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Captain Cook
A short history of Middlesbrough
Building Bridges
Iron & Steel in Middlesbrough's History
The Birth of Middlesbrough
Cargo Fleet - An Old Port
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History
Middlesbrough Farm House c1808
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Middlesbrough was still only a farm of 25 people as late as 1801; the town did not start to grow until 1829 when a group of Quaker businessmen, headed by Joseph Pease of Darlington, purchased the farm and developed the ‘Port of Darlington’. A town was planned on the site of the farm to supply labour to the new port.
Captain CookCook was born in a small village near Middlesbrough, (Marton) and learnt his trade in small sailing ships known as 'cats', in which he journeyed up and down the coast from the Tyne to the Thames. [
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A short history of MiddlesbroughA short history of Middlesbrough [
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Building BridgesThe history of building bridges in Middlesbrough [
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Iron & Steel in Middlesbrough's HistoryIron and Steel paid an important role in Middlesbrough's history. [
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The Birth of MiddlesbroughMydilsburgh is the earliest recorded form of Middlesbrough's name and dates to Saxon times. [
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