North Ormesby is an area in the town of

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 ...

, in the Borough of Middlesbrough,

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, England. The area has gained the common nickname of Doggy, it is of unknown origin. Population of the North Ormesby and

Brambles Farm Brambles Farm is a small housing estate in east Middlesbrough, England with a population of 3,200. It lies to the north of Thorntree Thorntree is a housing estate in east Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The former Thorntree Ward's pop ...

ward, as taken at the 2011 census, was 6,268. The area became its own ward in 2015. It is situated to the south of 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 ...

, the A66 and adjacent to the Cargo Fleet and

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areas of Middlesbrough. The

Teesdale Way The Teesdale Way is a long-distance walk between the Cumbrian Pennines and the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire in England. The walk is in length; it links in with other long-distance walks such as the Pennine Way and the European walking ro ...

long-distance trail passes just to the north of the area. North Ormesby is located next to

Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club ( ) is a professional football club in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium ...

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and is a popular route for match-goers.

History

Its name, as well as those of various streets in the locality, alludes to the support given to the initial construction of North Ormesby, a new town, in the later 19th century by members of the nearby

Ormesby Ormesby is an area which is split between Borough of Middlesbrough and Borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Middlesbrough part of the Teesside built up area. Spencer Beck to the east and the B1380 road t ...

-based Pennyman family. The name therefore comes from being in the northern part of the former Ormesby parish. The neighbourhood has in recent years seen somewhat of a decline, with much of its original housing having long been demolished, partially as allowance for new developments, including, more recently, the erection of numerous new buildings and the restructuring of the A66

Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of ...

to Penrith trunk road which passes through the north of the area. In October 2017, it was revealed to have the cheapest average house price in England and Wales, at £36,000, down 60% since 2007 (after inflation adjustment).

Notable people

* Harry Allport, footballer * Stanley Hollis, the only person to be awarded a VC for his actions on

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. * James Smurthwaite (1916–1989), cricketer for

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References

External links

North Ormesby Market
{{Middlesbrough Areas within Middlesbrough Places in the Tees Valley