Cleveland, Yorkshire

This article is about the area of England. For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation).

54.500°N 1.134°W / 54.500; -1.134

Ordnance Survey map of northeast England, with Cleveland labelled

Roseberry Topping, with industrial Teesside visible on the right

Cleveland (/ˈkliːvlənd/) is a district in North Yorkshire, England, lying between the River Tees and the North Sea on one side and the North York Moors on the other. It is coextensive with the old wapentake of Langbaurgh.^[1] The name comes from the Old English clifa land, meaning "district of cliffs".^[2]

The district should not be confused with the administrative county of Cleveland (1974–1996), which covered a smaller area and included land on the north side of the Tees, in what had been County Durham.

Industry

See also: Ironstone mining in Cleveland and North Yorkshire

The Cleveland Hills were key suppliers of the ironstone that was essential to running blast furnaces along the River Tees. Cleveland's rich ore has created a significant industrial heritage, arising from its central role in the 19th-century iron boom that led to Middlesbrough growing from a hamlet into a major industrial town in only a matter of decades. Teesport is one of the United Kingdom's main ports, initially due to the iron boom, with other heavy industrial plants between Middlesbrough and Redcar.

See also

• Cleveland Bay
• Cleveland Way
• Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team
• Cleveland Police
• Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
• Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough