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Aislaby, County Durham

Aislaby, County Durham
FieldValue
countryEngland
official_nameAislaby
population201
population_ref(2011)
unitary_englandStockton-on-Tees
lieutenancy_englandCounty Durham
regionNorth East England
constituency_westminsterStockton West
post_townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
postcode_districtTS16
postcode_areaTS
dial_code01642
os_grid_referenceNZ404123
static_imageAislaby Village - geograph.org.uk - 232381.jpg
static_image_captionAislaby
coordinates

Aislaby ( ) is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm.

History

The name, first attested as Asulue(s)bi in 1086, is of Viking origin and means "Aslak's farm." Aislaby was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Geography

Administration

Aislaby is historically and ceremonially located in County Durham, but for administrative purposes is located in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, made a unitary authority in 1996. Before this time it was in the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland, created on 1 April 1974 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Aislaby is in the Eaglescliffe ward. It is part of the Stockton West parliamentary constituency.

The local police force is Cleveland Police. Aislaby is in the Stockton district and its nearest police station is in Yarm.

Location

The [[River Tees]] at Aislaby
  • Latitude and longitude: (54.5, -1.4)
  • Road access: Minor road off A67 in Egglescliffe
  • Rail access: Yarm, Eaglescliffe and Allens West.
  • Nearest airport: Teesside Airport

Notable residents

Aislaby is home to the former Middlesbrough and England national football team manager, Steve McClaren. He bought the house that his predecessor at Middlesbrough FC, Bryan Robson, had lived in.

References

References

  1. "2011 Census:Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
  2. G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 2.
  3. (2010). "Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 ''Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool)''". Ordnance Survey.
  4. A.D. Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford UP, 2nd ed., 1998), p. 4.
  5. Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Aislaby". Anna Powell-Smith.
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