Talk:Eston

The origin of this placename is more likely to be that found in the Oxford Book of English Placenames: Anglo-Saxon Ēast Tūn, 'Eastern Farmstead/Settlement'.

Info box changes
I have changed some of the incorrect information in the info boxes for Grangetown, Southbank and Eston. For the Region they state 'Yorkshire & The Humber', but Redcar & Cleveland is part of the North East region and has been since the early 70's. They also claim these areas to have North Yorkshire for both Police and Fire services but both are incorrect as they are Cleveland Constabulary and Cleveland Fire Brigade repsectively. Tsider, 1:00 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I have put in the unitary_england field & switched shire_county to lieutenancy_england so that should fix the services Keith D 00:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio
Five paragraphs of text were copied verbatim from another web site (though cited) without explicit permission. The content represented some colourful history of Eston, and while it may be missed, it unfortunately had to be removed. -- Robocoder ( t|c ) 04:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

What is Eston exactly?
The main author seemed to want to represent Eston as a town by itself - whereas, I think it is really just a suburb of Middlesbrough. Someone, later on, started writing about Whale Hill .... hmmm, is Whale Hill Eston? Is Fabian Road and the Town Hall in Eston? I think - for the readers - it's better to limit the article to the centre of Eston itself, rather than sarting on the 'Greater Eston' theme.

What is lacking, at the moment, is reference to the history of Eston. There must be lots of stuff out there. We can't rely on people saying that 'Eston has lots of charm', as was written about the miners' cottages.

Still lots to do! So, come on all you Estonians and Estonophiles!

Francis Hannaway 08:12, 16 May 2010 (UTC)francish7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Francish7 (talk • contribs)

"Middlesbrough came into being only because of the Eston mines"
True, but it works the other way also. Eston would not have been as it is today if it wasnt for the two industrialists from Middlesbrough who discovered it in the first place and exploited its potential!! I agree it was the Ironstone deposits in the Eston hills that made Middlesbrough known around the world and gave rise to the vast industrial areas along the Tees, but Middlesbrough's success inturn gave Eston a name too. Im not saying its only because of Middlesbrough that Eston exists and it somehow owes Middlesbrough, on the contrary, I believe both areas have a shared industrial heritage to be proud of, and each have benefitted from the other in no small measue. Wasn't it the Middlesbrough industrialists such as Bolckow that began building communities like Southbank and Grangetown for the workers of the steelworks! Although controversial, I identify both Middlesbrough proper and Eston as Middlesbrough regardless of council boundaries as I believe there is a mutual identity because of our shared history and success! Call me right or wrong this is just my opinion!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.11.17.146 (talk) 19:33, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

There isn't really an issue here. The article is about Eston, not Middlesbrough. The statement only maintains that "it can be said ...". It is not saying that the town/village/suburb of Eston was responsible for the advent of Middlesbrough as a city, but Eston mines - they are responsible for the whole conurbation's development. On the subject of Bolckow and Vaughan, neither was born, nor bred, in Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough hardly exisited when the came to exploit the ironstone. Henry Bolckow was a German, born in Germany, raised in Germany until the age of 21 when he went to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to work in the corn business. In short, he wasn't from Middlesbrough - he came to the area because of Eston ironstone. John Vaughan was born in Worcester, worked at first in Wales and then eventually, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In short ... as above.

Nobody is denying that Eston is a part of the urban sprawl of Middlesbrough - as are Grangetown, South Bank, Teesville, Normanby, Ormesby, etc. In 1829, Middlesbrough itself had a population of 40 inhabitants. South Bank and Grangetown were direct creations of industrialisation, but Eston, Normanby, and Ormesby had identities as villages and manors before the 'gold rush'. The lands of the area were owned and managed by Gisborough Priory and the De Brus, Pennyman, and other families. Eston didn't start with the mines. Francis Hannaway 18:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC) Francis Hannaway

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