Thornaby Station – Built in 1882 for the North Eastern Railway. The station opened 1st October that same year. Originally called ‘south Stockton Station’, the name was changed in 1892 to Thornaby Station to reflect the new status of the town gaining independence from Stockton.
South Stockton station’s name was changed to’ Thornaby’ in November 1892 when the North Eastern railway built a new station in Stockton in 1891 and renamed it ‘Stockton’ from the original station name of Stockton North.
I think you are playing politics with a picture Eric. I am sure that you are aware that Stockton has included, and controlled, in part or in full Thornaby on a few occasions in history. Just as Thornaby has been under the control of Middlesbrough and in the very distant past Guisborough… Many census’s in the 1800’s ignore Thornaby, classing it’s streets as in Stockton in the Counties of Durham and North Yorkshire. While it’s folks birth, deaths and marriages were registered variously in County Durham, North Riding of Yorkshire, Teesside, Cleveland etc
Let’s enjoys the picture…
Although part of present day Thornaby used to be called South Stockton, it was never part of the Stockton across the river, so the term independence from Stockton is not correct. In 1869 and again in 1883 Stockton tried unsuccessfully to gain control over the South Stockton Board. On October 6th 1892 South Stockton and Old Thornaby merged by Royal Charter from Queen Victoria to become the municipal Borough of Thornaby on Tees in the North Riding of Yorkshire.