Historic houses · North East England
Former Town Hall
Former Town Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
Stephen McKay — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Former Town Hall is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Thornaby Town Hall is a municipal building in the Mandale Road in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The building, which is owned by Thornaby Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
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Background
History
In anticipation of the proposed merger of Thornaby and South Stockton into the municipal borough of Thornaby-on-Tees municipal borough in 1892, civic leaders decided to commission a dedicated town hall. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the chairman of the South Stockton local board of health, John Steel, on 25 October 1890. It was designed by James Garry of West Hartlepool in the Renaissance style, built by W. C. Atkinson and was officially opened as Thornaby Town Hall in 1892. The quarter-chiming clock, which was made by Potts of Leeds and donated by the first mayor of the town, Alderman William Anderson, was started on 27 January 1892. The building continued to serve…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5583, -1.3028
- District
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Parish
- Thornaby
- Postcode
- TS17 6AW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Established
- 1892
Sources
- wikidata: Q26606278 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Thornaby Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Former Town Hall?
- Former Town Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode TS17 6AW), in the parish of Thornaby.
- When was Former Town Hall built?
- Built or established in 1892.
- Who owns Former Town Hall?
- Former Town Hall is owned by | designation1 =Grade II Listed Building.
- How do I get to Former Town Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TS17 6AW. It sits within the Middlesbrough and Thornaby East parliamentary constituency.