Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Redcar

Redcar, town and township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire, 7½ miles NE. of Middlesbrough - township, 604 ac. and 238 foreshore, pop. 2297; town, 900 ac., pop. 2458; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 2 newspapers; the township is wholly in Marske near Redcar par., the town is partly also in Upleatham par. Redcar (with the adjoining village of Coatham) is a favourite sea-bathing resort. Its smooth firm sands, stretching from the mouth of the Tees to Saltburn, are 10 m. in length.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Redcar CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Redcar

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