Stockton-on-Tees is an industrial town and port on the River Tees in north-eastern England. It is the major settlement in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
Major industries in Stockton include ship-repairing, steel and chemicals.
Stockton began as an Anglo-Saxon settlement on high ground close to the northern bank of the River Tees.
The manor of Stockton was created around 1138 and subsequently purchased by Bishop Pudsey of Durham in 1189 and since then has undergone many changes.
The Stockton-Middlesbrough Initiative is a 20 year vision for regenerating the urban core of the Tees Valley, the main focus being the 30 km² area along the banks of the River Tees between the two centres of Stockton and Middlesbrough.
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