Middlesbrough mid-Victorian housing were demolished and much of central Middlesbrough was redeveloped. Heavy industry was relocated to areas of land better suited to the needs of modern technology. Middlesbrough itself began to take on a completely different look. The Green Howards was a British Army infantry regiment very strongly associated with Middlesbrough and the area south of the River Tees. Originally formed at Dunster Castle, Somerset in 1688 to serve King William of Orange, later King William III, this famous regiment became affiliated to the North Riding of Yorkshire in 1782. As Middlesbrough grew, its population of men came to be
Middlesbrough bus station Park End and Saltersgill. Buses also run from Middlesbrough to Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Scarborough and Whitby. Middlesbrough bus station Middlesbrough bus station serves the town of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The bus station is situated in Middlesbrough Town Centre off Newport Road. It was opened in 1982 at a cost of £5.3 million by the actress Pat Phoenix once of Coronation Street, and stands partly on the site of the previous bus station which belonged to the United bus company. There are 25 stands at the bus station and the main operators there are Arriva North East and Stagecoach