Stockton-on-Tees

[stok-tuhn-on-teez, -awn-]

noun

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

Stockton-on-Tees

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)

Example Sentences

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.

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Kwan, who lived in Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, and worked in Sunderland, was jailed for 31 years and five months after admitting attempted murder.

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Sam Elliott, 50, created The Caff in Stockton-on-Tees as a "safe space" for people struggling with issues like loneliness, the cost-of-living crisis and addiction.

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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.

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His body was found on Friday, a day after he went missing after going off with a friend in an area known as the Muddies in Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, and entering the water.

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