A photo of The Turks Head public house c1946, taken from outside St Mary’s RC Church. It was on the corner of Thompson Street and Norton Road and survived when everything around it was demolished. This section of Norton Road was at one time known as Clarence Terrace.
Photograph and details courtesy of Jonathan May.
Picture Stockton Archive 
My great great grandmother, Mrs Ann Rowell was landlady in the” Turks Head” in the late 19th century.
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Hi, a bit more about the Turks Head. A Charles Rowell (1871-1901) was resident circa 1881. Thomasin E. Rowell(1866-1905) was a barmaid there, circa 1881. The address was 15 Clarence Terrace.
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Turks Head on corner of Thompson Street and Norton Road
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Ma Bousfield had it in the forties & fifties, she was Dave Bodley’s grandma who he lived with. The Gas Works main gate was the top of Thompson Street.https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2007/10/14/residents-of-the-turks-head/
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No it was not. I am nearly sure that it was located in Crowe Place between Webster Street and Lawson Street. Correct me if I am wrong!
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Hi Peter, The Turks Head, survived into the 1990’s at the location stated, Norton Rd. & Thompson St., as seen here: https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2013/01/02/a-view-of-st-marys-church-and-the-turks-head/
Here’s a link to a photo of The Kings Head, corner of Lawson St. & Crowe Place:
https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2002/03/09/the-kings-head-hotel/
Very similar names, just a different guy’s head being commemorated by different pubs 🙂
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Presumably Clarence Terrace was named after the Duke of Clarence, cf. Port Clarence, but I’d be happy to be contradicted.
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It was, in a roundabout way. Clarence Terrace, Clarence Row, Clarence Street and Port Clarence were all named in conjunction with the Clarence Railway which was named after the Duke of Clarence. The Stockton Branch of the Clarence was the North Shore branch and it ran from Norton West Junction, down Stockton Bank, past Hill’s, over Norton Road at Tilery over Portrack Lane to the North Shore of the River Tees..
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