Acklam
Ward
Acklam Hall
Acklam Location withinNorth Yorkshire
Population	6,027 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NZ485168
Unitary authority	Middlesbrough
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district	TS5
Dialling code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Councillors	Luke Henman (Lab) Tom Livingstone (LD)
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°32′38″N1°15′04″W / 54.544°N 1.251°W /54.544; -1.251

Acklam is aneighbourhood andelectoral ward inMiddlesbrough,Borough of Middlesbrough,North Yorkshire, England. It is believed that the settlement isAnglo-Saxon in origin, the name isOld English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks".^[2][3] Acklam was anancient parish, formerly known asWest Acklam to distinguish it fromAcklam inRyedale. At the 2011 census, the Acklam Ward had a population of 6,027.^[4] It is in theTS5 postcode area withAyresome, Brookfield,Linthorpe, parts of Newport andWhinney Banks.

Acklam was referred to as "Aclun" in the 1086Domesday Book. A precursor to acivil parish, the 'manor' was eleven gold-taxedploughlands, they would have been eleven settlements in the area. This manor's area had previously been owned byEarl Siward with the area passed toHugh Earl of Chester in 1086.

This manor'sjurisdiction extended to over 24 plough-lands includingCoulby farm,Hemlington,Stainton,Thornton,Maltby andThornaby. Also listed were the later abandonedStainsby, Barwick-on-Tees and Cold Ingleby, the latter two part of presentIngleby Barwick.^[5][6]

In the Manor area, Robert Malet had a ploughland and the king also had 3 ploughlands, royal lands included in Robert de Brus’ fee-ing. When Malet's son died in a pub, the White Ship, around 1120 meant all lands went to the king.

An agreement between Whitby Abbey and Guisborough Priory, by 1138, mentions the 4 ploughlands in Acklam held by the line of Robert de Bruces. Last in the line of Brus,Robert I of Scotland, in 1279 held a knight's fee of half a ploughland along with three parts of a knight's fee between 1284 and 1285.

Over-lording of Acklam came to Lucy de Marmaduke (née Brus), Lucy de Thweng and, in 1346, to Lucy and John Darcy. Acklam passed down the Darcy line until Sir Richard Strangways, son of Lucy and John's great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth, overlorded until his death in 1488. Thomas Boynton had gained powers as lord and tenant from Richard, upon Richards death overlordship ended.^[5]

Hugh son of Norman, Earl Hugh's tenant in 1086, was thought to be succeeded by Alvered, or Alfred, in about 1120. Roger, son of Alvered's grandson, William de Acklam had two daughters. Joan was sole heir after her sister's death:

• Joan married Ingram de Boynton.
• Their heir, William de Boynton, in 1284–5 was lord and had been living in Acklam since at least 1256.
• Ingram, William's son had become lord by 1303.
• Son Walter followed, until 1340,
• Thomas and Katherine 1365
• Sir Thomas Boynton II, succeeded in 1402
• Thomas's son, Henry, was executed three years later for joining thePercy rebellion.

The manor area was merged withKirk Leavington, underRoger Thornton and was in his possession in 1428, later reverting to the Boynton line:

• William, Henry's second son, is said to have held the area after the death of his brother Thomas.^[5]

In 1460-1 Thomas son of Thomas, also heir of William, died as lord of Acklam.

• From his son Henry, who was dead in 1495, the manor came in direct line to Henry's grandson Matthew, seised at his death in 1540, when he left a son Thomas, aged three.
• Thomas was succeeded in January 1581 or 1582 by his son and heir Francis, lord in 1613 and thought to last until 1617.
• Twenty years later Acklam was sold by his son Sir Matthew Boynton, baronet, to William Hustler.^[5]

To the west of the current Acklam area, the then village of Stainsby wasdeserted by 1757. Today this site amounts to little more than a series of grassy mounds near theA19 road.^[7]

Part of the parish of West Acklam was included in themunicipal borough of Middlesbrough from 1866, the rest being inMiddlesbrough Rural District. The parish of West Acklam was finally abolished on 1 April 1932 and merged with Middlesbrough, parts also went to Hemlington andMarton,^[8] and the rest of the area was also incorporated into Middlesbrough district.^[9] In 1931 the parish had a population of 287.^[10]

Acklam is situated in West Middlesbrough, and encloses smaller estates such as Kader, And Trimdon Avenue Estate. Acklam Road runs directly through Acklam, and just off Acklam Road is Hall Drive.The previous focus of the parish was the residence of theHustler family, theRestorationmansion ofAcklam Hall,^[11]this is shown in maps of the pre-industrial area—such as the 1714 Lordship of Acklam Plan—in the nearbyDorman Museum inLinthorpe.The house, formerly agrammar school and Middlesbrough's soleGrade Ilisted building,^[12]had ceased to be the Acklam Campus ofMiddlesbrough College by the middle of 2008.^[13]

In the Acklam ward isNewham Bridge Primary School. The previousHall Garth Community Arts College andKing's Manor School amalgamated to form Oakfields Community College and is presentlyOutwood Academy Acklam. Trimdon ward schools include Acklam Whin, St Clare's Primary.

Kader ward schools include Kader Academy andAcklam Grange, the latter previously Stainsby Secondary Modern. St. David's Roman Catholic Technology College (Kader ward) amalgamated with the other local Catholic secondary school and is nowTrinity Catholic College, in nearbySaltersgill.

• Bob Mortimer – comedian and actor^[14]
• Pete Firman – comedian and magician^[15]
• Chris Rea – singer songwriter^[16][17]
• Brian Clough – footballer and football manager^[18]
• Elizabeth Carling – actress^[19]
• Steph McGovern – BBC business reporter^[20]
• Andy McDonald – Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough, was born in Acklam^[21]
• Alan Hughes MBE – vicar of Berwick and Canon of Newcastle Cathedral^[22]

• Media related toAcklam, Middlesbrough at Wikimedia Commons
• Middlesbrough Council websiteArchived 6 October 2019 at theWayback Machine
• Acklam Community Council website
• Acklam in theDomesday Book

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