Middlesbrough Warburton, air photographer, was played by Alec Guinness in "Malta Story". The great model maker Richard Old (1856–1932) resided for most of his life at 6 Ruby Street. Middlesbrough is twinned with: Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a large post-industrial town on the south bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, northeast England, founded in 1830. The local council, a unitary authority, is Middlesbrough Borough Council. The 2011 Census recorded the borough's total resident population as 138,400 and the wider urban settlement with a population of 174,700, technically making Middlesbrough the largest urban subdivision in the ceremonial county of
Middlesbrough formed in 1894, covering a rural area to the south of the town. It was abolished in 1932, partly going to the county borough; but mostly going to the Stokesley Rural District. In 1968 Middlesbrough became part of the County Borough of Teesside, and in 1974 it became part of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland until the county's abolition in 1996, when Middlesbrough became a unitary authority. The town now forms part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes only. Currently the Middlesbrough constituency is represented by Andy McDonald for Labour in the House of Commons. He was elected in a