Middlesbrough Council Middlesbrough Council Middlesbrough Council, formerly known as Middlesbrough Borough Council is the local council of Middlesbrough. It is a unitary authority and borough council in the Tees Valley sub-region of the North East of England. It is based on the town of Middlesbrough, which is often considered to spread outside the borough boundaries into neighbouring Redcar and Cleveland with a total built-up population of 174,700; the borough extends southwards to a semi-rural area. Whilst part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes, it is in the region of North East England. It had a resident council population in 2001 of 134,855.
Acklam, Middlesbrough Acklam, Middlesbrough Acklam is a suburb of Middlesbrough, in the unitary authority of Middlesbrough, in north-east England and is associated with the county of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes. Acklam was referred to as "Aclun" in the 1086 "Domesday Book". It is believed that the name is Anglo-Saxon Old English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks". In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this once tiny village passed from Stokesley Rural District, to Middlesbrough Rural District and was eventually incorporated into the county borough of Middlesbrough during the early 20th century. In the west of