MIDDLESBROUGH (or Middlesbro’-on-Tees), at the mouth of the river of that name, is a parliamentary and municipal and also a county borough, seaport, head of a union and county court district, and a parish and township, with a station on the Stockton and Darlington section of the North Eastern railway, and is distant from London by the North Eastern and London and North Western railways 279 miles, and by the Great Northern and North Eastern 238 ½ miles, 3 ¼ north-east of Stockton, 7 ¼ north-west of Redcar, 15 north-east of Darlington, 51 from York, 45 from Newcastle-on-Tyne, 32 from Sunderland, 17 from West Hartlepool, 35 from Whitby (via Ayton or Loftus) and 56 ½ from Scarborough (by the coast line), in the Cleveland division of the Riding, West division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, petty sessional division of Langbaurgh North, rural deanery of Middlesbrough, archdeaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York.

Under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73), by Local Government Board Order, No. 31,986, the civil parish was extended to include parts of the parishes of West Acklam, Linthorpe, Marton, Normanby and Ormesby, and now comprises the same area as the municipal borough.

By Local Government Board Order, P. 1,088, dated sept. 30, 1895, that part of Linthorpe civil parish not added to Middlesbrough, and in Stockton-on-Tees municipal borough and administrative county of N. R. Yorks, was transferred to Stockton-on-Tees civil parish and administrative county of Durham.

By the “Representation of the People Act, 1867,” Middlesbrough was formed into a parliamentary borough, returning one member, including within its boundary the township of Linthorpe and part of the townships of Acklam, Ormesby and Eston. By the “Redistribution of seats Act, 1885,” so much of the municipal borough not before included was added to the parliamentary borough. The town was incorporated by charter in 1853, and in 1874 its boundaries were extended and the borough was in 1802 divided into ten wards, named respectively, St. Hilda’s ward, Vulcan ward, Exchange ward, Cleveland ward, Cannon ward, Newport ward, Acklam ward, Ayresome ward, Linthorpe ward and Grove Hill ward; the corporation consists of a mayor, ten aldermen and thirty councillors. The borough has a commission of the peace and a police force. An Act was obtained in 1841 for paving, lighting and watching the town and establishing a market, and in 1860 Middlesbrough was separated from the port of Stockton and constituted a separate port. Under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1888,” the borough became for certain purposes a”county borough.”

The town is lighted with gas, from works the property of the Corporation, erected near the marshes in 1879, at a cost of £145,000, and with electric light, from works in Snowdon road, erected in 1901, and the property of the corporation: the town is supplied with water by the Tees Valley Water Board, formed in pursuance of an Act obtained in 1876, compelling the Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Company to sell the works and rights of the company to the corporations of the two boroughs, now re-constituted as a joint water board; the works were purchased for a sum, including the costs of obtaining the Act, of upwards of £850,000, and large extensions have been made. The borough is sewered throughout in a thoroughly efficient manner at a cost of upwards of £86,000; the main outfall is into the Tees, at a point below the town.

In 1828, the coast from the Tees to Flamborough was examined for iron ore by the Birtley Iron Company, who afterwards abandoned the search; in the same year Mr. Bewick, of Sunderland, discovered the main seam, but it was not worked. In 1850 Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan discovered in the grounds of the late Sir J. H. Lowther a solid rock of ironstone, sixteen feet thick, and in 1851 erected the first blast furnaces here, and others were shortly after built at Eston. Since 1850 the production of pig iron in Cleveland and the North of England has steadily increased: in 1911 2,434,658 tons were produced in the Cleveland district, or one-third of the whole pig iron manufactured in Great Britain; of this quantity over 2,000,000 tons were made within the limits of the port of Middlesbrough alone. The mines from which the ironstone is obtained extend from Eston and Normanby, past Upleatham to Guisborough, Skelton, Brotton and Skinningrove. The principal mining field occupies a tract of country about 30 square miles in extent, but the ironstones district of Cleveland is known to extend in the direction of Whitby and the south for many miles; the out-put of iron ore amounted in 1901 to 5,100,823 tons; in 1902, 5,396,670 tons; in 1903, 5,668,296 tons; in 1904, 5,719,607 tons; in 1905, 5,934,283 tons; in 906, 6,102,223 tons; in 1907, 6,240,103 tons, and in 1911, 6,049,815 tons. The iron works in the port of Middlesbrough are as follows:-commencing at Newport in the west, Sir B. Samuelson and Co. Limited have eight large furnaces, 200 coke ovens, and sulphate and benzol plants: this firm being also owners of the Spawood and Slapewath mines in the Cleveland district and the Hedley Hope collieries in Durham; then come the rolling mills of The Newport Rolling Mills Limited consist of 60 puddling furnaces, and are devoted to the manufacture of iron plates for shipbuilding, bridge, tank and boiler purposes. The Britannia steel W rks (Messrs. Dorman, Long and Co. Limited) are next, and comprise 11 open-hearth basic steel furnaces, with suitable rolling mills &c. capable of turning out 5,000 tons of finished steel per week. The Wellington cast steel foundry (W. Shaw and Co.) consists of two furnaces (Siemens-Martin acid process), capable of producing 200 tons of finished steel castings per week. The Avrton rolling mills (Dorman, Long and Co. Limited) are situated near to Newport, and consist of 18 puddling furnaces, 12 ball furnaces, 8 sheet mills and 4 galvanizing baths, capable of producing weekly about 450 tons of puddled and ball furnace iron, 500 tons of black iron and steel sheets and 550 tons of galvanized sheets. The works of the North Eastern steel Co. Limited consist of four converters for the production of Bessemer basic steel, which are turning out over 4,000 tons of ingots per week; also mills for producing “Thomas phosphate powder,” used as manure, from their basic slag. The Aryesome works of Messrs. Gjers, Mills and Co. Limited consist of four blast furnaces. The Acklam foundry belongs to Messrs. James and Ronald Ritchie Limited. The Linthorpe works (of the Linthorpe-Dinsdale smelting Co. Limited) comprise six blast furnaces. The Tees side Bridge and Engineering Works Limited have extensive engineering works where bridges are made and other constructional engineering work is done. The firm of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Limited come next in order: this firm has 25 furnaces, producing ordinary and hematite pig iron, ferro-manganese and spiegeleisen, at Middlesbrough and elsewhere in the neighbourhood, and rolling mills for steel rails and ship plates; here are also large foundries and engineering works, where the company make the engines required in their mines, collieries and other works: the company are also large mine and colliery owners, having six ironstone mines in the Cleveland district, and nine collieries in the county of Durham, in addition to limestone quarries. Opposite to the Middlesbrough works of Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Limited, on the Durham side of the river, are the Clarence works of Messrs. Bell Brothers Limited, consisting of 11 blast furnaces, and steel works; this firm is also owner of ironstone mines, collieries and fire-brick works, and has offices in Zetland road in the town. On the Yorkshire side again come two shipbuilding yards. Shipbuilding is carried on to a considerable extent by Messrs. Sir Raylton Dixon and Co. Limited, and Messrs. W. Harkess and son Limited. Messrs. Sir Raylton Dixon and Co Limited have six berths for building new vessels, and a large hydraulic slipway, and have built some 580 vessels, including several above 10,000 tons dead-weight, since the firm was first established about 50 years ago. During the year 1911, 55 vessels, all of steel, were built in Middlesbrough, with a net tonnage of 19,818. In addition, 20 vessels, with a net tonnage of 10,107, were built for foreigners.

The Yorkshire tube works of Messrs. Crewdson, Hardy and Co. Limited are very extensive and fitted with the most modern machinery; this firm make a speciality, among other goods, of blast furnace tuyere coils, of which they produce some thousands a year; they have supplied the principal firms throughout England, while their tubes have been sent to every part of the world where gas, steam or water is in use, and received the highest award at the Newcastle-on-Tyne Exhibition of 1887, for good workmanship in wrought iron and steel tubes and fittings in competition with the principal makers throughout England. The Tees iron works of Messrs. Pease and Partners Limited come next; these consist of five blast furnaces and extensive iron foundries. The Ormesby iron works of Messrs. Cochrane and Co. Limited consist of four blast furnaces; closely adjoining these are their Ormesby foundries and engineering works. The Normanby Iron Works of Messrs. Pease and Partners Limited have four blast furnaces. The Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Limited have two blast furnaces, and another is now (1913) in course of construction at Cargo Fleet, and ironstone mines at Liverton, and limestone quarries at Mickleton-in-Teesdale. The south Bank iron works of Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Limited comprise seven furnaces. Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Limited have also eleven blast furnaces and large mills at Eston devoted to the manufacture of steel rails, tramway rails, steel plates, fish plates, sleepers &c. There are also six blast furnaces at Redcar owned by Messrs. Walker, Maynard and Co. Limited. But in addition to the works for the manufacture of pig and finished iron, many other industries have been established in the locality. At the Newport wire mills, telegraph, fencing and other kinds of wire are made, and stampings are now made by Messrs. Heavy stampings Limited. The works of Messrs. John Turner and Co. Limited, engineers and boiler makers, are in North street. The Anglo-American Oil Co. Limited have a depot in West Marsh for the storage of 2,000 tons of refined oil. The works of Messrs. Richardsons, West-garth and Co. Limited, marine and general engineers, are in Lower Commercial street. In North road are the Resin Oil Distillery and Refinery and Tallow Melting Works of Messrs. Theo. Phillips, son and Co Limited; adjoining, in Lloyd street, are the works of the Patent Lubricating Bag Co. Limited, whose speciality is a lubricant put into canvas bags to be used for lubricating roll necks and heavy bearings. Concreting from slag is also largely carried on here by J. Crombie and son Limited.

The following is a list of the firms producing pigeiron in what is termed the Cleveland district (which in this connection takes in proprietors whose works are both north and south of the river Tees), with the number of furnaces belonging to each firm and a comparative statement of the production of pig iron for the years 1879—1911, and also of the production of those works included in the returns of the port of Middlesbrough for the same period.

The works marked with an asterisk are included in the port of Middlesbrough.

Make of pig iron for the district embraced in the Cleveland Iron Masters’ Association:—

The make of pig iron at the works in the Middlesbrough district, compared with, as regards Cleveland iron, that during each of the years 1870—1912. and as regards hematite &c. that during the years 1881—1912, was:—

* Estimated for these years.

The total shipment of coal in 1911 was, coast-wise, 4,082 tons, and foreign, 34,809, and of coke, 2,056 tons; 40,109 tons to foreign countries; and chemicals to the value of £276,019.

The value of the exports of all goods, except coal and coke, from the port of Middlesbrough-was, in 1901, £3,977,105; 1902, £4,22,288; 1903, £4,580,198; 1904, £4,056,011; 1905, £4,762,557; 1906, £7,326,032; 1907, £9,469,262; 1908, £7,652,927; 1909, £7,932,400; 1910, £7,720,369; 1911, £8,601,523, and in 1912, £10,242,263.

In 1882 a deposit of rock salt was discovered beneath the district, and various firms have since embarked in the salt trade, for which evaporating pans have been constructed, and various chemical works, depending on the supply of salt, have been erected. Those engaged in the salt trade are the salt Union Limited and the Cleveland salt Co. Limited. The exports of salt from the Tees were 108,963 tons in 1904; 99,635 tons in 1905; 97,408 tons in 1906; 106,974 tons in 1907; 107,618 tons in 1908; 105,820 tons in 1909; 121,839 tons in 1910; 123,625 tons in 1911, and 88,941 tons in 1912 (shortage owing to strike). The large chemical works of Sadler and Co. Limited are in Cargo Fleet road. The Middlesbrough estate, comprising at the present time nearly 500 acres of land, was acquired in 1856 by the present company, “The Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate Limited,” whose chief business is the buying and selling of land; the company also own an extensive timber business, and are the owners of the salt works at Cargo Fleet, and of the property known as the “Saltburn Estate.”

Tees Navigation.-in the beginning of the century the estuary of the Tees, extending to Middlesbrough, consisted of an expanse of shallow water or marshes, interspersed with sandbanks and rocks, among which the masters of vessels of small draught could with great difficulty shape their course to the sea. As the manufactures of the town became developed it became desirable to improve the navigation of the river, and for that purpose in 1852 the Tees Conservancy Commission was formed, and that body have since been carrying out works with that object. Training walls have been erected, defining the course of the navigable channel; these have been formed of millions of tons of slag. The bed of the river has been dredged to the depth of 17 feet at low water of ordinary spring tides to Middles brough, the navigable channel increased to 500 feet, several projecting points cut off and the course thereby straightened. Many dangerous rocks have been removed by blasting, 14 miles of embankment made, and about 3,155 acres of land reclaimed, of which about 1,600 have been sold. In clearing the bed of the Tees, according to a report to the Tees Conservancy Committee (Nov. 1888), with regard to the operations which had been going on during the previous seven years, the remains of an ancient forest and a quantity of large boulders had been removed, including 300 trees and 1,300 boulders varying in weight from one to four tons. The most important work, however, has been the formation of the south Gare breakwater, in order to consolidate and fix the shifting sand and to form a harbour of refuge. The total length of the south Gare breakwater is about 2 ½ miles; at its seaward end, supported on huge concrete blocks, is an iron lighthouse with a 12-panel single flashlight, visible at a distance of 10 miles, and showing at a height of 53 feet above sea level; before its construction the depth of water over the bar at low water was from 2 to 3 feet, according to the tides; it is now 20 feet. The total cost of the south Gare breakwater, completed in 1888, was £308,000, towards which the Government advanced to the Commissioners £80,000 on loan, and the local ironmasters paid in tonnage for slag a sum of £65,000. The construction of the North Gare breakwater has been suspended since 1892.

The Dock, first opened in 1842, then comprised an area of 9 acres; in 1872 it was extended, giving an area of 12 acres all in one dock (with 1,700 feet of quays), the entrance to which was about 400 yards long and 55 feet wide, with 22 feet of water on the sill at spring tides, and was capable of accommodating Vessels up to 3,000 tons burthen; for the purpose of loading and unloading, steam travelling cranes are provided at different parts of the quays. The enlargement was made by the North Eastern Bailway Company at a cost of over £150,000. The directors of the same company adopted a large scheme for the purpose of increasing the shipping facilities of Middlesbrough, which was carried out in 1888, and includes the following extensions and improvements: the dock is reached by means of an artificial channel, branching off from the river; this channel was considerably deepened and widened and the entrance of the dock greatly improved; the dock itself was considerably enlarged; ample provision was made for the access of the largest class of vessels at all states of the tide, and upon the quay extensive hydraulic machinery erected; the width of the channel was increased from 80 feet to 200 feet, and the depth increased from 23 feet to 28 feet at spring tides; an extreme width of some 230 feet was given at the mouth of the channel, the docks enlarged to the extent of about 15 acres, and there was a clear available width of 650 feet of water: the additional length of quay accommodation amounted to nearly 1,300 feet, and the scheme was carried out at a cost of about £200,000. In 1897 the Royal Assent was obtained for further enlargement and the area has been increased from 15 to 26 acres; the total quayage from 3,145 feet to 6,700 feet, and the depth of water on the sill at high water ordinary spring tides to 33 feet; the width of the lock is 80 feet, and the dock now accommodates vessels upwards of 13,000 tons burthen. In connection with the dock is an iron warrant store. The dock offices, erected in 1901, are of red brick with stone dressings, and suitably arranged in floors for dock and railway purposes. The transporter bridge, at the end of Ferry road, plying between Middlesbrough and Port Clarence, is the property of the Corporation, and was opened by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught K.G. on the 17th Oct. 1911. The total cost of erection, including approaches &c. was £87,000. There is a carrying capacity in the car for 600 passengers, or 8 to in vehicles, and it works between the hours of 5.20 a.m. and 12 midnight on week-days and from 5.20 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sundays. The Tees Conservancy Commissioners have built a graving dock at Cargo Fleet 576 feet in length, with an entrance 50 feet wide, and having a depth of 15 ½ feet at spring tides. Ships of 8,000 tons burthen can now enter the docks.

In the year 1511, 801 British sailing and steam vessels of 1,154,569 tons, and 941 of 935,875 tonnage foreign vessels arrived. The number which departed was 801 foreign vessels of 677,847 tons and 751 British vessels of 1,287,511 tonnage.

In the general coasting trade, 223 sailing vessels with cargoes entered of 41,157 tons and 203 cleared of 39,381 tonnage; of steam vessels 575 entered of 162,488 tons and 1,114 of 322,771 cleared; in the same year 1,178 entered in ballast of 203,665 tons and 987 cleared of 709,289 tonnage. The number of sailing and steam vessels registered under Part I. of the “Merchant shipping Act, 1894,” as belonging to the port, in December, 1911, was 107, of a tonnage of 69,072. The number of fishing boats registered under Part IV. of the “Merchant shipping Act, 1894,” as belonging to Middlesbrough, was 62, requiring 141 men and boys to work them. Fishing boats and their implements are distinguished by the letters M.H.

The station of the North Eastern Railway Co. here, and one of the finest on their system, was rebuilt in 1877, at a cost of £100,000 and is constructed of faced stone throughout. There are booking and other suites of offices for each department on both sides of the station, and attached are dining and refreshment rooms.

Electric tramways, laid from the Ferry, in the town, to the outlying districts of Linthorpe, and from North Ormesby to Norton Green, through Thornaby and Stockton, are worked by the Imperial Tramways Company Limited.

St. Hilda’s, the parish church, erected in 1839, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a western tower with spire, containing 8 bells: the stained east window is a memorial to John Vaughan esq. and there are several others: in 1889 the chancel was rebuilt at a cost of £695, and in 1892 a carved oak pulpit was erected in memory of the late Edward Williams, ironmaster: the church affords 950 sittings. The register dates from the year 1839, but there are earlier entries connected with the parish of Middlesbrough in the registers of Acklam parish, dating from the beginning of the 18th century. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, including 15 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1906 by the Rev. Frank Harrison stock M.A. of Keble College, Oxford.

All Saints is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May 17, 1879, out of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist, St. Paul and West Acklam. The church, standing at the intersection of Grange road and Linthorpe road, and erected and consecrated in 1878 at a cost of £10,095, is a cruciform structure of red brick and stone in the Early English style, from designs by the late George E. Street esq. R.A. consisting of chancel with aisles, nave, aisles, west porch and a turret containing one bell; the illuminated reredos was erected in 1891 at a cost of £400; the central subject is the “Crucifixion,” on either side are figures of the four Evangelical Prophets and representations of the instruments of the Passion. The church affords 780 sittings. The register dates from the year 1878. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £225, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1884 by the Rev. John Stote Lotherington Burn B.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. A clergy house, adjoining the church, was erected in 1889. Sunday schools, erected near the church at a cost of £3,000, were opened in 1891.

St. Columba’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1903, out of the parish of All Saints. The church, standing at the corner of Boundary road and Cannon street, was erected in 1902 at a cost of £9,000, and is an edifice of red brick with stone dressings, from designs by Mr. Temple Moore, architect, of London, consisting of lofty nave with eastern chapel, entered by three arches, and a tower 72 feet in height, with a high-pitched roof: there is no chancel, but a choir has been formed by dwarf walls advancing into the nave, and raised above it by two steps: the marble font is a memorial to the late sister Katharine: oak choir and clergy stalls have been provided at a cost of £250, defrayed by a penny subscription among the parishioners: an organ was erected in the west gallery in 1909, at a cost of about £700, half the cost being borne by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The register dates from the year 1903. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £160, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1903 by the Rev. Charles Ernest Wicks A.K.C.L.

St. Aidan’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Dec. 10, 1901, out of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist, St. Paul’s, St. Barnabas and All Saints’. The church, in Linthorpe road, is a structure of wood, erected by voluntary labour, and was opened 17th June, 1899, by the Archbishop of York. The permanent church of St. Alban-the-Martyr, in Princes road, was erected from designs by Mr. F. L. Pearson F.R.I.B.A, of London, in 1902. The register dates from the year 1899. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Charles Henry Sellwood Godwin M.A. of St. John’s College, Cambridge.

St. Barnabas is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1897; the church, erected in 1891, and consecrated by the Archbishop of York in 1892, is an edifice of red brick with stone dressings, and has one bell: there is a fine marble and alabaster font, with carved oak cover, given by the Sunday school children, and a carved oak ewer stand, given in memory of John Cyril Cooper, by his mother: a pulpit of marble and alabaster, given in 1904 by Mrs. J. Constantin; a brass lectern given in memory of the late William Hanson esq. J.P. by his widow, and an organ, provided in 1901 at a cost of nearly £2.000: the church affords 780 sittings. The Lady chapel is panelled and furnished with oak, and has a memorial window to the late Charles Morrison. The register dates from the year 1892. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £250, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1897 by the Rev. John William Dales, of Durham University and St. Aidans, and chaplain of Middlesbrough union. A parochial hall was erected in 1912 at a cost of £1,500.

St. James’, in Crescent road, opened in 1904 as a chapel of ease to St. Barnabas’, is an iron building capable of seating 280 persons. The Rev. George William Thompson L.th, of Durham University, has been curate in charge since 1910.

St. John’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed April 12. 1864, out of Middlesbrough parish. The church, in Grove hill, was erected in 1864, and is a structure of brick and stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, transept, chapel, west porch and a fine western tower with spire containing a peal of tubular bells; the spire was added about 1885, at a cost of £860: the Teredos is of Caen stone and marble richly carved, and there is also a stone pulpit, several stained windows, and sittings for 800 persons. The register dates from the year 1864. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £253, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1012 by the Rev. Richard Windham de la Poer Beresford-Peirse M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford.

The Mission church of St. Michael and All Angels, in Waterloo road, erected in 1904, in connection with St. John’s, will seat 500 persons, and there is algo a hall seating as many.

St. Paul’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed, Jan. 17, 1873, from St. John the Evangelist’s West Acklam parishes: the church, which stands at the southwest end of the town, on the road to Stockton, was erected in 1871, and is an edifice of red brick and stone, in the Decorated Gothic style, consisting of chancel, Clerestoried nave, aisles, and an embattled octagonal tower with spire rising east of the chancel arch and containing one bell: a lady chapel was added in 1912: there are 750 sittings. The register dates from the year 1867. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £274, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1913 by the Rev. Osbert Gadesden Mackie M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge.

The church of St. Cuthbert, on Newport Hill, erected in 1900, and consecrated 20 March, 1901, is a structure of brick, with stone facings, in the Gothic style, from designs by Mr. Temple Moore, architect, of Hampstead. The total cost, including site, sites for a vicarage and parish hall and internal fittings, is estimated at £10,000. The church serves a district comprising the former western portion of St. Paul’s parish, and was made a definite parish in 1903 The living is a vicarage, yearly value £200, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1910 by the Rev. Francis Briggs B.D. of Queen’s College, Oxford.

St. Peter’s is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Feb. 24, 1874, out of that of St. John the Evangelist: the church, standing in Lower Feversham street, and erected in 1872, is a plain edifice of red brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, vestry and a tower, erected in 1901, at the cost of Sir Raylton and Lady Dixon, and containing one bell: the chancel and vestry were built in 1880 at a cost of £500: the stained east window, placed in 1891, is a memorial to the late Rev. E. H. Rowland, vicar 1874—88; and there is another memorial window to Emma, wife of R. S. Cann: the church affords 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1873. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £218, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1913 by the Rev. Benjamin John Tatham th,A.K.C.

Middlesbrough is the head of a Catholic Diocese, which comprises the North and East Ridings and the city of York north of the river Ouse. The Eight Rev. Richard Lacy D.D. has been bishop since 1879.

The Catholic cathedral, dedicated to St. Mary and opened 21 Aug. 1878, by the late Cardinal Manning, is an edifice of red brick with stone dressings, standing on the site of a small church erected in 1854, and enlarged in 1866: the church was built at a cost of £13,000, from designs by Messrs. Goldie and Child, of London, and consists of chancel and lateral chapels, nave of seven bays, transepts, aisles, transeptal chapels, organ gallery and second sacristy, priests’ sacristy and western transepts forming respectively a porch and baptistery: the eastern gable is enriched by statues of angels bearing the emblems of the Passion, while on either side of the doorway, on projecting corbels, are statues of Our Lady and Child and St. Joseph as patron and protector of the church: an arcaded triforium over the sacristies forms a spacious tribune: over the altar is a painting by Cotignola of the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus, the gift of the late H. W. F. Bolckow esq. M.P. and over the side altars are other pictures given by J. P. Hornung esq.; there are also fourteen paintings of the stations of the Cross: a new altar was erected in the year 1892, the gift of an anonymous donor, at a cost of about £1,500: the cathedral affords 1,400 sittings, and adjoining is a presbytery.

St. Nicholas’ seamen’s Church and Institute, in Queens square, erected in 1856 as a Congregational chapel, is an edifice of red brick with stone dressings, and will hold 700 persons. In 1897 a new wing, comprising officers’, apprentices’ and committee rooms, coffee bar &c. was erected as a memorial of the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, and opened by the Marquess of Zetland K.T., P.C. The chaplaincy is in the gift of the Missions to seamen, and has been held since 1910 by the Rev. Humphrey Gordon Barclay, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

The United Methodist chapel, Grange road east, erected in 1877, a cost of £8,000, is an edifice of red brick with stone facings, and has sittings for 1,000 persons.

The Wesleyan chapel, Linthorpe road, erected in 1863, at a cost, with enlargement of schools, of £14,000, is of brick, and will seat 940 persons.

The Primitive Methodist chapel, Linthorpe road, erected in 1892, at a cost of £4,200, will seat 750 persons.

The Primitive Methodist chapel, Gilkes street, erected in 1878, at a cost of £4,268, will hold 850 persons, and has Sunday schools adjoining, erected in 1889.

The Avenue Wesleyan chapel, Linthorpe, erected in 1908, at a cost of £6,500, is of red brick with stone dressings, and affords 600 sittings.

The Park Wesleyan chapel, Linthorpe road, erected in 1905 at a total cost of £10,500, is of red brick with terra-cotta facings, and has 660 sittings.

The Wesleyan chapel, Woodlands road, erected in 1908, at a cost of £7,000, is of red brick, with stone dressings, and seats 500 persons.

The Centenary Wesleyan chapel, Market place, erected in 1837, at a cost of £2,200, seats 621 persons, and has schoolrooms below for the Sunday school.

The West End Wesleyan chapel, Newport road, erected in 1888 at a total cost of £4,930, is of red brick with stone dressings, and affords 750 sittings.

The Baptist school chapel, Linthorpe road, erected in 1888, at a cost, including site, of about £3,000, is of red brick with stone dressings, and seats 450.

St. George’s Congregational church, Linthorpe road, founded in 1894, was erected in 1894, and has 750 sittings.

The Congregational chapel, Cannon street, built in 1879, will seat 300.

The salvation Army Hall, with offices and class-rooms in Richomod street, for the Tees division, was erected in 1892. The hall has sittings for 900 persons.

The old cemetery, on the Linthorpe road, opened in 1855, comprises 8 acres, well laid out, and has mortuary chapels for the Church of England and Dissenters. The cemetery, which has entrances in Acklam road and Green lane, is about 28 acres in extent, and has two chapels of sandstone in the Gothic style, connected by a porch, over which rises a bell turret, with lofty spire, both these cemeteries belong to the Corporation and are under their control.

The Town Hall buildings, erected and furnished by the Corporation, at a cost of £130,000, from plans by the late George Gordon Hoskins esq. F.R.I.B.A. of Darlington, form a handsome structure of stone, in the Gothic style of the 13th century, and includes offices for the town clerk, borough surveyor and borough accountant, the town council, the police, the overseers and rates office, the poor law guardians, the water board, the education committee and their respective staffs. The fire brigade has two petrol-driven motor fire engines and escapes combined, one 450 gallon steam fire engine and a set of long ladders; besides the fire brigade engine, the Railway Co. have a private engine, which is lent in case of need. The Town Hall, attached to which is a very fine tower rising to a height of 170 feet, occupies the northern part of the site and will seat 3,000: the council chamber, a handsome room measuring 55 feet by 35 feet, contains full length portraits of the late H. W. F. Bolckow esq. first mayor and representative in Parliament of the borough; and others of the late Col. Sir Samuel Alex. Sadler V.D., D.L., J.P.; the late John Vaughan esq. founder of the Cleveland iron trade; Joseph Pease esq. who presented the south End schools to the town; the late William Fallows esq.; the late Sir Lowthian Bell bart. and the late Isaac Wilson esq. M.P.

The Middlesbrough Exchange Co. Limited was formed in 1864 for the purpose of erecting an iron masters’ and general Exchange; the Exchange building, near the railway station, finished in 1868 at a cost of £35,000, comprises an exchange room 160 by 60 feet with a vaulted roof, three floors containing offices in the north and south wings and west front, and shops and cellars below: the large room is supplied with mercantile and other newspapers, telegrams, share lists, shipping registers, and all the necessary information relative to shipping, mining and manufacturing interests for the use of the members; at the east end of the building are premises occupied by the Cleveland club, which consist of dining, billiard and other rooms.

The Post Office, in Marton road, near to the Royal Exchange, is a structure of red brick with white stone dressings.

The Chamber of Commerce, established in 1863, has its offices at 9 Albert road; Walter William Storr esq. president; John Vivian Nancarrow, sec.

The Government building, formerly the Corporation Hall, in North street, is a large edifice of stone in the Classic style, originally erected in 1840 at a cost of £4,500, raised in 45 shares of £100 each, as an exchange and hotel, but subsequently purchased and altered by the Corporation in 1850 and resold by them to H.M. Office of Works, who have materially altered it for the use of H.M. Customs and Excise and the Board of Trade.

The Old Town Hall, in the centre of the Market place, is now used as a branch police station; and also includes a branch free library and offices for the sanitary inspector and the inspector of the market and weights and measures.

The Custom House is in North street.

The Theatre Royal, Sussex street, erected in 1866 at an outlay of more than £14,000, is capable of seating an audience of 1,850 persons. The building was reconstructed in 1890 at a cost including decoration and upholstery of £3,000, and in 1900 was enlarged and improved at a further cost of £15,000.

The Grand Opera House, in Linthorpe road and Southfield road, is a structure of red brick-with dressings of artificial stone; it was erected in 1903 at a c st of £40,000, and will seat 3,500 persons.

The Empire Palace of Varieties, in Corporation road, is a fine building of terra cotta, in the Renaissance style: it was opened in 1899 and will seat 3,000.

The Hippodrome Music Hall, in Wilson street, was opened in 1908, and has a seating capacity of 2,800.

The Masonic Hall, in Marton road, was erected in 1861, at a cost of £1,000, and has since been enlarged at a further expenditure of £1,500; it belongs to the North York Lodge of Freemasons (No. 602), which meets on the last Friday in each month, except in December, when the meeting is held on the second Friday. The Ferrum Lodge (No. 1848) meets here on the second Wednesday in each month; the Orde-Powlett Lodge No. 2391) on the first Wednesday in the month, and the Erimus Lodge (No. 3474) on the third Tuesday in each month, but all four lodges adjourn during July and August. The Marwood Chapter No. 602 (Royal Arch) and the Mark Lodge (No. 276) also hold meetings in this building, the former on the third Thursday and the latter on the first Monday of every alternate month, and the “Erimus Preceptory” meets here.

The Temperance Hall, in Gilkes street, erected at a cost, including site, of £7,500, and opened March 5th, 1877, contains a large room seating 2,000 people, four spacious lodge rooms, besides ante rooms and store rooms, an institute with reading, billiard and game rooms and a cafe; the hall was altered and improved about 1892 at a cost of £500, and again in 1905 at a cost of £1,400.

The Oddfellows’ Hall, in Bridge street west, has a room 80 feet long, holding 1,000 persons, and 13 other rooms used for club purposes and lectures.

The Corporation Public Baths, Newport crescent, erected by the Corporation in 1884, at a cost of £3,600, were rebuilt in 1901, at a cost of £12,600, from designs by Mr. Frank Baker C.E., F.G.S. and are of red brick with terra cotta facings, in the Renaissance style: they comprise a swimming bath 75 feet by 30 feet, 38 dressing boxes, shower bath, foot bath, 9 ladies’ and 20 gentlemen’s slipper baths and a Russian bath: the baths are open to the public from 6 a.m. till 8 p.m.

The Public Library, established in 1870, occupies a building in Victoria square. The building was erected through the munificence of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, on a site partly presented by Sir Hugh Bell and Alderman Amos Hinton, partly purchased by subscription, and contains a general lending library, reference libraries, a juvenile library and news rooms, which now (1913) contain about 40,000 volumes. The library is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. except on Thursdays, when it is closed at 1 p.m.; the news rooms from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. except on Thursdays, when they are closed at 8 p.m.; on Sundays the general news room is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Newport Branch Reading Room is at the coiner of Bargate street and Newport road, and the Market Place Branch Reading Room at the Old Town Hall: these are open on week days from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursdays excepted, when they close one hour earlier.

School libraries have also been established at various schools.

The Dorman Memorial Museum, situated at the approach to Albert park from Linthorpe road, is an edifice of red brick and terra-cotta, erected in 1903—4, and presented to the town by A. J. Dorman esq. J.P. as a memorial to his son and comrades of the Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment, who fell during the Boer war.

The Cleveland Literary and Philosophical society’s hall, in Corporation road, is open to members only: it is supplied with papers and periodicals of every description.

The Durham street Mission, established in 1891, now occupies the building formerly used as the Mechanics’ Institute; it is intended as a rescue home and food and shelter depot and includes also a home for working men and a rescue home, shelter and laundry for girls: in the building is 3 reading room supplied with the London and local daily and weekly papers.

The Meat market, in the Market place, erected by the Corporation, at a cost of about £3,000 (exclusive of cost of land and buildings removed), is a structure of red brick with stone dressings, from plans by Mr. E. D Latham, formerly borough surveyor, and is about 180 feet long and 60 wide: the gable next West street is surmounted by a small turret, containing the market bell. There is a space for about 100 butchers’ stalls, and there are four separate entrances. There are also buildings for the vegetable, fish and provision markets The North of England Iron and steel Manufacturers’ Association is composed of the proprietors of steel works, forges and rolling mills in North Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. The office is at The Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough; W. F. Whitwell esq. of W. Whitwell and Co. Limited, Thornaby-on-Tees, is president; J. R. Winpenny, sec.

The Cleveland Iron Masters’ Association comprises all the leading producers of pig iron in the North Riding, Durham and Northumberland. Meetings are held monthly at Middlesbrough; B. Talbot esq. president; W. W. Storr esq. vice-president; J. T. Atkinson, sec.

The Cleveland institution of Engineers, founded in 1864, for the meeting of engineers of the Cleveland and neighbouring districts, for the furtherance of engineering in any of its applications, have offices at the Cleveland Literary and Philosophical society’s Hall, Corporation road; Henry Crowe esq. president; W. H. Burns, sec.

The National Association of Blast Furnace Men has about 11,000 members, and comprises the Cleveland district, Durham, Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and North and south Staffordshire and south Wales and Monmouthshire; it is essentially a labour association, and was originally established as the Cleveland and District Blast Furnace Men’s Association in 1882, but was re-organized under its present title, its rules re-registered in 1887 and again revised and registered afresh in 1905. The offices are at 87 Borough road west; head office, York place, Workington.

The weekly iron and coal market is held on Tuesday, in the large room of the Royal Exchange.

The Cleveland Club, organized in 1869, comprises the manufacturers and chief merchants and professional gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood; the club house is at the east end of the Royal Exchange, and there are now (1913) about 300 members.

The Liberal Club, at Cleveland hall, Newport road, and opened in sept. 1887, contains billiard, reading and refreshment rooms, and rooms for meetings of members; the club numbers between 200 and 250 members.

The Conservative Club, in Corporation road, contains an assembly hall, billiard, reading and refreshment rooms, and has 700 members.

The Samuelson Club, in Parliament road, erected in 1905 for the use of the officials and workmen of Sir B. Samuelson and Co. Limited, contains reading, billiard and dining rooms and is rented from the firm by the members: a rifle range is also attached to the club, which has now over 1,000 members.

The D squadron, Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own) Yeomanry Territorial Force is stationed in the town.

The Northumbrian (North Riding) R.G. A. Heavy Battery Territorial Force has one battery of q.f. 4.7 guns and ammunition column; two guns A, B and D sub-section at Middlesbrough, one gun C sub-section at Thornaby: the head quarters are at the Drill hall. Grange road west, a plain building of white brick, erected in 1880, at a cost of £1,100, and available for drilling about 1,000 men. In 1910 the premises were extended, and now include a riding school and stables.

The head quarters of the No. 16 Company Tees section Coast Battalion Rojal Engineers, in Bright street, erected in 1886, are of red brick, and include spacious drill sheds erected in 1892; instruction is here given also to the Electric Light Company of the North Riding Territorial Force, Fortress Royal Engineers, whose head quarters are in the same building.

The 4th Territorial Force Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), have two companies, A and B, stationed here, the head quarters being in Abingdon road.

The newspapers published here are the “North Eastern Daily Gazette,” the “Tees side Weekly Herald,” published on Fridays, and the “sports Gazette,” and the “Northern Weekly Gazette,” published on Saturdays by the North Eastern Newspapers Limited; the “Newcastle Daily and Weekly Chronicle,” the “Northern Echo,” “North star,” and “south Durham and Auckland Chronicle,” have also branch publishing offices here.

The North Riding Infirmary, in the Newport road, is a large brick edifice with stone facings and balconies, begun in 1860 and finished in 1864, at a cost of about £8,500; the foundation stone was laid by the late Earl of Zetland, August 7th, 1860, and the building opened for the reception of patients in June, 1864: it has since been enlarged at a cost of over £13,000, and since 1904 additions to the north and south ends of the building have been made at the cost of the late St. Hon. Sir Bernhard Samuelson bart. P.O. for a new out-patient department, seven administrative rooms and an additional small ward of five beds: the hospital now contains eleven wards, and three small special wards, holding beds for 103 in-patients, and is supported entirely by voluntary subscriptions.

The County Borough sanatorium, West lane, Linthorpe, erected by the Corporation in 1874, from designs by Mr. E. D. Latham, formerly borough surveyor, designed for the reception of infectious cases generally. Extensive alterations were made in 1905 at a total cost of £22,500, and the buildings will now hold 190 patients and have quarters for a resident staff of 35. In addition to the sanatorium the Corporation have purchased a farm and erected a small Pox Hospital thereon at a cost of about £8,000, exclusive of farmland. Agreements have been made with several adjoining Authorities for the treatment of fever and small pox cases in the sanatorium and Hemlington Hospital.

The Children’s Homes, originally in Green lane, Linthorpe, were erected in 1900 by the Guardians of Middlesbrough, at a cost of about £5,000, for 36 children, but at present (1913) only one of these homes is used as the receiving house for Poor Law children; there are in addition fifteen scattered homes, three in Linthorpe road, three in Grange road west, two in Grange road east, one at Thornaby and six at Broomlands cottages, Cambridge road. Broomlands House, Cambridge road, Linthorpe, is the head quarters of the Children’s Homes and is connected with the Children’s Hospital, Broomlands, erected by the same body in 1900, at a cost of about £6,200, and holding 35 children.

The Albert Park, an inclosure of 72 acres, was presented to the town by the late H. W. F. Bolckow esq. in 1866, and opened in 1868 by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught K.G. on behalf of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, as a place of recreation free for the inhabitants of Middlesbrough; it is about a mile from the town on the Linthorpe road, and is picturesquely laid out and thickly planted with shrubs and trees; in the centre of the walks is a handsome fountain, the gift of Joseph Pease esq. of Darlington; an orchestra stand was erected in 1871, by the Corporation, at an outlay of about £300, on which a band plays during the summer season; the fine iron gates at the front entrance, also given by the late H. W. F. Bolckow esq. were purchased from the York Exhibition of 1867: in the grounds are the remains of a tree, weighing eleven tons, dredged from the Tees at Eston, and supposed to represent a portion of the primeval forest of this neighbourhood, and on which are the marks of the keels of many vessels; here also is an immense boulder, also dredged from the Tees at Newport and said to have been in primitive days one of the stepping-stones across the river. A portion of the space is assigned for croquet, cricket, tennis and other sports, and some part of the land outside the inclosure is occupied by villas of an improved character and design. There are three lodges, in which the keepers and curator reside.

The area of the civil parish and county borough is 2,668 acres of land,18 of inland water, 118 of tidal water and 20 of foreshore; rateable value, £474,175. The following figures will show the rapid increase in the population during the last 100 years. In 1801 the population was 25; in 1811, 35; in 1821, 40; in 1831, 154; in 1841, 5,463; in 1851, 7,631; in 1861, 8,892; in 1871, 39,284; in 1881, 55,934; in 1891, 75,532; in 1901, 91,302, and in 1911, 104,767, including 131 in the North Riding Infirmary, 53 in the Industrial school for Boys, 237 in the Roman Catholic Institution for Girls, 828 inmates and 46 officials in the workhouse, 76 in the Workhouse scattered Homes, 131 in the Workhouse Children’s Hospital, Broomlands, and 755 on board vessels.

The population of the wards:-Acklam, 10,751; Ayresome, 11,921; Cannon, 11,419; Cleveland, 10,722; Exchange, 8,828; Grove Hill, 8,275; Linthorpe, 9,120; Newport, 11,593; St. Hilda’s, 13,056; Vulcan, 9,082.

The population of the parliamentary borough in 1911 was 139,301, viz.:-Middlesbrough, 104,767; Eston urban district and civil parish (part of), 6,942; Ormesby urban district and civil parish (part of), 14,203, and Normanby civil parish (part of), 13,389.

The number of electors on the parliamentary register in 1913 was 22,561.

The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1911 was:-St. Hilda (parish church), 7,009; All Saints, 8,305; St. Aidan, 10,428; St. Columba, 3,092; St. Cuthbert, 7,597; St. John the Evangelist, 25,929; St. Paul, 22,832, and St. Peter, 3,158.

Petty sessions are held at the Municipal buildings, every alternate Thursday at 10.30 a.m.The following places are included in the division:-Ormes-by (including North Ormesby & Old Ormesby), Normanby (including Normanby & the greater part of south Bank), Eston (including Old Eston, south Eston, Eston Junction, Grange Town & part of south Bank), Marton, Hemlington & Acklam.

Middlesborough County Borough Distress Committee

The Committee, consisting of twelve members of the Town Council, eight from the Board of Guardians, & five persons experienced in the relief of distress, was formed by an Order of the Local Government Board, dated 20th September, 1905.

Meetings are held at the Municipal buildings, on the second Tuesday in the month at 6 p.m. when necessary.

Places of Amusement

Cleveland Hall (pictures), Newport road, Thomas Thompson, lessee & manager.

Empire Palace of Varieties Middlesbrough Limited, Corporation road, W. Ker Chatto, manager.

Grand Opera House, Linthorpe road & Southfield road, T. Charles Imeson, lessee; Cecil C. Imeson, manager.

Hippodrome, Wilson street, Thomas Thompson, proprietor; Frank Parker, manager.

Theatre Royal, Sussex street, J. Chas. Imeson, propr.

MILITARY

Royal Engineers, Coast Battalion, Tees section; head quarters, Bright street.

Commanding Officer, Lieut. W. P. Craig.

Recruiting Office for the British Army & special Reserve, 53 Grange road west.

Recruiting Officer, Major George fiance Recruiting sergeant, Sergt.-Major G. W. Gibson.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Oun) Yeomanry (No. 3 district of D squadron), Major E. A. Herbert, commanding; squad.-Sergt.-Major D. V. Yorke, drill instructor; head quarters, Grove Hill rd.

Northumbrian (North Riding) Royal Garrison Artillery, Heavy Battery; head quarters, Drill hall, Grange road west; Major & Lieut.-Col. T. T. Douglas V.D. commanding; Major & Lieut.-Col. C. T. Hennah V.D. (supernumerary); Capt. F. N. E. Dalrymple R.A. adjutant; Rev. C. G. S. Pennington M.A.(T.F.), chaplain; Sergt.-Major J. Cook & Sergt. T. Eldridge, drill instructors.

Ammunition Column, Lieut. J. N. Hill, commanding.

North Riding Fortress Royal Engineers, Electric Lights Co.; head quarters, Bright street; Capt. H. Winterschladen, commanding officer.

4th Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’ Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (A & B Cos.); head quarters & armoury, Abingdon road; A Co. Capt. A. Graham; B Co. Capt. H. G. Scott; Color-Sergt.-Instructor, Richard Gordon.

MIDDLESBROUGH UNION

Middlesbrough Union comprises the following parishes & townships:-Acklam, Eston, Hemlington, Ingleby Barwick, Linthorpe, Maltby, Marton, Middlesbrough, Normanby, Ormesby, Stainton & Thornaby (including Thornaby-on-Tees). The area of the union is 22,254 acres; rateable value at Michaelmas, 1912, £767,229; the population in 1901 was 139,207, and in 1911, 167,533.

The Workhouse, St. Barnabas road, Linthorpe, erected in 1878, at a cost of £40,000, is a structure of brick, from designs by Messrs. Perkins & sons, of Leeds. Several alterations & additions have since been made at the workhouse, & the buildings are now estimated to hold 1,000 inmates.

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of services

St. Hilda’s parish church, Market place, Rev. Frank Harrison stock M.A. vicar; Rev. Francis Albert Gumley B.A. curate; holy communion, 8 a.m. Services, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

All saints’, Linthorpe road, Rev. John Stote Lotherington Burn B.A. vicar; Rev. Alexander John Swinton Melville M.A. & Rev. Thomas George Fullerton B.A. curates; Sunday services:-holy communion, 7 & 8 a.m.; high mass & sermon, 9 a.m.; sung mass & sermon, 11 a.m.; evensong, 6.30 p.m.; mission service, 8 p.m.; daily services, mass 7 & 9 a.m. & 5.15 a.m. on Wed.; matins, 7.40 a.m.; evensong, 7.30 p.m.

St. Aidan’s, Linthorpe road, Rev. Charles Henry Sellwood Godwin M.A. vicar; Rev. Herbert Andrew Marcon, curate; holy communion, Sundays, 7, 8 & 11 a.m.; week days, 7.30 a.m.; services, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; litany, Wed. & Fri. 7.30 p.m.

St. Alban-the-Martyr, Princes road, Rev. Charles Henry steel M.A. curate in charge; holy communion, Sunday, 9.45 a.m.; litany, 9.30 a.m.; evening prayer & sermon, 7 p.m.

St. John’s Church, Grove hill, Rev. Richard Windham de la Poer Beresford-Peirse M.A. vicar; Rev. Valentine Pryor Powell M.A. Rev. Frank Alexander Lee M.A. Rev. Arthur Percival Hill M.A. Rev. Percy Sholto Douglas B.A. & Rev. Charles Scott Little B.A. curates holy communion, 7 & 8 a.m.; Holy Eucharist, 10.30 a.m.; evensong, 6.30 p.m.; daily, Eucharist, 7 a.m.; daily, matins, 7.45; evensong, 7.30.

St. Paul’s Church, Newport road, Rev. Osbert Gadesden Mackie M.A. vicar; Rev. Richard Bevill Middleton Close M.A. Rev. David Graham Evans B.A. & Rev. Warwick Melville Hyne B.A. curates; holy communion, 8 & 9.30 a.m.; services, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; saints’ & holy days, 7 a.m.

St. Peter’s Church, Lower Feversham street, Rev. Benjamin John Tatham th,A.K.C. vicar; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 7.45 a.m. & 7 p.m.

St. Barnabas’ Church, St. Barnabas road, Linthorpe, Rev. John William Dales, vicar & surrogate; Rev. George Rawlinson, curate; holy communion, 8 a.m.; matins, 10.30 a.m. & evensong, 6.30 p.m.; daily services, matins, 8.40 a.m. & evensong, 7.30 p.m.; holy communion, Thur. & on saints’ days, 11 a.m.

St. James’ Church, Crescent road, Rev. George William Thompson L.th, curate in charge; 7.30, 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; holy communion, Wed. 9.15 a.m.

St. Cuthbert’s, Newport hill, Rev. Francis Briggs B.D. vicar; Rev. Edward John Clark B.A. curate; 8 &10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 9.15 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.

St. Columba’s Church, Boundary Road, Rev. Charles Ernest Wicks A.K.C.L, vicar; Rev. Arthur Telford Merger L.th, curate; holy communion, 8 a.m. & 10.30 a.m.; evensong & sermon, 6.30 p.m.; week days, holy communion 7.15 a.m. & evensong 7.30 p.m.

St. Nicholas seamen’s Church & Institute (Tees station) (Missions to seamen), Queen’s square, Rev. Humphrey Gordon Barclay, chaplain; daily services, 10 a.m. & 8 p.m. with address; Sundays, holy communion, 8 a.m.; morning prayer, 11 a.m.; evening prayer, 6.30; bible class, 3 p.m.

St. Stephen’s Church (Free Church of England), Woodlands road, Rev. Walter Haslam, vicar; services, Sunday, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic Diocese of Middlesborough

Bishop, Right Rev. Richard Lacy D.D. Bishop’s house.

Vicar-General, Very Rev. Provost Charles Dawson, st. Wilfrid’s, York.

Secretary, Rev. Jules Claus L.C.L. Bishop’s house.

Diocesan Treasurer, Very Rev. Provost Charles Dawson, St. Wilfrid’s, York.

Diocesan Inspector of schools, Very Rev. Canon B. J. McCabe, Whitby.

Registrar for Deceased Clergy, Rev. Patrick Cronin, St. George’s, York.

Cathedral Chapter.

Provost, Very Rev. Charles Dawson V.G. St. Wilfrid’s, York.

Canons.

Very Rev. F. J. Callebert (penitentiary), Egton Bridge, Grosmont; Right Rev. Mgr. Gerald Shanahan, Thornaby-on-Tees; Very Rev. James Dolan, St. Peter’s, Scarborough; Charles H. Wood, St. Wilfred’s, Boulevard, Hull; James Griffin, Catholic church, Beverley; James J. Nolan, St. Peter’s, south Bank; Thomas O’Connell, St. Patrick’s, Marsh St. Middlesbrough; B. J. McCabe, St. Hilda’s, Whitby (theologian); S. McMahon, sacred Heart, Redcar; P. Lynn, Cathedral house, Middlesbrough Catholic Cathedral Church of St. Mary, Sussex street, Very Rev. Patrick Lynn, Rev. Richard Roche, Rev. Patrick Mackin, Rev. Edward O’Rourke D.D. & Rev. Daniel Kelly, priests; mass, 7.30, 8.30, 9.30 & 11. a.m.; vespers, 6.30 p.m.; holidays of obligation, mass 5, 7.30, 9.30 & 10.30 a.m.; benediction &c. 7.30 p.m.

Catholic Church of St. Patrick, Cannon street, Very Rev. Thomas O’Connell, Rev. Michael Dillon & Rev. William McKernan; mass, 7.30, 8.30, 9.30 & 11 a.m.; catechism instruction & benediction, 3 p.m. for children & devotions, sermon & benediction at 6.30 p.m. Sundays.

Holy Name of Mary, Linthorpe, Rev. James A. Moran B.A., S.M. (superior). Rev. James Corcoran S.M. Rev. William Fox S.M. Rev. Martin Purcell S.M. & Rev. John Dawson S.M. priests; mass, 8, 9.3.0 & 10.45 a.m.; catechism & instruction, 3 & rosary, sermon & benediction, 6.30 p.m.; holidays of obligation, mass, 7, 8 & 9.30 a.m. & devotions & benediction, 7.30 p.m.; daily mass, 6.30, 7 & 7.30 a.m.; Wed. rosary & benediction, 7.30 p.m.

Presbyterian Church of England, Newport road, Rev. William Samuel McCaughey M.A.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.45 p.m.

Presbyterian Church of England (Trinity), Corporation road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Welsh Presbyterian, Southfield road, Rev. Price Jones; 10.30 a.m.& 6.30 p.m.; Mon. 7.45 p.m.

Friends’ Meeting House, Dunning road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Friends’ Meeting House, Milton street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. & Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Linthorpe road, Rev. Robert Ensoll; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist New Church, Grove Hill road, Rev. Ernest O. Clifford; 10.30 a.m. &, 6 30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist, Newport road, Rev. Josaph Cornish; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.

Baptist (Welsh), Brentnall street, Rev. T. Williams; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tue. 7.30 p.m.

Baptist (Providence strict), Grange road east; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Congregational, Cannon street, Rev. Daniel Kerr; 11 a.m. & 6 30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.Stolen from Fore bears

Congregational (St. George’s), Linthorpe Road, Rev. Alexander G. E. Gibson; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m.

German Church, Corporation road, Rev. John Edward Sammert M.A. minister; 5 & 5.30 p.m.

Jews’ synagogue, Brentnall street, rabbi; Fri. Sunset: Sat. 9.30 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. & sunset.

United Methodist.

Middlesbrough Circuit

Rev. Charles H. Butcher (supt.), Rev. William Holroyde & Rev. Alfred Jones.

Grange road east; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7,30 p.m.; Milton street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Stockton & Middlesbrough Circuit

Rev. F. Fox.

Corporation road (Zion); 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; North Ormesby Road Mission; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Linthorpe road; 10.30 a.m. & 2 & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7 p.m.

Primitive Methodist, Gilkes street; 10.30 a.m. & 2 & 6.30 p.m.; tues 7 p.m.

Unitarian (Christ Chapel), Corporation road, Rev. Wm. Henry Lambelle, minister; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist

Wesley Circuit

Rev. Joseph Stringer (supt.), Rev. Herbert W. Pates, Rev. Thomas Pasley & Rev. Arthur Grime.

Linthorpe road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.; Lord street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; Newport road, West End; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7 p.m.; North Ormesby; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7 p.m.; Centenary, Market place; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 8 p.m.; Woodlands road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7 p.m.; Linthorpe road, Park; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Fri. 7.30 p.m.; The Avenue, Linthorpe; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; Marton road, East End; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Tue. 7.30 p.m.; Cargo Fleet; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Wesleyan Reform, Wellington St.; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Salvation Army Barracks, Cannon street; 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 p.m.

Salvation Army Hall, Richmond street; 7 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 p.m.

Salvation Army Halls, Cannon street & Hartington road.

Wards Mission Hall, Sidney street.

Mission Rooms

Holy Cross (St. Paul’s), Cannon street; 10.45 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Sunday & 7.30 p.m. week days.

S. Michael & All Angels, Waterloo road, Rev. Frederick A. Lee M.A. curate in charge; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

St. Oswald’s, Cannon street (in connection with st. Paul’s); 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Christians’ Meeting House, Woodlands road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Durham street Mission; 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

United Christian Mission, Boundary road Wesleyan Methodist Mission, Marton road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Wesleyan Methodist Mission, Lord street; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Education Authority

Meets first Monday in every month at 2.30 p.m. at the Municipal buildings.

The first school Board was elected on 29 November, 1870, consisting of 15 members, &; was taken over by the Town Council 1st May, 1903.

Treasurer, H. S. Eltenton, National Provincial Bank.

Chairman of Education Committee, Alderman J. F. Wilson, Louglands road, Middlesbrough.

Clerk, Preston Kitchen, Municipal buildings.

Secretary to Education Committee & Director of Education, John Smales Calvert, Municipal buildings.

Assistant secretary, Emmerson Beckwith B.Sc. Municipal buildings.

Secondary schools.

Middlesbrough High school, Albert road, a secondary school under the Board of Education, is a building of red brick with white stone dressings in the Gothic style, from designs by the late Alfred Waterhouse esq. R.A.; the site of the building & the adjacent grounds, nearly 3 acres in extent, were the gift of Sir J. W. Pease bart. M.P. & his partners: the school was built in 1877 for 400 children, & was enlarged in 1889 by the erection of a wing & a laboratory for science & technical clashes, & the laboratory was considerably extended in 1892 & 1902; a new wing was built in 1906 for 250 scholars: the school comprises separate departments for both boys & girls, & is primarily a middle-class school in which special attention is given to mathematics, science, English & French; attached to the school are a large number of entrance scholarships, tenable for 3 years by boys & girls from Elementary schools; there are also evening classes in connection with the Board of Education, south Kensington, & the City Guilds Technical Institute: the property in & the management of the school were in 1900 transferred to the Middlesbrough Corporation: the average attendance is 294 boys, 202 girls & 45 preparatory. The school is managed by a body of governors, which includes the Education Committee of the County Borough of Middlesbrough, 2 co-opted members & 2 representatives of the North Riding County Council.

Kirby secondary, Linthorpe, erected 1911, for 275 girls & preparatory pupils; average attendance, 177.

+St. Marys R. C. College, Linthorpe, Rev. Father Moran, headmaster.

+St. Mary’s Convent, The Newlands; Mother superior.

+Work under separate governing bodies.

Public Elementary schools

Ayresome, Parliament road, erected in 1902 for 620 senior mixed, 350 infants & 300 junior mixed; average attendance, 554 senior mixed, 306 junior mixed & 291 infants.

Crescent road, erected 1907, for 560 senior mixed, 260 junior mixed & 280 infants; average attendance, 513 senior mixed, 267 junior mixed & 258 infants.

Denmark street & Hatherley street, erected in 1873, for 480 boys, 435 girls & 271 infants; average attendance, 404 boys, 348 girls & 208 infants.

Pleetham street, erected for 418 boys, 238 girls, 311 infants & 227 junior mixed; average attendance, 414 boys, 264 girls, 253 infants & 231 junior mixed.

The Hugh Bell schools, Grange road east, erected in 1892, & since enlarged, for 368 boys, 504 girls, 378 infants & 451 juniors, together with rooms for art, science, manual instruction, laundry work & cookery.

Linthorpe (Roman road), erected for 250 children, enlarged 1889 for 393, & again in 1912 for 332 senior mixed, 232 junior mixed & 264 infants; average attendance, 204 senior mixed, 120 junior mixed & 120 infants.

Lower East street, erected in 1874, for 230 boys, 230 girls, 252 infants & 110 junior mixed; average attendance, 219 boys, 210 girls, 152 infants & 108 junior mixed.

Marsh road (mixed), erected in 1906, for 375 senior boys & girls & 220 infants; average attendance, 324 seniors & 173 infants.

Marton road (mixed), erected in 1898, since enlarged to accommodate 1,500; average attendance, 518 senior mixed, 503 junior mixed & 407 infants.

Newport road, erected in 1885, for 438 boys, 438 girls, 479 infants & 420 junior mixed; average attendance, 518 boys, 398 girls, 323 infants & 399 junior mixed.

Southend, Boundary road, erected in 1869, for 617 boys, 356 girls & 333, infants; average attendance, 471 boys, 333 girls & 301 infants.

Stockton street (boys), erected in 1871, for 200 children; average attendance, 155.

Victoria road, erected in 1892, for 304 boys, 304 girls, 353 infants & 304 junior mixed; average attendance, 309 boys, 297 girls, 255 infants & 297 junior mixed.

St. Hilda’s, Snowdon’s road, built in 1868—9 on a site given by Messrs. Hopkins, Gilkes & Co. Limited, the expense of the erection, amounting to over £6,000. being defrayed by the late H. W. F. Bolckow esq.; the buildings include two houses, in which the teachers reside & the schools will hold 234 boys, 269 girls & 202 infants; average attendance, 183 boys, 225 girls & 135 infants.

St. John’s, Bright street, erected in 1874, for 286 boys, 286 girls & 325 infants; average attendance, 303 boys, 301 girls & 254 infants.

St. Paul’s, St. Paul’s road, erected in 1868, for 237 boys, 237 girls & 261 infants; average attendance, 181 boys, 197 girls & 212 infants.

St. Patrick’s Catholic, Marsh street, erected in 1906, for 430 boys; average attendance, 353.

St. Patrick’s Catholic, Lawson street, erected in 1873, rebuilt in 1881 & altered in 1906 for 326 girls & 418 infants; average attendance, 305 girls & 307 infants; the sisters of the Order of Faithful Companions of Jesus, mistresses.

St. Mary’s Catholic, William street, erected in 1865, for 454 boys & 472 infants; average attendance, 439 boys & 316 infants; girls’ school, erected in 1892, at a cost of £5,000, for 464 girls; average attendance, 430; the girls & infants are taught by the sisters of the Order of Faithful Companions of Jesus.

St. Philomena’s Catholic, Ayresome street, erected in 1906, for 370 mixed & 150 infants; average attendance, 315 mixed & 87 infants; the sisters of the Order of Faithful Companions of Jesus, mistresses.

Deaf school (Hugh Bell school), Albert road; accommodation, 20; average attendance, 18.

Special school for Mentally Defective Children, Dunning road, opened in 1909, for 70 children; average attendance, 58.

Certified Industrial, Roman road, Linthorpe, erected for 60 children, afterwards extended to accommodate 100; average number of inmates, 71; Alfred Robertson, supt.; Mrs. Gladys Robertson, matron. A new certificate was granted, dated July 1st, 1912, under the “Children Act” (8 Edw. VII. cap. 37). The number of boys to be received under the “Children Act,” or “Elementary Education Act, 1876” (39 & 40 Vict. cap. 79) is not to exceed 100, committed & voluntary cases included.

There are also 4 cookery centres, 2 laundry, 1 housewifery & 2 woodwork centres connected with the Elementary day schools.