Middlesbrough of 1086. Other links persist in the area, often through school or road names, to now-outgrown or abandoned local settlements, such as the medieval settlement of Stainsby, deserted by 1757, which amounts to little more today than a series of grassy mounds near the A19 road. In 1801, Middlesbrough was a small farm with a population of just 25. During the latter half of the 19th century, however, it experienced rapid growth. The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) had been developed to transport coal from Witton Park Colliery and in County Durham, to the River Tees in the east. It
Bishop of Middlesbrough Bishop of Middlesbrough The Bishop of Middlesbrough is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough in the Province of Liverpool, England. The diocese covers an area of of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire together with the City of York. The see is in the suburb of Coulby Newham in the town of Middlesbrough where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary. The diocese was erected on 20 December 1878 from the Diocese of Beverley. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Terence Drainey, 7th Bishop of Middlesbrough,