NORTH ORMESBY is an ecclesiastical parish formed February 10, 1871, out of the old parish of Ormesby, and within the parliamentary borough of Middlesbrough, on the main road from Middlesbrough to Redcar, about ½ mile north from the Cargo Fleet station on the Darlington and Saltburn section of the North Eastern railway, 8 north-west from Guisborough, 5 east from Stockton and 10 south-west from Redcar, in the Cleveland division of the Riding, west division of Langbaurgh liberty, petty sessional division of Langbaurgh North, Middlesbrough union and county court district, rural deanery of Middlesbrough, archdeaconry of Cleveland and diocese of York. The greater part of the Cargo Fleet is for ecclesiastical and civil purposes included in North Ormesby. North Ormesby is governed by the Ormesby Urban District Council and is lighted with gas by a Limited Company. The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in 1869, is a structure of brick in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and north porch and a tower with pinnacles-containing a clock and one bell: the font of serpentine marble was given by the Rev. V, H. Moyle, in memory of his parents, and in the baptistery is a memorial window erected by the parishioners to the Rev. V. H. Moyle: the stained east window is a memorial to the late Robert Weatherill: the west window was erected to the memory of the late John Livingston: the church was enlarged and an organ provided in 1879 at a cost of £2,452, and in 1894 a fine carved oak pulpit was erected: there are 760 sittings. The register dates from the year 1865. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value 320, with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York, and held since 1891 by the Rev. William Thomas Lawson M.A. of Clare College, Cambridge, canon of York, rural dean and surrogate. Connected with the church is a large mission room, built at a cost of 1,100, and opened in April, 1896. The Catholic school chapel, dedicated to St. Alphonsus, was erected in 1885 at a cost of 2,500, and is a structure of Ted brick with stone dressings in the Tudor style, with a tower containing one bell: in 1885 an altar was added at a cost of about 200: there are 450 sittings. There is also a Baptist chapel, erected in 1884, seating 400 persons, and Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1883—4 a cost of about 2,200, is a structure of red brick with stone dressings in the Romanesqne style, from designs by Mr. Robert Moore, architect, of Middlesbrough, and will hold 730 persons.

A new Primitive Methodist chapel is now (1913) being erected at an estimated cost of £2,500. The Cemetery, covering 6 ½ acres, was formed in 1871, at a cost of £3,500, including two mortuary chapels, and is under the control of the Ormesby Urban District Council. There is also a Catholic cemetery of 5 acres, laid out in 1884, at a cost of £3,500. The Police station, in Kings road, is a spacious building of red brick and stone, for a superintendent, inspector, two sergeants and tight unmarried constables. The General Hospital here, established in 1858 as a cottage hospital, has since developed into a large general hospital, and in 1912 had 1,324 in-patients and 5,744 out-patients: in 1891 the hospital was enlarged at a cost of £2,099, of which £614 was subscribed by the workmen of Middlesbrough and district, with an additional £130 for the furnishing and adornment of the waiting rooms. In 1900 a wing was added containing an operating room, at a cost of between £4,000 and £5,000, and in 1903 an east wing was added and is used for women patients. In 1907 a new wing, called the” Elizabeth Caroline Brown Wing” in commemoration of the principal donor, was added, and with further enlargements in 1910—1911, there is now (1913) accommodation for 111 in-patients. There is a memorial window of beautiful stained glass in the front wall of the entrance hall in memory of the late sister Elizabeth, who was actively connected with the hospital for about 30 years; it cost about £200, and the expense was defrayed by subscriptions from her many personal friends. The sick and injured are under the gratuitous care of sisters of the Holy Rood, of which society the founder of the hospital was a member, and it is maintained entirely by subscriptions and donations: his Grace the Archbishop of York is the visitor. Adjoining the hospital, at Worsley House, is a Children’s Home and Orphanage, opened in 1867 for orphan or destitute girls, and also conducted by the sisters of the Holy Rood. Lincoln Villa, opened in 1905, is a home for 24 girls connected with Dr. Bamardo’s institution. The Church Institute and Working Men’s Club include reading rooms, a large billiard room, and a library of 1,000 volumes. James Worsley Pennyman esq. of Ormesby Hall is the chief landowner. The soil is loamy, and the subsoil strong clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and beans.

The area of the Urban District and civil parish is 2,833 acres; the population in 1911 was 14,293.

The population of the wards in 1911 was:-East, 1,505; North, 2,833; North Central, 3,982; south, 379; south Central, 2,189; West, 3,694.

Public Elementary schools

North Riding of Yorkshire Education Committee, Ormesby group of Council schools.

Derwent street (girls & infants), erected in 1875 & enlarged in 1891, for 600 girls & 476 infants; average attendance, 515 girls & 470 infants.

Smeaton street (junior boys), completed in 1884, for 500 children; average attendance, 460.

Cargo Fleet.-Lawson school (boys & girls), erected in 1909, for 950 children; average attendance, 411 boys & 327 girls.

Catholic (mixed & infants), erected in 1885 & enlarged in 1903, for 566 children; average attendance, 340.