Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
—  Unitary, Borough  —
Official logo of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Coat of Arms of Stockton-on-Tees
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North East England
Ceremonial county	Durham and North Yorkshire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Stockton-on-Tees
Government
• Type	Stockton-on-Tees Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour / Independent
• Mayor	Councillor Paul Baker[1]
• MPs:	Alex Cunningham (L) James Wharton (C)
Area
• Total	78.7 sq mi (203.9 km2)
Area rank	164th
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	192,400
• Rank	Ranked 87th
• Density	2,400/sq mi (940/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	00EF
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	97.2% White 1.7% S.Asian
Website	stockton.gov.uk

Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area and borough in the Tees Valley area of north east England, with a population in 2001 of 178,408, rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates.

The borough of Stockton-on-Tees consists of Stockton-on-Tees (population 82,880), and smaller outlying settlements, including Billingham (pop. 36,720), Thornaby-on-Tees, (pop. 23,200) Yarm and Ingleby Barwick(pop.16,280) . Durham Tees Valley Airport is also partly within the borough. The Stockton-on-Tees borough accounts for the largest number of residents within the Teesside and Hartlepool urban area.

History[link]

The core of the town was anciently in County Durham, but the borough spilled over the river into Yorkshire. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, from the Stockton part of Teesside county borough, along with part of Stockton Rural District in County Durham and part of Stokesley Rural District from the North Riding. At that time it was designated a non-metropolitan district of Cleveland.

It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire, along the line of the River Tees as shown in the map (left) with County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south.

Council[link]

The Borough has 26 wards with either one, two or three Councillors representing each. There are 56 Councillors in total in the Borough of Stockton. Following the elections that took place in May 2011, 2 of these are Billingham Independent Association, 12 Conservative, 6 Ingleby Barwick Independent Society, 27 are Labour, 4 Liberal Democrat, and 5 Thornaby Independent Association.^[2]

Economy[link]

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

^1 includes hunting and forestry

^2 includes energy and construction

^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Local Nature Reserves[link]

The council maintains a number of Local Nature Reserves including Barwick Pond, Charlton's Pond, Greenvale, Hardwick Dene and Elm Tree Woods, Norton Grange Marsh, Quarry Wood (Eaglescliffe) and Stillington Forest Park.

References[link]

1. ^ "The Mayor - Stockton Borough Council". www.stockton.gov.uk. http://www.stockton.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/mayor/. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
2. ^ "Councillors and Council Meeting Information (Egenda)". www.stockton.gov.uk. http://www.stockton.gov.uk/yourcouncil/egenda/. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 

External links[link]

• Statistics about Stockton-on-Tees from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001

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Coordinates: 54°33′N 1°20′W / 54.55°N 1.333°W / 54.55; -1.333

Brass Crosby (8 May 1725–1793) was an English radical lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London.

Life[link]

Brass Crosby was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1725. He qualified in law and came to London to practise his chosen profession. In 1758 he was elected to the City Council and elected 'lay' Sheriff in 1764. In 1765 Crosby was elected an Alderman and in 1768 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Honiton. In 1770 he was elected Lord Mayor of London. Crosby was a supporter of radical politician John Wilkes.

In February 1772 he married Mrs Mary Tattersall.

As Lord Mayor (and therefore chief magistrate for the City) one of his first acts was to refuse to enforce Admiralty warrants to press gang Londoners into the Royal Navy and he ordered constables to be positioned "at all avenues" of the City to prevent the seizure of men.

Crosby engaged in a famous battle with the House of Commons over publishing Parliamentary debates. In 1771 he had brought before him a printer who dared publish reports of Parliamentary proceedings. He released the man, but was subsequently ordered to appear before the House to explain his actions. Crosby was committed to the Tower of London, but when brought to trial several judges refused to hear the case and after protests from the public Crosby was released. No further attempts had ever been made to prevent the publication of Parliamentary debates, facilitating the emergence of Hansard, until May 2009 when Carter Ruck (a controversial law firm) attempted to stop The Guardian newspaper from reporting a question asked in the House by Paul Farrelly MP, or to report that it had received such an injunction. The outrage caused by this brought Brass Crosby's name to the public attention again. Crosby's actions are reputed to be the inspiration for the phrase "Bold as Brass"[1].

In July 1771, the newly constructed obelisk at St George's Circus in Southwark was given an additional inscription. Below the text: ERECTED IN/ XIth Year/ OF THE REIGN/ OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD/ MDCCLXXI was added THE RIGHT HONOURABLE/BRASS CROSBY ESQUIRE/ LORD MAYOR. For many years, this somewhat squashed inscription was the only public commemoration of Crosby.

Crosby died in 1793 at Chelsfield which was then a separate Kent village outside London. The London Borough of Bromley has now erected a Blue Plaque to Crosby outside his former home, Court Lodge, in Church Road, Chelsfield.

References[link]

• Dictionary of National Biography, Crosby, Brass (1725–1793), lord mayor of London, by G. F. R. Barker. Published 1888.