Middlesbrough which to place new coal staithes. As a result, in 1829 he and a group of Quaker businessmen bought the Middlesbrough farmstead and associated estate, some of land, and established the Middlesbrough Estate Company. Through the company, the investors set about the development of a new coal port on the banks of the Tees nearby, and a suitable town on the site of the farm (the new town of Middlesbrough) to supply the port with labour. By 1830 the S&DR had been extended to Middlesbrough and expansion of the town was assured. The small farmstead became the site of such
Middlesbrough RUFC to use their pitch, due to the rugby club needing to use the main ground, rather than the main junior ground, Tollesby Road, as the grass was not cut. After the grass at Tollesby was cut, the youth teams from the under-7s to under-12s moved back to Tollesby. There are currently plans to have their stand converted into an all-seater stand, instead of using bench seating, there will be plastic seats used. Middlesbrough RUFC Middlesbrough Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team. The local team of the area of Middlesbrough, the club runs five senior sides and