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

Sunjit Kang, 40, who was the head of ICT and Business at The Grangefield Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, was found to have made a "concerted effort to falsify grades and examination performance" in about October 2023.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

"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

Home secretary James Cleverly has said he “did not, would not and would never” make derogatory comments about Stockton-on-Tees.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023

The statement that M. Schneider intented to remove his iron foundries from Creuzot to Stockton-on-Tees is incorrect.

From The Insurrection in Paris by Davy (An Englishman)