Thornaby-on-Tees
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Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north of York and south-east of Middlesbrough. On the south bank of the River Tees, Thornaby falls within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the Tees Valley area. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Thornaby-on-Tees
- UK place.local_name
- Thornaby
- UK place.type
- Town and civil parish
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thornaby
- UK place.population
- 24,741
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- North Yorkshire
- UK place.unitary_england
- Stockton-on-Tees
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stockton WestMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East
- UK place.post_town
- STOCKTON-ON-TEES
- UK place.postcode_area
- TS
- UK place.postcode_district
- TS17
- UK place.dial_code
- 01642
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ450180
- UK place.static_image_caption
- From the top, Thornaby from across the River Tees, Tees Barrage, Town Hall, Infinity Bridge
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 24741
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Village Park in Thornaby-on-Tees - geograph.org.uk - 1713334.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01642
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- OS grid reference
- NZ450180
- historic county
- Yorkshire
- P8168
- Ellef Ringnes Island
- postal code
- TS17
- Commons category
- Thornaby-on-Tees
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Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistoric
- Danes
- The Five Lamps of St Peter's Church
- A town from the marshes
- The airfield, 608 squadron and Spitfires
- Post-war expansion
- The town centre
- Community and culture
- Demographics
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Religion
- Church of England
- Sport
- Acklam Road
- Thornaby Road
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Media
- Television
- Radio
- Newspapers
- Education
- Secondary
- College
- University
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, north of York and south-east of Middlesbrough. On the south bank of the River Tees, Thornaby falls within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the Tees Valley area. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census.
The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1892, during the Victorian era. The borough was abolished in 1968 on the creation of the County Borough of Teesside. A civil parish called Thornaby was re-created in 1996.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thornaby-on-Tees” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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