Preston-on-Tees, locally called Preston, is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,689.[1] It is home to Preston Hall and its accompanying public park.

Preston-on-Tees
  • Preston
Village and civil parish
Preston-on-Tees is located in County Durham
Preston-on-Tees
Preston-on-Tees
Location within County Durham
Population1,689 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ421156
Civil parish
  • Preston-on-Tees (Preston Parish Council)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode districtTS16, TS18
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
Websitewww.prestonparishcouncil.co.uk
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°31′59″N 1°20′44″W / 54.53304°N 1.34549°W / 54.53304; -1.34549

In the 2011 census, the village was included as a part of Yarm, being on Yarm Road and in a continuous built-up area down to Yarm High Street.[2]

Governance

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The parish originated as a township within the larger Stockton-on-Tees parish. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was included in the Stockton poor law union and then the Stockton rural sanitary district until both were abolished in 1894 when the new Stockton Rural District was established.[citation needed]

In 1968 Preston-on-Tees became a part of the county borough of Teesside. It later became part of the non-metropolitan district of Stockton-on-Tees in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.[3][4]

Demographics

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According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,748. It has a diverse number of property types, ranging from terraced rented houses to large detached private dwellings.[1]

Education

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Preston-on-Tees has one school, Eaglescliffe Junction School built in 1907. This later became known as Preston Primary School. The parish is also in the catchment for Egglescliffe Secondary School.[citation needed]

Religious sites

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On Witham Avenue the Methodist church of Eaglescliffe Trinity Methodist Church and was opened in 1902. There is also a Church of England parish church named All Saints, which was founded in the early 1900s as a church plant into Preston-on-Tees from the Church of St Thomas, Stockton.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – (E34004185)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics.
  3. ^ "Preston on Tees Tn/CP through time". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Teesside CB through time". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2016.