LC control no. | n 81035069 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Geographic heading | Middlesbrough (England) |
Geographic subdivision usage | England--Middlesbrough |
Variant(s) | Middlesbrough, Eng. Middlesbrough (Cleveland) Borough of Middlesbrough (England) County Borough of Middlesbrough (England) |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Associated place | North Riding of Yorkshire (England) Teesside (England) Cleveland (England) North Yorkshire (England) Tees River (England) |
Found in | Bartholomew gaz. of Brit., 1977 (Middlesbrough, Cleveland) Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: none; new name: Middlesbrough [short form], Borough of--ADM1, 54°32ʹN 01°12ʹW (UKI5)) Annual report of the medical officer of health ... 1944: t.p. (County Borough of Middlesbrough) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 54°34ʹ22ʺN 001°09ʹ46ʺW) Wikipedia, viewed 15 November 2019 (Middlesbrough; large post-industrial town in North Yorkshire, England; the town was born on the site of a small farmstead in 1830 to supply labour to a new coal port on the banks of the Tees nearby; incorporated as a municipal borough in 1853; became a new parliamentary borough in 1867 and a county borough within the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1889; became part of the County Borough of Teesside in 1968, and in 1974 it became part of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland until the county's abolition in 1996, when Middlesbrough became a unitary authority; now forms part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes only) Collins Britain gazetteer and atlas, 1999 (Middlesbrough, Middbro.; town, port, on S bank of River Tees forming part of Teesside urban complex; former iron and steel town) |
Geographic area code | e-uk-en |