Stockton-on-Tees
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a former port and industrial centre in NE England, in Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority, Co Durham, on the River Tees: famous for the Stockton-Darlington Railway (1825), the first passenger-carrying railway in the world; now mainly residential. Pop: 80 060 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NE England, in Co Durham and North Yorkshire: created in 1996 from part of Cleveland county. Pop: 186 300 (2003 est). Area: 195 sq km (75 sq miles)
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Judge, a former businessman from Stockton-on-Tees, approached Stacey Baldam in 2025.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
One charity in Stockton-on-Tees is on the front line in the fight against fraud offering help, support and advice for thousands of victims every year.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
"I started getting a couple of fines, and I was young and had just started driving, so I would pay them because I was scared," said Miss Robinson, from Stockton-on-Tees.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
The twins, from Stockton-on-Tees, had gone from "strength to strength" since being born prematurely at just 26 weeks and two days gestation.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025
Long ago, in the days of canal formations, Brindley was consulted about a canal; afterwards, in 1812, a tramroad was surveyed by Rennie; and eventually, in 1817, a railway was projected from Darlington to Stockton-on-Tees.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
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