Stainton and Thornton is a

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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 ...

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, England. It consists of the two villages Stainton and Thornton. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,243.

History

The ancient parish of Stainton (also known as Stainton-in-

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) formed by the split of the Soke of Acklam with Acklam taking

and

Linthorpe Linthorpe is an inner-area of Middlesbrough in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two wards: Linthorpe (containing the cemetery with a population of 9,711) and Park (containing Albert Park with a population o ...

while Stainton took Coulby (west side of

Coulby Newham Coulby Newham is an area in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, with a resident population of 10,700, measured at 8,967 (Coulby Newham Ward) at the 2011 Census. It is in the TS8 postcode. History Early Coulby Newham bega ...

), Hemlington, Ingleby Barwick, Maltby, Stainsby and

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 ...

. Each area had gained separate parishes by the time the now civil parish of Stainton was temporarily abolished in 1968 with the creation of the Teesside civil parish. In 1986, a new parish was formed called Stainton and Thornton from the remaining area of the former Stainton parish; part of the former parish was given to Maltby in 1968.

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Areas within Middlesbrough Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{Middlesbrough-geo-stub