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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 124. Not illustrated. Chapters: Boulby Quarries, Loftus, North Yorkshire, New Marske, Brotton, Coatham, South Bank, Middlesbrough, Seal Sands, Eston, Dormanstown, Lovell Hill Pools, Langbaurgh Ridge, Moorsholm, South Gare & Coatham Sands Sssi, Pinkney and Gerrick Woods, Grangetown, North Yorkshire, Skinningrove, Liverton Mines, Lingdale, Skelton-In-Cleveland, Teesport, Dunsdale, Warrenby, Pinchinthorpe, Ormesby, Skelton and Brotton, Newton Under Roseberry, Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland, Easington, North Yorkshire, Langbaurgh East, Kilton Thorpe, Lazenby, Kirkleatham, Saltburn, Marske and New Marske, Boosbeck, Lockwood, North Yorkshire, Teesville, Stanghow, Yearby, Upleatham, Margrove Park, Handale, Scaling, North Yorkshire, Lackenby, Carlin How, Kilton, North Yorkshire, North Skelton, Charltons. Excerpt: Eston is a town within the Unitary Authority of Redcar and Cleveland, England. Within the Middlesbrough agglomeration it falls inside the Greater Eston initiative. It is also in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. The town of Eston lies at the foot of Eston Hills, a ridge around 200 metres (656 ft) above sea level, and a part of the Cleveland Hills. The same hills that overshadow Eston were used to warn of attack in the Napoleonic Era by a beacon, the remains of which can still be seen at Eston Nab. Eston Nab is also home to Bauer Teesside and their forest of aerials and transmitters - broadcasting local radio from this convenient high spot. The land around Eston has been occupied since 2400 BC, but it was the discovery of ironstone in Eston Hills by industrialists from Middlesbrough (most notably Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan) in 1841, that saw Eston's development start, in 1850, from two cottages to a thriving mining town. Miners' cottages, although altered, can ...
