St Joseph's Church, Stokesley

St Joseph's Church is a Catholic church in Stokesley, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. In 1743, a Catholic chapel was opened in an outbuilding of Stokesley Manor House, but it was destroyed in anti-Catholic riots in 1746. The town was without a Catholic place of worship until 1860, when a mission chapel was established in a former hayloft at the Angel Inn. In 1870, Apollonia Bland donated £1,000 for the construction of a church. A building was designed by George Goldie and was constructed between 1872 and 1873. Together with the presbytery, the construction cost £1,500, and on completion the building could seat 252 worshippers. The church suffered a fire in the 1970s, and was then restored and reordered and a north aisle was added by F. Swainston & Associates. The church is constructed of red brick, with black bricks above and between the windows, and has a roof of concrete tiles. It consists of a nave with a north aisle and sanctuary. There are buttresses on the south side, added in the 1970s, and the west end has a double bellcote. The altar consists of three blocks of sandstone, and the font of a single block, all installed in the 1970s. There is bench seating, and some stained glass installed in the 1940s, to designs by G. S. Walsh.

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Stokesley

Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven. An electoral ward of the same name stretches south to Great Broughton and had a population at the 2021 Census of 6,180. Stokesley is about two miles south of the Middlesbrough borough boundary and eight miles south of Middlesbrough town centre. Stokesley is between Middlesbrough, Guisborough, and Northallerton, in a farming area. Local attractions nearby include Great Ayton, Captain Cook's monument, and Roseberry Topping in the North York Moors National Park. From 1894 to 1974, the town was one of the North Riding of Yorkshire's rural district head towns. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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Stokesley Rural District

Stokesley was a rural district in the North Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the town of Stokesley, which it contained. The district was enlarged in 1932 when it took in part of the Middlesbrough Rural District. It lost parts in 1968 with the creation of the Teesside county borough. In 1974 the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. It was split three ways, with the northern parts going to the boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough in the new county of Cleveland, and the rest becoming part of the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire. The parishes that went to Stockton were: Castlelevington, Hilton, Ingleby Barwick, Kirklevington, Maltby and Yarm, whilst Nunthorpe went to Middlesbrough.

Stokesley Town Hall

Stokesley Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Stokesley Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

North Riding County Football Association

The North Riding County Football Association, also known as the North Riding FA, is the football governing body for the North Riding of Yorkshire. Its headquarters are located in the town of Stokesley, 7 miles (11 km) south of Middlesbrough, England. Affiliated members pay a fee commensurate with the level of competition they play in. Affiliated members benefit from access to support and guidance on such areas as health and safety and access to finance or grants. The County FA is directly responsible for the governance of County Cup competitions.