Middlesbrough Rural District Middlesbrough Rural District Middlesbrough Rural District was a rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1932. It was based on the Middlesbrough rural sanitary district created in 1875, which consisted of the Middlesbrough poor law union, except those parts in urban sanitary districts (that is: Middlesbrough, Eston (from 1884) and Thornaby on Tees). The rural district from 1894 consisted of the following parishes In 1913, Ormesby, formerly an urban district, became part of the rural district, whilst Linthorpe was added to the county borough of Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough Rural District was abolished in 1932, with parts of
Middlesbrough in Lorne Street and was opened in 1990. There is a Hindu Cultural Centre in Westbourne Grove, North Ormesby, which was opened in 1990. Middlesbrough has featured in many television programmes, including "The Fast Show", "Inspector George Gently", "Steel River Blues", "Spender", "Play for Today" ("The Black Stuff"; latterly the drama "Boys from the Blackstuff") and "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". Film director Ridley Scott is from the North East and based the opening shot of "Blade Runner" on the view of the old ICI plant at Wilton. He said: “There’s a walk from Redcar … I’d cross a bridge at night,