Bowesfield is an area of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The area is located in the Ropner ward to the south of the town centre. [1] [2] The area is a mix of industrial, residential, and open space.
The name Bowesfield, through Bowesfield Lane, can be found from Oxbridge Lane (just south of the town centre) through eastern Parkfield and down to Tees Jubilee Bridge. The former Bowesfield Farm originally overlooked old Thornaby on the opposite bank of the River Tees. [3]
Southern Bowesfield was once dominated by industrial areas such as the Bowesfield Works which has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.
Parkfield, named after Ropner Park to the west, includes Bowesfield Primary School, [4]
Parkfield is noted for its amount of religious institutions. They are churches: St Peter's (CoE), Church of Nazarene, St Cuthbert's (Roman Catholic), Jubilee York Road (Methodist) Stockton (United Reformed), Rivers of Life (Christian Fellowship), New Life and the former Holy Trinity. Mosques are also found: Jamia Al Bihal and Farooq E Azam.
Darlington is a market and industrial town in County Durham, England. It is the main administrative centre of the unitary authority Borough of Darlington. The borough is a constituent member of the devolved Tees Valley area.
The River Tees, in Northern England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for 85 miles (137 km) to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar near Middlesbrough. The modern day history of the river has been tied with the industries on Teesside in its lower reaches, where it has provided the means of import and export of goods to and from the North East England. The need for water further downstream also meant that reservoirs were built in the extreme upper reaches, such as Cow Green.
Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It is in Teesdale with a town centre on a small meander of the River Tees. To the south-east, it extends to the River Leven, to the south it extends into the Kirklevington.
Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority borough of County Durham, England. With a population of 84,815, it was classed as large town to smaller city at the 2021 UK census. It is part of the Teesside and the devolved Tees Valley area, on the northern banks of the River Tees.
Middlesbrough is a town in the Middlesbrough unitary authority borough of North Yorkshire, England. The town is in Teesdale, near the North York Moors National Park. With a population of 148,215, it was classed as large town to smaller city at the 2021 UK census. It is the largest town of the wider Teesside area, which had a population of 376,633 in 2011.
Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in the Teesside built-up area.
Norton, also known as Norton-on-Tees is a village in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham.
Billingham is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. The town is on the north side of the River Tees and is governed as part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority. It had a population of 35,165 at the 2011 Census.
Ingleby Barwick is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It is south of the River Tees and north-east of the River Leven.
Egglescliffe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Administratively it is located in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
Hartburn, also known as Hartburn Village, is a south west Stockton area in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The area was originally called East Hartburn to differentiate it with West Hartburn near Middleton St George.
Kirklevington is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 809.
Stockton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Matt Vickers, a Conservative MP.
Ormesby a village in North Yorkshire, England. Its governance is split between two unitary authority boroughs, to the north Middlesbrough and to the south Redcar and Cleveland, both are part of the devolved Tees Valley area. It is in the Middlesbrough part of the Teesside built up area.
The River Skerne is a tributary of the River Tees. It flows through County Durham in England.
Bowesfield Works was a railway locomotive manufacturing plant in Stockton-on-Tees. The works was operated by a joint venture company called Metropolitan Vickers-Beyer Peacock from 1949 until 1960.
Trinity Green is a public park located on the edge of Stockton Town Centre in Stockton-on-Tees, England. The park is dominated by the preserved ruins and Grade II* listed building of Holy Trinity Church which was gutted by fire in Autumn 1991. Trinity Green was given to the town of Stockton by Bishop William van Mildert at the start of the 19th century, and now serves a space open to the public, hosting occasional cultural and community events.
Middlesbrough started as a Benedictine priory on the south bank of the River Tees, its name possibly derived from it being midway between the holy sites of Durham and Whitby. The earliest recorded form of Middlesbrough's name is "Mydilsburgh", containing the term burgh.