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Tees Valley
Tees Valley is a strategic authority area in Northern England, around the lower River Tees. The area is not a geographical valley but could be considered to be based on the Tees flood plain. The combined authority covers five council areas: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees: this includes areas in both County Durham and North Yorkshire counties.
The town of Middlesbrough is the largest population centre in the area. The borough of Middlesbrough is the smallest of the five, at only 54 square kilometres (21 sq mi) and a population of 156,161: the Stockton-on-Tees borough (including multiple towns) is the largest with an area of 205 square kilometres (79 sq mi) and a population of 206,800, as of 2024.
From 1968 until 1974, parts of the area were included in the County Borough of Teesside council area. This was replaced by Cleveland county; it had four borough councils which became unitary authorities after the county was abolished in 1996. Darlington became a unitary authority in 1997; the five authorities formed a Local Enterprise Partnership in 2011, further collaboration between the five authorities lead to Tees Valley Combined Authority being created in 2016.
The River Tees geographical valley is known as Teesdale.
For centuries, north Tees was under the Prince-bishopric of Durham. Both Darlington and Stockton had ancient wards named after them, the county was quartered with Chester-Le-Street and Easington for County Durham's named for its northern half. The southern half of County Durham in certain parishes came under a wapentake district for centuries outside of the wards, this area was named after Sadberge. Middleton St George, Hartlepool and Billingham were in Stockton ward, the latter two were also in a district called Hartness.
South Tees was under Yorkshire's North Riding; a wapentake called Langbaurgh, which was synonymous with the name Cleveland.
The eastern side of Teesdale had a wave of population increase during the Victorian Era, local government was structurally rebuilt during this time for the country. Places in the area had districts which were governed from them, this system of smaller districts remained until the mid-20th century.
Urban districts (such as Eston, Billingham and Saltburn and Marske by the Sea) and parts of rural districts, as well as municipal boroughs (such as Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees and Redcar) and county boroughs (Middlesbrough) were merged into the County Borough of Teesside in 1968. However in 1974, the county borough was disbanded.
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Tees Valley
Tees Valley is a strategic authority area in Northern England, around the lower River Tees. The area is not a geographical valley but could be considered to be based on the Tees flood plain. The combined authority covers five council areas: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees: this includes areas in both County Durham and North Yorkshire counties.
The town of Middlesbrough is the largest population centre in the area. The borough of Middlesbrough is the smallest of the five, at only 54 square kilometres (21 sq mi) and a population of 156,161: the Stockton-on-Tees borough (including multiple towns) is the largest with an area of 205 square kilometres (79 sq mi) and a population of 206,800, as of 2024.
From 1968 until 1974, parts of the area were included in the County Borough of Teesside council area. This was replaced by Cleveland county; it had four borough councils which became unitary authorities after the county was abolished in 1996. Darlington became a unitary authority in 1997; the five authorities formed a Local Enterprise Partnership in 2011, further collaboration between the five authorities lead to Tees Valley Combined Authority being created in 2016.
The River Tees geographical valley is known as Teesdale.
For centuries, north Tees was under the Prince-bishopric of Durham. Both Darlington and Stockton had ancient wards named after them, the county was quartered with Chester-Le-Street and Easington for County Durham's named for its northern half. The southern half of County Durham in certain parishes came under a wapentake district for centuries outside of the wards, this area was named after Sadberge. Middleton St George, Hartlepool and Billingham were in Stockton ward, the latter two were also in a district called Hartness.
South Tees was under Yorkshire's North Riding; a wapentake called Langbaurgh, which was synonymous with the name Cleveland.
The eastern side of Teesdale had a wave of population increase during the Victorian Era, local government was structurally rebuilt during this time for the country. Places in the area had districts which were governed from them, this system of smaller districts remained until the mid-20th century.
Urban districts (such as Eston, Billingham and Saltburn and Marske by the Sea) and parts of rural districts, as well as municipal boroughs (such as Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees and Redcar) and county boroughs (Middlesbrough) were merged into the County Borough of Teesside in 1968. However in 1974, the county borough was disbanded.
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