North Yorkshire Local History | Discover The History of Middlesbrough

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[@jonathanmcroberts8549]

That was a great watch.

[@garrywalker6646]

Great video im boro born n bred love my town with a passion im 65 now i go to all the old places of history about the area we were a victorian town just like glasgow birmingham belfast manchester liverpool and countless other places no other town or city grew like us in the mid 19th century we built the world railways bridges IRONOPOLIS, ERIMUS, INFANT HERCULES, WE WILL BE? .

[@captainnerd6452]

I'm from Middlesborough Kentucky, a small town founded in the 1880's and named in honor of Middlesbrough, and intended to be a mining and iron city just like its namesake, funded by British investors.

[@TeachersPetUK]

That's really interesting to hear about! :) Does town still have any of its mining and iron production heritage today?

[@captainnerd6452]

@@TeachersPetUK The iron ore mining ended long ago but there is an old iron furnace in the town of Cumberland Gap, just about a mile from Middlesborough, over the mountain through the Cumberland Gap, that was used for a while in the early days. Coal mining moved from deep mining to strip mining, there are still some scars on the mountains around the city visible from town. There's also the Coal House and Mining Museum, the house was built in the 1920's using 42 tons of coal, and the museum is outdoors next to the building, which displays mining equipment and memorabilia from the old deep mining days. My dad was a coal miner and my mom's father was, too, back in the 1930's, so they used similar equipment. There is an office of the British company that funded and built the city, the American Association, Ltd., and the owner of a lot of the land around the area. There's an iron-working company in town as well, that started when the town was built, and still today makes specialized iron pieces, like manhole covers and decorative iron. Other than that, there isn't much left from those days. The whole city is pretty small, the crater it sits in is about 3 miles in diameter, and it's only partially filled by the city. Nowhere near as large as your city!

[@DeannaAllison]

I was born in Middlesbrough - great to see this video, thanks!

[@kenhutley971]

Excellent vignette of my birth town where I grew up. Proud of its history. Thankyou!

[@KhadimHussain-k5p]

Treasure trove of information - well done

[@traymondaniels6281]

very good video

[@worma544]

Great research mate, very informative.

[@pancrack]

No mention at all of the substantial iron age hillfort at Eston Nab which overlooked Middlesbrough and is the only one known in Cleveland. Its ramparts are still visible. Yet you mention Thorpe Thewles which is beyond Stockton! Middlesbrough Priory is depicted with generic priory image which is misleading. M'bro Farm is depicted with another generic image. An image for that does exist and could have been used. M'bro was THE iron-making capital of the world. BV & Co. THE world's biggest company in the world and Eston mine THE biggest ironstone mine in the world are massive facts that should have been included.

[@AndrewHogarth-o8b]

By is a Viking place name ending not b. Why stop short of the last 100 years or so sound effects were a bit tame

[@ericwilkinson1771]

i was born in middlesbrough worked dorman and long school st johnsi think the town is the pits live in Australia for 50 yrs best thing ever i have done

[@brightspark4817]

it may be spelt inbleby barwick but its pronounced barrack and has been as long as i have lived the last 70 years along with all other local people

[@BastardSquad]

Was actually ‘Mydilsburgh’. ‘Middlesbrough’ didn’t exist until after Captain Cook died.

[@Jezza-m5k]

Also, Middlesboro...