Kilton Thorpe is a village in the borough of

Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. Th ...

and the

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, England. Noted for evidence of early settlement. The outlines of an ancient village are visible in fields adjacent to the present village. The village is mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

as belonging to Count Mortain. Like other lands in the surrounding area, it was owned by the same noble families as those who owned nearby

Kilton Castle Kilton Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the valley of Kilton Beck, near to the village of Kilton, North Yorkshire, Kilton in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire (now Redcar and Cleveland) in England. The castle was built in ...

. It was only a small settlement across two manors until the arrival of the ironstone industry when 30 workers cottages were built.

Kilton Mine

Kilton Ironstone Mine was opened in just to the south of the village of Kilton Thorpe. The shafts of the mine were deep, and like the other mines in the area, it supplied ironstone to the furnaces on

Teesside Teesside () is a built-up area around the River Tees in the north of England, split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. The name was initially used as a county borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Historically a hub for heavy manu ...

. A private railway was opened in 1873, becoming the property of the North Eastern Railway a year later. On 12 August 1899, three miners died in a gas explosion, and on 3 May 1954, an explosion in the mine killed one worker, with 15 rescuers being hospitalised after the event due to the effects of inhaling gas. The mine was closed in January 1963. A conical shale heap still exists at the site and has become a local landmark, although it has become dangerous through land slips and the owners have taken steps to prevent access by the general public.

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