Diane I would assume that Middlesbrough was in Yorkshire as the dividing line between Co Durham and Yorkshire has always been the River Tees and Middlebrough is on the southbank of the Tees. Colin

Thanks very much for this information. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: <CLACTON57@aol.com> To: <ENG-DURHAM-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [D'hamYorks] WHERE WAS THIS PLACE IN 1901 > Diane > > I would assume that Middlesbrough was in Yorkshire as the dividing line > between Co Durham and Yorkshire has always been the River Tees and > Middlebrough is on the southbank of the Tees. > > Colin > > > ==== ENG-DURHAM-YORKS Mailing List ==== > ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- > When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! > It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

> > I would assume that Middlesbrough was in Yorkshire as the dividing line > > between Co Durham and Yorkshire has always been the River Tees and > > Middlebrough is on the southbank of the Tees. Hi Colin, Sorry to correct you but Thornaby-on-Tees is over the river on the Yorkshire side but originally it was part of Stockton-on-Tees (South Stockton) Pat from Stockton