Warrenby is a depopulated area of
Redcar 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 ...
,
ceremonial county of
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
, England. It is a light industrial area, no longer residential.
On the edge of
Coatham
Coatham is an area of Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
History
There is reputed to be an entry in the Doomsday book – the first recorded reference to Coatham as "the ...
Marsh, the area was originally called ''Warrenstown''
when it was founded in 1873 to provide housing for workers at the nearby ironworks of Downey & Co and Walker Maynard.
In the Warrenby Disaster of 1895, eleven men, many from the village of Warrenby were killed in a massive boiler explosion at the works.
Although it was on the route of the
Middlesbrough & Redcar Railway, the area did not have a station until 1916 when was opened mainly to serve the nearby
Dorman Long works. The halt closed in 1978 when the railway was realigned to make way for the new Redcar steel plant.
References
External links
Redcar and Cleveland
Places in the Tees Valley
Villages in North Yorkshire
Former populated places in North Yorkshire
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