferred the place to one of his noblemen, Thormod. So it got the original name Thormod by. However, there are indications that the area was settled much earlier. Several artefacts from the Mesolithic were discovered, and in 1926 a dugout canoe dating from 1600–1400 BC. Dated.
After the Battle of Hastings (1066), the Norman King William I transferred control of the Cleveland area with Middlesberough and Thornaby to one of his noblemen, Robert I. de Brus .
On Sept. 9, 1069 Wilhelm was the Danish King Sven Estridsson defeated in a battle of York. An entire garrison of around 3,000 men was killed. Wilhelm then swore bloody revenge - all of Estridsson-controlled areas in north-east Yorkshire should be completely devastated.
Over the centuries, the name Thornabys changed several times, the place was called, among other things, Turmozbi, Thormozbi and Tormozbia. The current form of the name first appeared in 1665. The old village green of Old Thornaby was soon overlooked by the burgeoning town of South Stockton, which was on the south side of the River Tees (and thus part of Yorkshire); on the opposite side, Stockton-on-Tees developed . South Stockton became an important location for shipbuilding and mechanical engineering within Teesside in the mid-19th century - a brick factory was founded as early as 1825. On October 6, 1892, South Stockton and Old Thornaby merged to form today's town of Thornaby-on-Tees.
In 1892 the city became a municipal borough within what was then the county of North Riding of Yorkshire . In 1968 the borough merged with towns like Middlesbrough , Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees to form the new Borough Teesside, and in 1974 Thornaby-on-Tees was incorporated into the new county of Cleveland. Stockton-on-Tees on the other side of the river tried several times to incorporate Thornaby, despite being part of a different county, but failed at Thornaby Borough Council. It wasn't until 1974, when Thornaby no longer had a city council, that the city became part of the new Borough Stockton-on-Tees. However, in 1995 a city council was reintroduced. A year later Cleveland was dissolved as a county and the city was then added to North Yorkshire .
traffic
Supraregional road connections exist with the A19 ( Doncaster - Newcastle ), the A66 ( Workington - Grangetown ) and the A174 (Thornaby - Whitby ). The local A1045 and 1130 A-roads also run through the city. The nearest motorway - the A1 (M) - is 20 km west of Darlington .
All trains on the Tees Valley Line ( Bishop Auckland - Saltburn-by-the-Sea ) and the Durham Coast Line (Middlesbrough-Newcastle) serve Thornaby-on-Tees station. There are hourly connections to Sunderland and Newcastle in the north as well as half-hourly connections to Darlington in the west and Saltburn (via Middlesbrough) in the east. Direct connections to Bishop Auckland exist every hour at peak times, otherwise every two hours. First TransPennine Express also has hourly connections to York , Leeds and Manchester Airport . Trains to Darlington run every hour on Sundays, every other two hours. First TransPennine Express operates the city's train station.
The Durham Tees Valley Airport is located 10 km southwest of the city and is accessible via the A66 (exit Long Newton ) to achieve. Although it also has a stop on the Tees Valley Line, this is only served twice a week and is hardly used. It is a 15-minute walk from the breakpoint to the terminal.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Pat Barker (* 1943), writer and historian
- Richard Griffiths (1947-2013), actor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rail buffs to highlight Teesside Airport 'ghost station' . In: The Journal . Trinity Mirror . October 14, 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2009. Retrieved on October 26, 2009.
Web links
- Town Hall Thornaby-on-Tees (English)