Stocktonon Tees

Stockton-on-Tees, an old municipal and parliamentary borough of Durham, stands on the N. bank of the Tees near its mouth, and 11 miles distant N.E. from Darlington. Though dating from Roman times, and boasting until recent1y the ruins of a mediaeval castle, the place only began to attain prospenty towards the middle of this century through the growth of the iron and steel trade. The port does a large trade in shipping coal to the South and to the Baltic, and, in addition to blast-furnaces, iron-foundries, and steel-works, there are large building-sheds, sail-cloth factories, potteries, and breweries.