Stockton-on-Tees

American  

[stok-tuhn-on-teez, -awn-] / ˈstɒk tən ɒnˈtiz, -ɔn- /

noun

1. a seaport in Cleveland, in NE England, near the mouth of the Tees River.

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Stockton-on-Tees British  

noun

1. 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)

2. 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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Example Sentences

Judge, a former businessman from Stockton-on-Tees, approached Stacey Baldam in 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Cleveland - which covers Stockton-on-Tees as well as areas such as Middlesbrough and Redcar - appears to be England and Wales's shoplifting capital.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

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

They were Ukrainian Vitaliy Lapa, Jamie Harbron from Stockton-on-Tees and a Scottish man who had arrived from Dubai - who police called Person of Interest One.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

—Antiquary and critic, b. at Stockton-on-Tees, settled in London as a conveyancer, at the same time devoting himself to the study of ancient English poetry.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)