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Stockton-on-Tees
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English
Borough of +
Proper noun
en market town co/County Durham cc/England, known as Stockton for short. Formerly a Metropolitan Borough, and merged into the County Borough of Teesside between 1968 and 1974.
en A <<borough>> created in 1974 as part of Cleveland County, becoming a <<unitary authority>> in 1996 within Tees Valley region, and split between the ceremonial counties of <<co/County Durham>> and <<co/North Yorkshire>>. The River Tees acts as the boundary between the two halves.