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Grangetown
Also known as: Grangetown, Yorkshire Thuaidh
Grangetown in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mick Garratt — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Grangetown 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
Grangetown is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The area is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Middlesbrough and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Redcar. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the other centres of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby.
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Background
History
Grangetown's development was a result of the discovery of ironstone in the nearby Eston Hills, in 1840. Workers came from other parts of England, as well as Ireland, and Eastern Europe to work in the iron and steel industry along the riverbanks by Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan from 1881. The name of the village was taken from a farm nearby called Eston Grange, formerly a working farm for the monks of Guisborough Priory. By 1914, it was a community of around 5,500 people with most houses lying between Bolckow Road and the steel works. There was a market square, shopping centre, boarding school, three pubs, six places of worship, a police station and public bathhouse. Though the inhabitants…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5800, -1.1440
- District
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Parish
- Redcar and Cleveland, unparished area
- Postcode
- TS6 7EU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Redcar
Sources
- wikidata: Q3463911 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Grangetown, North Yorkshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Grangetown?
- Grangetown is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5800°, -1.1440°.