Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town and district in North-East England, with a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. 2005 mid-year estimates suggest a population of 144,823. However, the total un-official population for the Middlesbrough urban area (including the greater Eston area) is closer to 190,000.

Eminent residents

Captain James Cook was born in Marton, which is in the south-east of Middlesbrough. Other famous people from the town include:

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• Sports
• Rugby player Rory Underwood
• Footballers Don Revie, Wilf Mannion and Brian Clough
• Olympic swimmer Jack Hatfield
• The Arts
• Comedians Bob Mortimer and Roy Chubby Brown
• Musicians Chris Rea, Paul Rodgers and David Coverdale
• Actors Wendy Richard, Liz Carling, Thelma Barlow, Lila Kaye,Elizabeth Estensen and Jerry Desmonde
• Other Entertainers:
• Magician Paul Daniels

Other eminent sons and daughters of Middlesbrough and its environs include E. W. Hornung, the creator of the gentleman-crook Raffles (who was fluent in three Yorkshire dialects, and Naomi Jacob novelist. Florence Easton, the Wagnerian soprano at the New York Met and Cyril Smith, the concert pianist, were also natives. The famous M.P. Ellen Wilkinson wrote a novel Clash (1929) which paints a very positive picture of ‘Shireport’ (Middlesbrough). Florence Olliffe Bell's classic study At The Works(1907) gives a striking picture of the area at the turn of the century. She also edited the letters of her step-daughter Gertrude Bell which have been continuously in print since 1927. Pat Barker's debut novel Union Street was set on the thoroughfare of the same name in the town, its central theme of prostitution still associated with the area around it to this day.

Related Topics:
E. W. Hornung - Naomi Jacob - Florence Easton - Cyril Smith - Ellen Wilkinson - 1929 - Florence Olliffe Bell - 1907 - Gertrude Bell - 1927 - Pat Barker - Prostitution

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Ford Madox Ford was billeted in Eston during WWI and his great novel sequence Parade's End is partly set in Busby Hall, Carlton in Cleveland.

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Adrian 'Six Medals' Warburton, air photgrapher, was played by Alec Guinness in 'Malta Story'.

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