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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.
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- ↑ Finlay, Jeanie. "SOUND IT OUT".
- ↑ BFI. "BFI Cae study" (PDF).
- ↑ Gritten, David (6 September 2013). "The Great Hip-Hop Hoax director: 'they created these characters that they despised and hated'". The Telegraph .