Boosbeck

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Boosbeck
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Boosbeck
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Boosbeck
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference NZ660168
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Cleveland
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Ambulance North East
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°32′32″N0°58′51″W / 54.54225°N 0.98072°W / 54.54225; -0.98072

Boosbeck is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

The name is Viking in origin and means "the stream near a cow shed". [1]

Boosbeck's former railway station in 1961 Boosbeck railway station 1854554 f07b9d0b.jpg
Boosbeck's former railway station in 1961

Between 1878 and 1960, the village had a station on the North Eastern Railway line between Brotton and Guisborough. [2] It was very efficient but closed in 1960.

Lockwood Primary School is located on the southern edge of the village. It was opened in 1984.

References

  1. "CommuniGate | Boosbeck History". communigate.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. "Disused Stations: Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2019.