Cleveland, Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°30′00″N 1°08′02″W / 54.500°N 1.134°W / 54.500; -1.134
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This article is about an area of England. For the former county, see Cleveland (county). For other Clevelands, see Cleveland (disambiguation).

54°30′00″N 1°08′02″W / 54.500°N 1.134°W / 54.500; -1.134 Cleveland /ˈkliːvlənd/ is a land of hills and dales from the River Tees to Vale of Pickering, England. The name means “cliff-land”.

The natural sub-regions of Yorkshire

The area corresponds to the former Langbaurgh Wapentake. The North York Moors national park, established in 1952, covers part of it. A non-metropolitan county under the same name existed from 1974 to 1996 and there is ambiguity today between that county and the historic extent of the name.

Heritage

Cleveland has a centuries-long association with the area from

Dukedom of Cleveland
was first created in the 17th century.

Metal

See also: ironstone mining in Cleveland and North Yorkshire

The Cleveland Hills were key suppliers of the ironstone which was essential to running blast furnaces alongside the River Tees. Cleveland’s rich ore has created a significant industrial heritage arising from its central role in the 19th century iron boom that led to Middlesbrough growing from a hamlet into a major industrial town in only a matter of decades. Teesport is one of the United Kingdom's main ports, initially due to the iron boom, with other heavy industrial plants between Middlesbrough and Redcar.

Name's usage

Legislation creating the

county of Cleveland
followed on similar boundaries, also including areas north of the River Tees.

The official name, from 1974, of the ”CLEVELAND” (TS postcode was formed from “TeeS“ or “Tees-Side”) postal county refers to a larger area including the non-metropolitan county and to the moors.[2]

Cleveland is a common place name in the USA and Canada, but relatively few of these places are named directly after this region in England. Many of the towns, as well as two counties and a national forest, are named after US President Grover Cleveland. Other towns are named after the City of Cleveland, Ohio, which in turn was named in honor of Moses Cleaveland, a founder of the city.

Geographical features

For sites covering the former county, see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland. For sites covered by the county council of North Yorkshire, see List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire.
Map of the North York Moors area with Cleveland and Cleveland Hills labelled

The area is geographically varied:

Districts

Kirkleatham Free School of 1709, now Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum

Titles

See also

References

  1. ^ Greenway, Diana E. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300, vol. 6, pp. 36–40
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide Edition 4, (2004)

External links

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