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Middlesbrough (/ ˈ m ɪ d əl z b r ə / ⓘ MID-əlz-brə), colloquially known as the Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside built-up area and the lower Tees Valley.
The Borough of Middlesbrough is a district in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Tees Valley region, along with the boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees , Redcar and Cleveland , Hartlepool and Darlington .
Middlesbrough Council, formerly Middlesbrough Borough Council, is the unitary authority covering the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Following the 2023 local elections , Labour has held majority control of the council, which meets at the Town Hall .
Middlesbrough Football Club (/ ˈ m ɪ d əl z b r ə / ⓘ MID-əlz-brə) is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. They compete in the EFL Championship , the second level of the English football league system .
After the Angles, the area became home to Viking settlers. Names of Viking origin (with the suffix by meaning village [4]) are abundant in the area; for example, Ormesby, Stainsby and Tollesby were once separate villages that belonged to Vikings called Orm, Steinn and Toll that are now areas of Middlesbrough were recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The gallery's opening marked the completion of an accumulative journey for the art collection of post-industrial Middlesbrough. The early artistic heritage of a town as young as Middlesbrough rested largely on the success of the Linthorpe Art Pottery (1879–1889), co-launched by Christopher Dresser, out of the Sun Brickworks that also built the suburb of Linthorpe.
The hospital was named after British explorer and Middlesbrough-born James Cook, with an official naming ceremony in April 2001. [8] In April 2012, the hospital became a major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire, participating in the wider Northern trauma network. [4]
The foundation stone was blessed on Sunday 3 November 1985 by Augustine Harris, Bishop of Middlesbrough, who went on to consecrate it on Sunday 15 May 1988. The cathedral is a modern, light building similar in some ways to the Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool .