Egglescliffe is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly �About North East E ...

, England. Administratively it is located in the borough of

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...

. It shares a

with

Eaglescliffe Eaglescliffe is a village in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. It is in the civil parish of Egglescliffe. The village was formerly known as Eaglescliffe Junction, being formed around . In 2011, the Office for National S ...

. The village sits on top of a hill overlooking and across the

River Tees The River Tees (), in Northern England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar near Middlesbrough. The modern day history of the river has be ...

from

Yarm Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It was previously a port town before the industry moved down the River Tees to more accessible settlements ne ...

and had a 2001 population of around 595, while the civil parish had a population of 7,908, increasing to 8,559 at the 2011 Census. Egglescliffe

There is a small public play area, farms, allotments and a

public house A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

(called the ''Pot and Glass'') in the village. The education establishment in the village is a

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while the nearby

Egglescliffe School Egglescliffe School & Sixth Form College is a large Coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Egglescliffe, area also known as Eaglescliffe. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. History Beginning as ...

(secondary and sixth-form) is in the parish.

History

St John The Baptist Church, Egglescliffe - geograph

North of the

was not recorded in the 1068

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. The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

is dedicated to

St John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

and there has been a place of worship on the site since the twelfth century. Bishop Skirlaw of Durham built a stone bridge, across the Tees in 1400 which still stands. An iron replacement was built in 1805, but it fell down in 1806.

Governance

It was in the

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(the

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's domain) from its establishment until 1836 when it became a standard type of county. 1974 reforms lead to Egglescliffe being placed under the Stockton district of

Cleveland county Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the United States, U.S. U.S. state, state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along ...

. The district became a unitary authority in 1996 and a part of the ceremony

county Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly �About North East E ...

Etymology

The second element of ''Egglescliffe'' is from

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''clif'', 'steep slope'. The first element has been etymologised as Latin ''ecclesia'' 'church' or the form it took when borrowed into

Cumbric Cumbric was a variety of the Common Brittonic language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the ''Hen Ogledd'' or "Old North" in what is now the counties of Westmorland, Cumberland and northern Lancashire in Northern England and the souther ...

, represented today by Welsh ''eglwys''. However, the first element could also be from an Anglo-Saxon personal name like ''Ecgi'' or ''Ecgel'', in which case the name means 'Ecgel's steep slope'.Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).

Geography

The parish is divided by railway lines, such as the

Tees Valley line The Tees Valley Line is a rail route, in Northern England, following part of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway route of 1825. The line covers a distance of , and connects to via , and 14 other stations in the Teesdale. The sect ...

and

Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line The Northallerton–Eaglescliffe line runs between and stations. It connects the East Coast Main Line to the Tees Valley Line. It was built by the Leeds Northern Railway as part of their main line from to (via and ) which opened on 2 June ...

. Vehicles can only get from the east to west of the parish to its far south or into the Preston parish, there are two pedestrian bridges and an underpass. The parish includes the villages of Egglescliffe,

and

Urlay Nook Urlay Nook is a village in the County Durham, England. It is part of the Egglescliffe parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. The village is dominated by the site of the former Elementis chromium chemicals plant and the Admiralty Ecology Sit ...

. They are also multiple housing estates; Millfield, Kingsmead, Sunningdale, Hunters Green and Orchard Estate. The main road through eastern parish is the A135 ''Yarm Road'' which was part of the old route of the A19 until the 1970s when it was diverted east of

Thornaby Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,74 ...

. The A67 runs through the west of the parish. Nearby large towns include

(north),

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

(north east),

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

(west) and

Hartlepool Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County ...

(north east).

Gallery

File:Egglescliffe War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 484301.jpg, War memorial File:Egglescliffe Parish Hall - geograph.org.uk - 485206.jpg, Parish hall File:Cottages on Church Road - geograph.org.uk - 485149.jpg, Church Road cottages File:Pot & Glass, Egglescliffe.jpg, Pot & Glass public house

References

External links

Egglescliffe & Eaglescliffe parish council website
Places in the Tees Valley Villages in County Durham Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Civil parishes in County Durham {{Stockton-geo-stub