Thornaby-on-Tees

Thornaby-on-Tees is a royal charter town, civil parish and former borough in North Yorkshire, England.[1] Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, Thornaby is situated on the south bank of the River Tees. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Stockton-on-Tees and 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Middlesbrough.[2] It has a population of 24,741 according to the 2011 census.[3] The town is governed as part of the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.

Thornaby-on-Tees

The Tees Barrage Way Bridge
Thornaby-on-Tees
Location within North Yorkshire
Population24,741 (2011)
OS grid referenceNZ450180
Unitary authority
  • Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode districtTS17
Dialling code01642
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

Industry
  • The heavy engineering firm Head Wrightson was formerly a major employer in Thornaby-on-Tees.

Present day

The town is served by Thornaby railway station. It is home to Durham University's Queen's Campus. This campus lies on the southern bank of the Tees on the Yorkshire side in Thornaby-on-Tees, so although it is part of Durham University, it is not in County Durham. Durham University was the second university to be approached due to Teesside University (who were first approached) not having the funds available necessary to run the university. Adjacent to the Queen's College campus of Durham University is Stockton Riverside College, a major provider of further education in the Tees Valley with around 10,000 full & part-time students. It too is not in Stockton, it actually lies on the southern banks of the river Tees in Thornaby on Tees.

As of 2007, Thornaby is undergoing a major redevelopment and regeneration. The old Mandale Estate is being demolished and Mandale Park is being built to provide new affordable housing. The Pavilion shopping centre, off Allensway in Thornaby, has been redeveloped and was completed in autumn 2009. It is estimated to have created around 200 jobs and has brought improved leisure and shopping amenities to the local area. An official launch event was held in the Thornaby town centre on Saturday 25 April 2009. There is a council-owned leisure centre and library, several banks, a post office, two medical practices, chemists, an Asda supermarket, many other shops and a small market on Thursdays. In January 2014 a McDonald's drive-through restaurant and an Asda petrol filling station opened on the former Tristar Neasham Site.

Thornaby won a number of awards in 2008; it won the silver gilt award for best small cities, with its Northumbria in Bloom entry, which was repeated in 2011. Thornaby Cemetery has won the green flag award and is continuing to improve after winning the Cemetery of the Year award in 2006. Despite this status having been lost in 2006, due to complaints concerning illicit use of the cemetery, the Green Flag status was restored by 2011.

In 2012 the Town Council purchased Thornaby Town Hall from Stockton Borough Council with the hope of enabling the building and the surrounding area to be restored. The Hall (which dates from 1890-2) is a prominent landmark, but has been largely unoccupied since the 1968 amalgamation.

Teesside Park is also in Thornaby; it was formerly a racecourse and is now a shopping park.

Thornaby held its eleventh Yorkshire Day event in August 2017. The annual Thornaby Show takes place at the beginning of September, it is estimated that more than 10,000 people turn up over the course of the day.

The A19/A174 Parkway junction scheme began on 19 May 2014 and has created a dual carriageway which aims to reduce traffic towards Thornaby and Ingleby Barwick. The scheme has an estimated cost of £7.8 million and will be completed by 30 April 2015.[9]

Notable people
  • Grace Pace (the mother of Captain James Cook).[10]
  • Award-winning author Pat Barker lived in Millbank Lane and is best known for her Regeneration Trilogy of books about the First World War, the third of which, "The Ghost Road" won the 1995 Man Booker Prize.[11]
  • TV-Personality Holly Hagan, one of the original stars from MTV show Geordie Shore was born in Thornaby.
  • Actor, Richard Griffiths was born in Thornaby and is best known for his role as Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter movies. He won many awards for his acting in the film The History Boys.
  • Paul Curran – the championship cyclist was born in Thornaby.
  • Max Jones,[12] pupil at Robert Atkinson school, was a seven-time Olympic athletics coach and was the GB Team leader at the Sydney and Athens Olympic Games. Max was the Performance Director for UK Athletics 1997 to 2005.
  • Norma Farnes was born and grew up in Thornaby.[13] She went to London and ended up as Spike Milligan's and Eric Sykes's manager. Norma has edited and written, several successful books.

Education

Thornaby is served by three secondary schools; St Patrick's Catholic College, Thornaby Academy and Westlands Academy.

References
  1. "GB Counties | Past and Present Counties in Great Britain". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. "Thornaby | Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society". Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. "Thornaby-on-Tees (Stockton-on-Tees, North East England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. "Stockton on Tees Heritage Strategy" (PDF). Stockton on Tees Borough Council. 2011. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. "Place-names in The Danelaw". Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Thornaby Town Council Information About All Aspects Of Life In Thornaby". Thornaby Town Council.
  8. Yorkshire Air Museum
  9. "A19/A174 Parkway Junction Improvement, Middlesbrough". Highways Agency. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  10. "Captain James Cook 1728 – 1779: Early Life". The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  11. "1995 | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  12. Turnbull, Simon (15 September 2002). "Jones takes Britain to the Max". The Independent. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  13. Sanderson, Mark (8 December 2003). "In the gutter, looking at the stars". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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