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Grangetown is an area in the borough of
Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its council has been a unitary authority since 1996. The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four ...
,
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, England. The area is east of Middlesbrough and south-west of
Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority. It is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, and is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdiv ...
. It is part of
Greater Eston Greater Eston is an urbanised area in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The name of Greater Eston is a concept devised by town planners from Redcar and Cleveland Council. It canno ...
, which includes the area and the other centres of
Eston Eston is a former industrial town in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary area of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the outlying settlements of Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Grangetown, Normanby, Redcar and Clevel ...
, Normanby,
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,
Teesville Teesville is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the settlements of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. Demographics A ...
and part of
Ormesby Ormesby is a village and area split between the unitary authority areas of Borough of Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. Demographics The Ormesby ward, including Overfields and Ormesby Hall, ...
.


History

Grangetown's development was a result of the discovery of
ironstone Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical replacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron ore compound from which iron (Fe) can be smelted commercially. Not to be c ...
in the nearby Eston Hills, in 1840. Workers came from other parts of England, as well as Ireland, and Eastern Europe to work in the iron and steel industry along the riverbanks by Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan from 1881. The name of the village was taken from a farm nearby called ''Eston Grange'', formerly a working farm for the monks of
Guisborough Priory Gisborough Priory is a ruined Augustinian priory in Guisborough in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1119 as the Priory of St Mary by the Norman feudal magnate Robert de Brus, an ancestor of the Sc ...
. By 1914, it was a community of around 5,500 people with most houses lying between Bolckow Road and the steel works. There was a market square, shopping centre, boarding school, three pubs, six places of worship, a police station and public bathhouse. Though the inhabitants came from many parts of the country, the community had built up a strong identity and local pride. The majority of men worked in the steel works, but a wide range of skills was represented within the area and a whole cross-section of society lived together in the area. In 1906, a power station was built near the
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, which was the first in the world to generate at 11,000 volts. It closed in 1937 and was demolished in 1969. Grangetown had a period of expansion between 1914 and 1939. Both the steel companies and the
Eston Urban District Greater Eston is an urbanised area in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The name of Greater Eston is a concept devised by town planners from Redcar and Cleveland Council. It canno ...
council built estates from Bolckow Road to and across the new A1085 Trunk Road, with the steel company Bolckow Vaughan expanding their housing under the name of ''Grangetown Garden Village''. After the war, council house building was extended and in the 1950s reached Fabian Road. The modern centre is on Birchington Avenue, the move in part due to the A66, which built through the area in the 1980s, and ends at a roundabout in the east of Grangetown. Victorian terraced-houses, near heavy industry along the
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have been replaced with warehouses and depots of lighter industry. Some new houses have been built over the years with most of its original Victorian architecture lost.


Governance

It was historically part of the ancient
Langbaurgh Wapentake Langbaurgh was a liberty or wapentake of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It covered an area of the shire's north-eastern tip. The wapentake took its name from Langbaurgh hamlet, in present-day Great Ayton parish. The name was re-used for the ...
in the
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area of Yorkshire. The ancient parish of Ormesby was split into civil parishes, the area became part of the
Eston Eston is a former industrial town in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary area of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the outlying settlements of Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Grangetown, Normanby, Redcar and Clevel ...
parish. The civil parish developed into the
Eston Urban District Greater Eston is an urbanised area in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The name of Greater Eston is a concept devised by town planners from Redcar and Cleveland Council. It canno ...
. The district was merged into
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from 1968 until 1974. The area was then placed into the Borough of Langbaurgh, under the newly created
County of Cleveland Cleveland was a non-metropolitan county located in North East England which existed between 1974 and 1996. It was a two-tier county and had four boroughs: Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh-on-Tees. The county town wa ...
. When the county was abolished, Lanbaurgh-on-Tees, as it had been renamed, remained as the present
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of
Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its council has been a unitary authority since 1996. The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four ...
.


Politics

Grangetown is part of
Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority. It is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, and is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdiv ...
constituency, and is represented by
Anna Turley Anna Catherine Turley (born 9 October 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar since 2024, having previously served from 2015 to 2019. She has served as Lord Commissioner of the Trea ...
, of the
Labour and Co-operative Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated to Labour Co-op; ) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. Candidates contest elections under an e ...
parties.


2023 local elections results


Borough Council

In the 2023 local elections, the following members were returned to
Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Its council has been a unitary authority since 1996. The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four ...
Borough Council:


Demographics

In 1914, the community was around 5,500 people. The population in 1939 was had grown to an approximate 9,000. By the 2011 census a ward covering the area had a population of 5,088.


Notable people

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(1887–1917),
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and
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footballer * William Henry Short V.C. (1884–1916), footballer and
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VC recipient *
Horace King, Baron Maybray-King Horace Maybray Maybray-King, Baron Maybray-King, (; 25 May 1901 – 3 September 1986), was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 until 1971 before becoming a life peer. For most of his time in Parliament, h ...
(1901–1986), former Labour Party MP and
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Wally K. Daly Wally K. Daly (13 November 1940 – 30 April 2020) was an English writer for television and radio and one-time chairman of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. He was born in Grangetown, Middlesbrough. Television As well as some minor acti ...
(1940–2020), television and radio writer * Alan Keen (1937–2011), former Labour Party MP *
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(born Roy Vasey, 1945) stand up comedian


See also

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Eston Eston is a former industrial town in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary area of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the outlying settlements of Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Grangetown, Normanby, Redcar and Clevel ...
* Normanby *
Teesville Teesville is an area in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the settlements of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of Ormesby. Demographics A ...


References


Sources

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External links


Grangetown in Past Times


Descriptions from Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire (1890). Retrieved 8 February 2006 {{Authority control Places in the Tees Valley Redcar and Cleveland Villages in North Yorkshire Greater Eston