Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for REDCAR

REDCAR, a small town and a township-chapelry in Marske and Upleatham parishes, N. R. Yorkshire. The town stands on the coast and on the Cleveland branch of the Stockton and Darlington railway, 3¼ miles E S E of the mouth of the river Tees, and 7½ E N E of Middlesborough; was, prior to 1833, a mere fishing-village; began then to acquire importance by the projection at it of a harbour of refuge, 500 acres in extent, with a depth of 30 feet of water, and a month 1,000 feet wide; rose further and rapidly into consequence, as a favourite sea-bathing resort; possesses the advantage of very fine and extensive sands, well adapted for bathing; consists chiefly of one long street, together with a terrace and outskirts; is practically conjoint with the village of Cotham; and has a head post-office, ‡ a railway station with telegraph, several good hotels, numerous respectable lodging-houses, a hydropathic establishment, a sea-bathing hospital, a church, four dissenting chapels, and a mixed public school. The chapelry comprises 3, 900 acres of land and 423 of water. Real property, £6, 866. Pop. in 1851, 1,032; in 1861, 1, 330. Houses, 283. The manor belongs to the Earl of Zetland. The living is a p.curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £50.* Patron, the Earl of Zetland.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a small town and a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Redcar CP/Tn       Upleatham Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Redcar

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