Stockton-on-Tees: A Potted History

Stockton-on-Tees was a small port and market town on the northeast coast of England for much of its history. Ship building and other industries gradually established themselves but the town received a massive boost during the Industrial Revolution. The opening of the pioneering Stockton & Darlington Railway enabled coal to be transported to the coast, industries developed around the discovery of iron ore locally, as well as engineering and potteries and the population expanded rapidly. The ...