Ingleby Barwick

There are traces of human occupation from as far back as the Stone Age. Work at Quarry farm has discovered prolific concentrations of multi period flintwork along the South Bank of the River Tees in this area.[7] Traces of Iron Age field patterns were discovered, also at Quarry Farm. A salvage excavation was carried out in the Windmills Fields area of the town at the end of 1996. Five individual burials were found along with a wooden cist, these finds were accompanied by objects containing stone, jet and copper alloy of high status. This site was considered of European significance as it threw new light on the settlement of the area in the Bronze Age and highlighted a change in tradition of burial traditions and trade networks at this time.[8] Roman settlement is also apparent in the town and a Roman Villa circa 200 AD, perhaps the most northerly in UK, was excavated in part. This has been preserved as a grassed area in The Forum area of Ingleby Barwick.[9] The "official" report on the excavation was published in 2013 with the title "A Roman Villa at the Edge of Empire" ( ISBN 978-1-902771-90-8 )

The name Ingleby Barwick is derived from both Viking and Saxon place names. Ingleby is derived from Old Norse Englar+by and means 'farmstead or village of the English man', Barwick is Saxon in origin, Bere is Saxon for barley and Wick means farm.[10] This suggests that the area was affected by both the Viking and Saxon invasions. It may have been that until the 17th century, Ingleby and Barwick were two separate places. After the Norman invasion The Manor of Barwick was given to Robert Malet the son of William Malet, King William's great chamberlain. In the 13th century the land was owned by the Priors of Guisborough & Jervaulx until the dissolution of monasteries. Between the 14th and 16th centuries landowners included the Percys of Northumberland and the Parrs of Nottingham. The Middle Ages are considered to have ended with the Renaissance in the mid 15th century

In the 17th century the Manor of Barwick was sold to Sir Thomas Lynch, Governor of Jamaica and then to Sir William Turner of Kirkleatham. The land remaining in the ownership of the Turner's, with profits from the land used to support the free school and hospital at Kirkleatham, until it was sold in the 19th century.

Ingleby Barwick is listed as being a township in the parish of Stainton in 1887.[11][12] Its population was given as 132. During this time the land was sold off by the Turner estate.

During the Second World War Ingleby Barwick stood near to the south-western perimeter of Thornaby Airfield and a number of aircraft crashed where Ingleby Barwick housing estate now stands. On 11 June 1940 a Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson crashed at Quarry Farm killing the four crew after the bomb load exploded on crashing.[13] On 28 April 1941 a Bristol Blenheim crashed at Barwick Lane killing all three crew.[13] On 18 December 1941 a Lockheed Hudson stalled soon after take off and crashed into Quarry Farm killing the five crew and four civilians.[13] On 4 September 1942 a Lockheed Hudson crashed at Myton House Farm killing the four crew.[13] The last aircraft accident was a Photo Reconnaissance de Havilland Mosquito which was attempting to land at Thornaby on one engine and crashed into land which is now home to Ingleby Mill School on 11 November 1943 killing both crew members; there is now a stone marking the crash site.[13][14][15]

In 1969 Yarmside Holdings bought land for housing and the first houses were built at Lowfields in the late 1970s.

It is the home to one of the Olympic Golden Postboxes in honour of Kat Copeland's rowing gold at the 2012 London Olympics. The post box is located at the end of Apsley Way in The Rings.

There are still a number of features that pre-date the 1980s-onward development:

• The route of the original Barwick Lane, which gave access to much of the original farmland remains accessible. Its origin remains as a cul-de-sac, to the east of the Fox Covert Inn on Low Lane. This then becomes a cycle path, whose route can be navigated through Sober Hall, crossing Sober Hall Avenue, Pennine Way and Blair Avenue, passing west of Barley Fields Primary School and the Myton Road shops before crossing Blair Avenue's northern loop and terminating in name at the Myton Way/The Rings roundabout. Galava Walk is the original end of Barwick Lane leading to Barwick Farm being renamed when houses South of the lane were built.
• Another original road route is preserved in the cycle path that runs in a westerly direction starting from the Teal Arms / Ingleby Barwick Post Office complex, this being the approximate former site of Low Farm. This route continues to the west of Myton Way and merged into Barwick Lane, leading eventually to Barwick Farm.
• Low Farm. One of the buildings is incorporated in the Teal Arms pub.
• Black Mill on Raydale Beck is the remnant of a corn mill built on the original Sober Hall Farm, now residential.
• The Old Mill at the southern end of Barwick Lane is now a bed and breakfast
• Cleveland View on Barwick Lane is another former farm building, belonging originally to Lane House Farm.
• There are original buildings from Ingleby Hill Farm at the end of Heddon Grove, now residential.
• Ingleby Close Farm buildings, which lie on land originally occupied by Betty's Close Farm, now residential, lie between Crosswell Park and Trevine Gardens.
• The route of the original road to Betty's Close Farm is preserved in the route of the cycle path that runs from Cleveland View to Roundhill Avenue (and whose route continues along the approach to Ingleby Close Farm buildings).
• The route of the original road to White House Farm is preserved in the line of trees behind Rochester Court and Thirwall Drive, continuing in the east-west cycle path from there to Blair Avenue and in the east-west footpath that runs to the south of Harlech Court.
• The original Myton House Farm site is marked by the public house that bears its name. The pub's website says "Formally (sic) a farmhouse..."
• Ingleby Hill Farm. "Impressive early C19, Late Georgian, Grade II Listed Farmhouse."

Ingleby Barwick is almost entirely surrounded by small rivers or streams. It is bordered by the Leven to the south, the Tees to the north and west, and Bassleton Beck to the east.

Romano Park is situated on the land between Tesco and Barley Field primary school. The building of a play area for children under 14 years started in January 2009. Despite construction work being completed on time the official opening was delayed from the original date of July 2009.

The adjacent Multi-Use Sports Area has already been opened to the public, allowing people of all ages to play various sports, including football, basketball and tennis, but has become a magnet for anti-social behaviour.[24]

Ingleby Barwick has two GP surgeries.

• Thornaby and Barwick Medical Centre
• Woodbridge Medical Centre

It has two pharmacies.

• Hepworth Chemist
• Kelly Chemist

It has two dental surgeries.

• Ingleby Meadow Dental Surgery
• Myton Park Dental Centre

It also has an optometric practice.

• Hepworth Opticians

The All Saints School complex also contains a community library which is open to the public during specified times, seven days a week. Library facilities include computer access, CD/DVD hire, photocopying, reference section, a children's and an adult library.

The Library also plays host during elections to a Polling Station, created to facilitate voting.

There are collections of local shops at Lowfields, Beckfields, Myton Park, and Sandgate Park (was open autumn 2016 but had no shops until May 2017) including:

• a Tesco Superstore supermarket at the Myton Park site
• 2 One stop shops, one at Lowfields and one at Beckfields

. 1 Co-op mini supermarket at Sandgate Park

• 2 bookmakers
• 3 hairdressers salons
• 3 barbers
• 4 estate agents
• a baker's shop
• a mini bar & coffee shop
• a charity shop
• an Italian restaurant
• a DIY shop
• a solicitors
• a vets
• Bistro & Bar (open to the Public - Ingleby Barwick Golf Academy)

There are also 9 take-aways which are located in Lowfields, Beckfields, and Myton Park on Myton Road These include:

• 2 Chinese take-aways
• 2 fish and chips shops
• 2 curry houses
• 3 pizza outlets

Road. The A19 dual carriageway, one of the two main north -south roads of the north-east of England, is about 1.5 miles away. Access to the A66 dual carriageway, a major transpennine route, is about 2 miles away.

Bus. Arriva North East operate buses in Ingleby Barwick with regular services, day & evening, to Stockton seven days a week & Middlesbrough and Yarm Monday to Saturday.

Rail. The nearest stations, Eaglescliffe, Thornaby and Yarm, are each about four miles away. Connections thence to the main line service at Darlington or York. Since May 2008 there has been a direct service with Grand Central from Eaglescliffe to and from London King' s Cross five times a day.

Air. Durham Tees Valley Airport with regular daily services to/from Aberdeen and Amsterdam, is about 8 miles away.

Ingleby Barwick has six primary schools:

• Whinstone Primary School
• St Francis of Assisi CofE Primary School
• St Therese of Lisieux RC Primary School
• Myton Park Primary School
• Ingleby Mill Primary School
• Barley Fields Primary School,occupies the former site of the old Ingleby Mill School- opened in September 2006.

There is currently one secondary school and one under construction- All Saints Academy, Ingleby Manor Free School And Sixth Form- within Ingleby Barwick located at the centre of the estate. The school opened as All Saints Voluntary Aided Church of England Secondary School,[25] a Church of England secondary school and initially accommodated 600 pupils. From September 2009 the admission number to year 7 has been increased to 140 pupils.

The school was built through PFI funding. The original PFI Provider (Robertson Construction North East) have recently sold the investment on to another company making a reported £1 million profit. The Evening Gazette on 22 November 2011 in an article on PFI said "Stockton Council has one PFI contract, for the Ingleby Barwick Community Campus which features All Saints School, Myton Park Primary School, and a library. The deal is worth £33.9m for the remaining 17 years of the contract. The private contractor Robertson North East says the complex is worth £9m on its website."

All Saints provides places for less than half of the children of secondary school age currently living in Ingleby Barwick, with most of the remainder, some 900, being schooled at Conyers' School in Yarm, Egglescliffe School in Eaglescliffe and St Patrick's Catholic College in Thornaby. In May 2013 All Saints school became an Academy, renaming to "All Saints Academy".

Since the construction of All Saints' School, a proposal for a second secondary school with a Sixth Form, Ingleby Manor School, was developed by IBIS Councillors and handed over to a group of local residents after the first stage of application proposal to open the school as part of the government's "Free Schools" programme.

The School has caused controversy in the local community due to a planning application for the school being tied in with a development of 350 houses on an area of green wedge land at Little Maltby Farm. On Tuesday 5 February 2013 Stockton Borough Council Planning Committee rejected the joint plans for a free school and 350 houses. Despite this the school appointed their Principal Designate, David Willard, on 4 July 2012. The new Principal, Ray Parkinson took over midway through the schools fourth year

The school was originally proposed to open in September 2013 with permanent buildings ready in September 2014, however this was then put back by 1 year due to the development being refused planning permission. A planning appeal was submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who, on 27 September 2013, overturned the local decision to refuse planning permission for the Free School and 350 houses.

Further controversy was caused in the local community after the Free School developers unveiled plans to build an additional 550 homes around the school, bringing the total number to 900 homes on area designated as green wedge land.

In September 2014 Ingleby Manor School, as a member of the School Partnership Trust Academies, now Delta Academies Trust, opened with the Year 7 group in temporary premises on Teesside Industrial Estate. Ground works for the new school eventually commenced in August 2015 on the "Little Maltby Farm" site on Low Lane. Meanwhile, the school continues to operate in the temporary premises on Teesside Industrial Estate. As at March 2016 the construction of the school buildings is progressing to schedule and a new roundabout on Low Lane to give access to the school and houses nearby is under construction. The school opened in these new premises in September 2016.

Ingleby Barwick faces a number of problems, including traffic congestion at peak times. These are particularly a concern around Ingleby Barwick centre, and the exit on to Low Lane. Speeding is also a significant problem within the estate. On 15 July 2011, 9-year old Brandon Maggs died after being hit by a car on Roundhill Avenue. This prompted residents to launch a campaign to reduce speeding on the main estate roads.[26]

In 2016, Myton Way was upgraded to dual-carrigeway from the Tesco roundabout to Broom Hill, and the Sandgate roundabout was replaced with traffic signals. Ingleby Way was also dualled from the Tesco roundabout to Barwick Way roundabout. The works started on Monday 29 February 2016 and were completed on Thursday 22 December 2016, apart from some footpath work. [27]

Graffiti on the bridge over the Tees on Queen Elizabeth Way, 2006

Social problems have long been an issue in Ingleby Barwick, and were mentioned in the 1986 Domesday project. Anti-social behaviour is currently a problem on the estate, particularly around the local supermarket Tesco, other shopping areas, and Romano Park.[24] There have been a few reported incidents of muggings and assaults on the estate between 2005 and date.[28][29][30][31]

In October 2006, then leader of Ingleby Barwick Independent Society (IBIS) Councillor Lee Narroway was assaulted after confronting a gang on the estate.[32] The estate's problems sometimes draw the attention of the council's enforcement team, who attempt to disperse groups of youths causing trouble at the local shops, and occasionally confiscating alcohol.[33] It was reported in 2008 that 10% of all police call outs to Ingleby Barwick come from the estate's Tesco store, with both staff and customers feeling intimidated by gangs of youths loitering in the vicinity.[34] After the completion of Romano Park in summer 2009 it has become a hot spot for antisocial behaviour, particularly around the multi-use games area.[24][35] In January 2011 local schools warned parents that groups of over 100 youths, some of whom were armed, were gathering outside the estate's Tesco store engaging in anti-social behaviour and intimidating the public on evenings,[36] and subsequently on August 2015 a man was seriously assaulted by a group of men close to the store.[37] In January 2016 Cleveland Police issued a dispersal order around the centre of Ingleby Barwick following reports of intimidation, and missiles being thrown at vehicles, with the area being described as a hot spot for anti-social behaviour.[38] In March 2017 police again raised concerns about trouble and intimidation be caused to members of the public around the Ingleby Barwick Tesco store. This included throwing items at vehicles and at people.[39]