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Stockton is anAnglo-Saxon name with the typical Anglo-Saxon place name ending 'ton' meaning farm, or homestead.

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Stockton began as an Anglo-Saxon settlement on high ground close to the northern bank of theRiver Tees.

Themanor of Stockton was created around 1138 and was purchased byBishop Pudsey ofDurham in 1189.  When the bishop freed theserfs of Stockton,craftsmen came to live in the new town...   Read More [...]

A Brief overview of modern Stockton on Tees

Stockton-on-Tees is located in the North East of England on the borders of North Yorkshire andCounty Durham. The town sits on the banks of the river Tees and is approximately five miles west of Middlesbrough.

The Tees Valley has, on average, the fastest-flowing urban traffic speeds in the UK. Take advantage of the excellent road network and travel between the North and South on both the A19 and A1(M). The West is easily accessible on the A66 or via the A1(M) to the M62. Stockton is a 40-minute drive from Newcastle, 1 hour drive from Leeds and York and just over 2 hours from Manchester, providing ease of access to other UK markets and supply chains.
The town also benefits from two railway stations; Stockton station to the north-west for local connections and Thornaby to the south which provides connections to Manchester and Liverpool via the Trans Pennine Express line and London (Kings Cross) via Darlington on the East Coast Mainline. Both of these stations are within walking distance of the town centre
Stockton-on-Tees is also easily accessed by air from Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and Manchester International airports.
Teesport also offers the UK’s fourth largest port, handling the largest amount of outbound traffic of any port in the UK.
Stockton-on-Tees has approximately 191,400 people within the district, with populations of approximately 1,000,000 and 2,753,000 within thirty and sixty minute drive times of the town respectively.

Shipbuilding in Stockton, which had began in the 15th century, prospered in the 17th and 18th centuries. Smaller-scale industries began developing around this time, such as brick, sail and rope making, the latter reflected in road names such as Ropery Street in the centre..
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It connectsMiddlesbrough, on the south bank, toPort Clarence, on the north bank. It is atransporter bridge, carrying a travelling 'car', or 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river....Read More [...]

Stockton's historic Town Hall, or to give it it's traditional name, the Town House - dates from 1735 in its present form.  Dominating the town from its position in the centre of the town's High Street...Read More [...]

TheStockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to...Read More [...]

At what date the hall was fortified we do not know although it isfirst referred to as a castle in 1376. During the Civil War Stockton castle was a Royalist stronghold and in 1640 ...Read More [...]

Locomotion No 1 of the Stockton & Darlington Railway at the 1925 100th anniversary