Cleveland (county)

Cleveland was a non-metropolitan county located in North East England which existed between 1974 and 1996. Cleveland was a two-tier county and had four boroughs: Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh-on-Tees. The county town was Middlesbrough, where Cleveland County Council met. The county was named after the historic area of Cleveland, Yorkshire. Its area is now split between the counties of North Yorkshire and County Durham.

Cleveland
Cleveland County Hall
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The former administrative county of Cleveland shown within England
Area
  1974144,085 acres (583.09 km2)
Population
  1973566,740
  1981565,935
  1991541,333
History
  OriginCounty Borough of Teesside
  Created1974
  Abolished1996
ONS code14
GovernmentCleveland County Council
  TypeTwo-tier - upper-tier county council with four lower-tier non-metropolitan borough councils
  HQMiddlesbrough
Subdivisions
  TypeNon-metropolitan districts
  Units

Today part ofNorth Yorkshire and County Durham

The county was abolished in 1996, with its constituent boroughs becoming unitary authorities. Hartlepool and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees became part of the County Durham, and the remainder became part of North Yorkshire. Some public bodies continue to cover the area of the former county, such as Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire Brigade. Cleveland bordered County Durham to the north and North Yorkshire to the south, with a coastline on the North Sea to the east. It had a total area of 225 square miles (583 km2).

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