MIDDLESBROUGH
Midleburgh, Mideleburgh, Midelsburgh (xii-xvi
cent.).
The parish of Middlesbrough included in 1831
the townships of Middlesbrough and Linthorpe, and
covered 2,300 acres. (fn. 1) Practically the whole of this
area, besides parts of the townships of West Acklam,
Marton, Normanby and Ormesby, is now included in
the municipal borough of Middlesbrough, which is
co-extensive with the civil parish. A part of Linthorpe township has been transferred to the civil
parish of Stockton-on-Tees. The ecclesiastical parish
of Middlesbrough has been divided since 1860 into
nine parishes. (fn. 2)
Down to the 16th century the land of the parish
belonged for the most part to two great religious
houses. The church of Middlesbrough itself was
granted by Robert de Brus to form a cell to Whitby
Abbey, (fn. 3) and a few monks lived here down to 1534. (fn. 4)
The Priors of Guisborough had a considerable amount
of land in all the vills of the parish and a grange at
Ayresome in the township of Linthorpe. Both Guisborough Priory (fn. 5) and Byland Abbey owned fisheries in
the River Tees. (fn. 6)
In the charters of Whitby Abbey and Guisborough
Priory are many old place-names which have now
disappeared. William son of Richard de Linthorpe
granted the Abbot of Whitby 'half an acre over
Wlfholes . . . and one acre at Hungerscotes . . .
5 roods at Suarthouker . . . and one at Kirkegate
which abuts on Depedale.' (fn. 7) These names recur in
a grant made by William son of Richard son of
Ascelin de Middlesbrough, who also granted land at
'Prestesic,' 'Gildhusmor' and 'Hengandekelde,' all
within the territory of Linthorpe. (fn. 8) A place called
Wandailes, on the banks of the Tees, (fn. 9) is also mentioned in charters. Anna Brignell had land in
'Wandalls' in Linthorpe in 1618. (fn. 10)
There is no record of mining operations carried on
in the parish by the monks, but in 1366 Isabel de
Fauconberg, widow of the overlord of Middlesbrough, had as dower 'one third of the toll of
Middlesbrough and one third of the profit arising
from marl, mines of slate, iron, &c., so that she may
take profit of mining at will, and from the court of
Middlesbrough for search of the River Tees.' (fn. 11)
In 1791 there must have been disused gravel-pits
in the township of Middlesbrough. When on the
partition of the estate of the Hustlers their land here
was assigned to Richard William Peirse, Thomas Hustler
retained the privilege of taking gravel and sand from the
Middlesbrough quarry or gravel-pit, paying Mr. Peirse
1d. a cart-load. (fn. 12) The population of the place at
that time must have been very small. At the beginning of the 19th century the township was a dreary
and swampy expanse, containing four farm-houses,
with a population of twenty-five persons. (fn. 13) The
church was in ruins and the churchyard uninclosed,
though it was still occasionally used as a burialplace. (fn. 14) The township of Linthorpe appears to have
been in rather better case. Here the new village of
Newport, an outport of Stockton-on-Tees, had come
into being. (fn. 15)
Twenty years later the population of Middlesbrough
was forty. It seems, therefore, that the tradition of
the single house which stood in the township in 1828
is not quite correct. It was in the latter year that
the Stockton and Darlington railway was extended,
largely owing to the exertions of the Pease family, to
the Middlesbrough side of the Tees. Edward and
Joseph Pease, (fn. 16) with several other Quaker men of
business, realized the value of this tract of riverside
ground as the site of a new coaling port and purchased
500 acres on which to erect their staiths and lay out
the town. The purchasers, who styled themselves
the 'Middlesbrough Owners,' were Thomas Richardson, Henry Birkbeck, Simon Martin, Joseph Pease, jun.,
Edward Pease, and Francis Gibson. (fn. 17) Their success
was phenomenal. The first of many ships loaded
with coal left Middlesbrough and passed out to sea in
1830. The local clay afforded excellent material for
building, and streets radiating from a large square
space designed as a market-place began to spread
themselves over the vacant ground. The population
of the parish in 1831 was 383, of the township 154,
an increase directly attributed to the extension of the
railway. During the next few years it increased in
much larger proportion, and a movement was set on
foot in 1836 for building a new parish church of St.
Hilda. Money was readily contributed for the purpose, and in 1840 the church was consecrated. (fn. 18)
In the next year the newly made town, the population of which was now more than 5,000, entered on
the preliminary stage towards incorporation. By the
Middlesbrough Improvement Act of 1841 commissioners were appointed to provide for the lighting,
watching and cleansing of the streets and the general
improvement of the town. (fn. 19) It then consisted of the
township of Middlesbrough and a piece of land of
about 15 acres called Bell's Enclosure. (fn. 20) The commissioners had power at the same time to establish a
market for green stuff, fish, bacon, butter and
butchers' meat. The farmers of the rich Cleveland
valleys made great use of this from the first. (fn. 21)
It was at about this time also that Henry William
Ferdinand Bolckow and John Vaughan, the founders
of Middlesbrough's most important industry, took up
their residence here. (fn. 22) In the iron-works which they
established in Middlesbrough in 1841 they manufactured various kinds of steel and wrought-iron. (fn. 23) It
was not till 1850 that Mr. Vaughan began to work
the rich deposit of ironstone in the Cleveland hills,
extending from Eston through Normanby and Kirkleatham. (fn. 24) The first of the Middlesbrough blast
furnaces was made in the next year, and the production of pig-iron in this district gradually increased till
in 1900 it produced one-third of the total output of
Great Britain; well over a million tons were shipped
from the port in 1908. Middlesbrough is the centre
both for the smelting of iron and the manufacture of
steel, and the export of these is mainly responsible for
the increasing importance of the port.
In 1853 a royal charter was granted by which
Middlesbrough became a borough, and the powers of
the Improvement Commissioners were vested in a
corporation under the title of the mayor, aldermen
and burgesses. (fn. 25) The first mayor was Mr. Henry
William Ferdinand Bolckow, one of the two men
who had contributed so largely towards the prosperity
of the town. The corporation took as its motto
'Erimus,' (fn. 26) and the subsequent record of Middlesbrough has been one of almost unchecked expansion.
Numerous 'Improvement Acts' have been passed for
the enlargement of the borough. In 1856 it was
divided into three wards, (fn. 27) in 1866 into four. (fn. 28) It
now contains ten wards, called St. Hilda's, Vulcan,
Exchange, Cleveland, Cannon, Newport, Acklam,
Ayresome, Linthorpe and Grove Hill, and is governed
by a mayor, ten aldermen and thirty councillors. The
population of the county borough in 1901 was 91,302,
in 1911 it was 104,767. In 1867 the borough was
enfranchised, and Mr. Henry W. F. Bolckow was
elected as its first member of Parliament. The final
stage of its development was reached in 1888, when
under the Local Government Act it was made for
certain purposes a county borough. Proposals are
now being made to extend its area so as to include
parts of Linthorpe, Marton, Ormesby, Cargo Fleet,
South Bank and Grangetown. (fn. 29)
Middlesbrough now (1913) covers 2,823 acres of
land in a curve of the River Tees. Between the bank
of the river and the northern edge of the town is
the ironmasters' district, a strip of land completely
covered with iron and steel works. The North
Eastern railway runs alongside of it, and another
branch of the same railway cuts across the curve
further to the south and ends at the docks. Between
these two branches lies the earlier part of the town,
which is unique among English towns of its size in
the uniform modernity of its buildings. From the
market-place, which has St. Hilda's Church at its northeast corner, on part of the site of the old church, four
streets—North Street, South Street, East Street and
West Street—run at right angles to one another, and
the rectangular arrangement so begun has been
followed, with necessary modifications, in the further
extension of the town. South Street continued
becomes the main road to Linthorpe, which is crossed
at right angles by Corporation Road and Borough
Road.
Middlesbrough Docks, which are at the east of the
town, were first opened in 1842, and have been
enlarged till at the present day their area is 26 acres.
They are entered by a channel from the river, and
on the west are approached by the North Eastern
railway, which divides into an enormous number
of branches to provide accommodation for standing
trucks. At the point where the branches meet is the
railway station, which was rebuilt in 1877. Middlesbrough is now linked with Redcar by an extension of
the old Stockton and Darlington line and with Guisborough, North Skelton and the coast line of the
North Eastern by a branch line.
Of the other town buildings the most notable are
the Royal Exchange, near the railway station, which
was opened in 1868, the town hall, in the Albert
Road, built in 1887, and the new Public Library in
Victoria Square, which has been endowed by Mr.
Carnegie.
South of the town is the Albert Park, extending
over 72 acres. It was presented to the corporation
in 1866 by Mr. Bolckow. (fn. 30) The inhabitants of this
somewhat gloomy town find its grounds a pleasant
refuge.
There are now nine churches in the town, (fn. 31) some
of which possess chapels of ease, and numerous
Nonconformist chapels, six of which belong to the
Wesleyans, five to Methodist sects, four to the Baptists,
and two to the Congregationalists. The Friends
have meeting-houses and the Presbyterians have three
churches. The town is the head of a Roman
Catholic diocese, and has a Roman Catholic cathedral
in Sussex Street, opened in 1878 to replace a smaller
church dating from 1854, and the church of St. Patrick
in Marsh Street.
The industries of Middlesbrough are now very
varied. It retains much importance as a coaling
station, in spite of the near neighbourhood of Stockton,
from which it was separated in 1861 and made an
independent port. The shipments of coal in 1912
amounted to 58,700 tons. By far the largest export,
however, is pig-iron, manufactured iron and steel
being second in importance. There are wire-works
in Newport and engineers and boiler-makers in
Middlesbrough.
In 1862 Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. in
boring for water discovered a deposit of rock salt at
the base of the Keuper marl of the district. (fn. 32) The
salt industry has since assumed some importance, and
the Middlesbrough Owners have works just outside
the borough at Cargo Fleet. There are also works
belonging to the Salt Union, Ltd., and the Cleveland Salt Co. Various associated chemical manufactures have also been established.
It is natural in a port of Middlesbrough's importance, where iron is so easily obtainable, that the shipbuilding industry should take root. Five steel vessels
were built here in 1908.
The manufacture of earthenware at Middlesbrough
was established in 1831 and continued till 1887. (fn. 33)
At Linthorpe the manufacture of art pottery from
the local clay was begun in 1879 by Mr. J. Harrison.
It flourished for ten years, and then decayed owing
to the death of the founder. Linthorpe ware, however, attained a considerable reputation, and a loan
exhibition was held at Middlesbrough in 1906 at the
Dorman Museum. (fn. 34)
Manors
No mention of MIDDLESBROUGH
by that name occurs in the Domesday
Survey, nor is there anything to show
how its name arose except vague traditions of a
Roman settlement. (fn. 35) It is never called a manor
till the 16th century; in the 11th century it was
probably included in the manor of Acklam. (fn. 36) It
belonged with Acklam to the Brus fee, (fn. 37) and an
overlordship here seems to have followed the descent
of Skelton (q.v.) into the hands of the Fauconberg
family. (fn. 38)
Before 1130 Robert de Brus granted to Whitby
Abbey the church of Middlesbrough with 1 carucate of
land, on condition that certain monks should reside
here and perform divine service. (fn. 39) To the carucate
of land other grants were added by the Ingram, (fn. 40)
Malebiche, (fn. 41) and Acklam (fn. 42) families, and in 1274
the holding of the Abbot of Whitby was said to be
'a moiety of the town.' (fn. 43) In 1285 Middlesbrough
was exempt from geld as part of the liberty of
Whitby. (fn. 44)
At the Dissolution the cell or priory was worth
£12 a year, (fn. 45) and more than 100 acres of land were
let to various tenants. (fn. 46) A lease of it was made to
John Harrys 'of the Household' in 1543 for thirty
years. (fn. 47) In 1564, however, it was granted in fee to
Thomas Reve, William Ryvett, and William Hechins. (fn. 48)
In 1572 the site of the priory was in the possession of Anthony Roue (Roove), who sold it in that
year to William Robinson. (fn. 49) The Robinsons held
what now began to be called the 'manor of Middlesbrough' (fn. 50) till the early 18th century, but very
little is known of them. William Robinson died in
1589 seised of the 'manor or capital messuage' and
other buildings, gardens, and land. The estate was
settled on his wife Frances with remainder in tailmale to George Robinson, (fn. 51) whose kinship with him
is not specified. George Robinson was in possession
in 1596–7, (fn. 52) a John Robinson in 1645, (fn. 53) and another
George was holding the manor in 1681. (fn. 54) In 1726
the lord of the manor was again a George Robinson, (fn. 55)
after which the family is not mentioned. Possibly the
estate was sold at about this date in parcels. At the
beginning of the 19th century there were no manorial
rights. Part of the estate had come into the hands of
William Chilton, who in 1829 sold 500 acres to the
Middlesbrough Owners. (fn. 56) This was sold in building
sites for the new town. There is still a firm of
Middlesbrough Owners, whose business is the buying
and selling of land.
Some land in Middlesbrough belonged to the
priory of Guisborough, (fn. 57) and was granted at the
Dissolution to Thomas Lord Wharton. (fn. 58) It seems to
have come into the hands of the family of Boynton (fn. 59)
of Acklam, and must be that 'grange of Middlesbrough' which was sold to William Hustler with
the manor of Acklam (q.v.) in 1637. (fn. 60) It followed
the descent of the manor of Acklam till 1791, when
on the partition of the Hustler estates it was assigned
to Richard William Peirse. (fn. 61) In 1808 it had been
sold to various purchasers. The Acklam representative of the Hustler family was then the principal
proprietor, (fn. 62) and still owned land in Middlesbrough
in 1840. (fn. 63)
Like the rest of the parish AYRESOME (Arusum,
xiii cent.) formed part of the Brus fee. (fn. 64) The overlordship followed the descent of the manor of Yarm
(q.v.), passing to the Thwengs (fn. 65) and afterwards to
the Darcys of Knaith. (fn. 66) A mesne lordship belonged
in the 13th century to the Percys of Kildale. (fn. 67)
The family of Ingram, connected with the Ingrams
of Ingleby Arncliffe (fn. 68) (q.v.), were lords of Ayresome
at the earliest period for which there is any evidence.
The first member of the family whose name is
known is William Ingram, whose son John (fn. 69) held
4 carucates here in about 1130. (fn. 70) He had a daughter
and heir Adeline, who married Robert son of
Ernis. (fn. 71) Their heirs were the family of Vere of
Goxhill, (fn. 72) who were holding land here in the early
13th century. (fn. 73) It seems clear, however, that their
land in Ayresome had passed before 1365 to the
family of Boynton of Acklam. Thomas Boynton
obtained a grant of free warren in his demesne
lands here in that year. (fn. 74) From 1365 Ayresome
followed the descent of Acklam (q.v.), passing with
that manor to the Hustler family. (fn. 75)
A carucate of land in Ayresome was granted by
John Ingram in the early 12th century to Guisborough
Priory. (fn. 76) This was confirmed by Simon de Vere in
the 13th century. (fn. 77) Other grants to Guisborough
were made by the family of Linthorpe, by Henry
Ruffus of Ayresome, and by Simon Fitz Walter, (fn. 78)
and in 1539–40 the prior's estate contained a capital
messuage and was called a manor. (fn. 79) It was granted
in 1544 to Thomas Lord Wharton, (fn. 80) who in 1560
sold it to Robert Tempest. (fn. 81) It seems probable that
this estate came ultimately by purchase to the Boyntons, (fn. 82) and passed with the rest of Ayresome to the
Hustler family.
Land in LINTHORPE (Levingthorp, xiii cent.;
Leventhorpe, xiv–xvi cent.; Lynthorpe, xvii cent.)
was also part of the Brus fee. (fn. 83) The overlordship
passed with the manor of Yarm (q.v.) to the Thwengs
and afterwards to the Darcys. (fn. 84)
Linthorpe belonged in the 12th century to the
family of Acklam, whose lands were inherited by the
Boyntons. (fn. 85) This manor followed the descent of
Acklam (q.v.) through the Boynton family, and passed
with it in 1637 to William Hustler. (fn. 86) Thomas
Hustler, lord of the manor of Acklam, was lord also
of Linthorpe in the middle of the 19th century.
The place has now been absorbed into Middlesbrough,
and there are no manorial rights.
Fifteen acres of land in Linthorpe were granted
by William de Middlesbrough to Whitby Abbey. (fn. 87)
William de Linthorpe granted St. Hilda of Middlesbrough 3 perches of land in the field of Linthorpe on
the bank of the Tees. (fn. 88) The total rental of Whitby
Abbey here in the reign of Henry VIII was 23s. 4d. (fn. 89)
A fishery on the Tees and some land were granted
to Byland Abbey by William de Acklam, and confirmed by his descendant Thomas Boynton in 1392. (fn. 90)
Guisborough Priory also had possessions here which
in 1301 included a grange. (fn. 91) It was granted with
Ayresome Grange to Thomas Lord Wharton in 1544, (fn. 92)
and probably followed the same descent.
The family of Cosyn of Linthorpe appears in connexion with all the different vills in the parish during
the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries. (fn. 93) William Cosyn
in 1277 forfeited his land in Linthorpe by staying in
Scotland after the king by proclamation had ordered
all the English to leave, (fn. 94) though he pleaded that his
disobedience was due to 'weakness of body being
ninety years of age.'
Churches
The church of ST. HILDA (fn. 95) was
apparently destroyed at the close of the
17th century. (fn. 96) In 1730 a faculty was
obtained for the building of a new church at Newport, (fn. 97) and a great part of the ruins was carted there
for incorporation in the contemplated building. The
plan was not, however, carried into effect, and the
pillars, mouldings and stones were put to secular uses. (fn. 98)
Some traces of the old chapel were found in 1846,
when a farm-house, which had been built on the
site, was taken down. Portions of a square-headed
15th-century window with cinquefoiled lights were
found in the walls, together with fragments of 12thcentury moulded stones. (fn. 99)
The new church of ST. HILDA was erected in 1839
in the Gothic style of the day, and consists of chancel,
wide aisleless nave, and west tower and spire. The
chancel was rebuilt in 1889. The nave has five tall
pointed windows on each side, a flat plaster ceiling
and a wide west gallery approached from a staircase in
the tower. The only relic of antiquity is the circular
stone font, which dates from the 12th century. It
was restored to the church in 1889 from Darlington,
whither it had been conveyed about half a century
before, when the site of the cell was laid out for
building purposes. (fn. 100) The bowl is 2 ft. 3 in. in
diameter and 1 ft. 8 in. high, and is covered with
rude shallow carvings disposed vertically between
incised lines. (fn. 101)
There is a ring of eight bells.
The plate consists of two chalices, two patens, a
flagon and a salver of mediaeval design, presented in
July 1898 by the sons of the Rev. J. K. Bealey, late
vicar. A plated set of two cups, two patens and a
flagon apparently date from the year of the opening
of the church. (fn. 102)
The registers begin in 1839, but earlier distinct
entries relating to Middlesbrough beginning in 1735
are in the registers of Acklam.
The parish of ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
was formed out of St. Hilda's in 1864. (fn. 103) The church
is of brick and stone in 14th-century style, consisting
of chancel, nave, aisles, transept, chapel, and west
tower with spire.
The consolidated chapelry of ST. PAUL was
formed from St. John's and West Acklam in 1873. (fn. 104)
The church, of red brick and stone, was built in 1871
in 14th-century style, and consists of chancel, nave,
aisles, and embattled octagonal tower with spire east
of the chancel arch.
The district chapelry of ST. PETER was formed
from St. John's in 1874. (fn. 105) The church, which was
built in 1871, is a plain building of red brick in
13th-century style, and consists of chancel, nave and
tower.
The parish of ALL SAINTS was formed in 1879
from parts of St. John's and St. Paul's. (fn. 106) The church
is a cruciform building of red brick and stone in
13th-century style, consisting of chancel with aisles,
nave with aisles, west porch and bell-turret.
The parish of ST. BARNABAS was formed in
1897. (fn. 107) The church, built in 1891, is of red brick
with stone dressings.
The parish of ST. AIDAN was formed in 1901 (fn. 108)
from parts of St. John's, St. Paul's, All Saints and
St. Barnabas. The church, which is of wood, was
built in 1899 by voluntary labour.
The parish of ST. COLUMBA was formed in
1903 (fn. 109) from All Saints. The church, a building of
red brick with stone dressings, consists of nave with
eastern chapel and tower.
The parish of ST. CUTHBERT was formed in
1903 from St. Paul's. The building is of brick with
stone facings.
All the livings are vicarages, to which the Archbishop of York presents.
Advowson
The church of Middlesbrough was
in the early 12th century a chapel
to Stainton. (fn. 110) Shortly after Robert
de Brus granted it to Whitby Abbey a dispute arose
between the monks of that abbey and the canons of
Guisborough, who owned Stainton Church, as to the
tithes belonging to the chapel. They were gathered
from 12 carucates of land in Middlesbrough itself,
Ayresome, Linthorpe and Acklam. An arrangement
was made by which each house had the tithes from
6 carucates, Whitby taking those from 4 carucates in
Ayresome, 1 in Linthorpe and their own land in
Middlesbrough. (fn. 111) At the same time the canons of
Guisborough acknowledged the claim of Middlesbrough to be a mother church.
The church was appropriated to the abbey before
1291, (fn. 112) but no vicarage was ordained. The Prior of
the cell of Middlesbrough appointed a secular chaplain (fn. 113)
until 1452, when on representations that the income
of the church had fallen so low that the chaplain
could not be supported, he received permission to
serve the church himself or with the assistance of his
fellow monk. (fn. 114) This arrangement was, no doubt, still
in force at the Dissolution, as no mention is made of
the payment of a chaplain.
The advowson does not seem to have been included
in the grant of the site of the monastery to Thomas
Reve. George Wright conveyed to his brother
Edmund Wright his lease of the parsonage with the
tithes in 1543. (fn. 115) Nothing more is heard of the
tithes till the end of the 17th century, when they
were in the possession of the Hustler family. (fn. 116) Sir
William Hustler paid £10 to support a chaplain. (fn. 117)
The advowson remained in his family, following the
descent of the manor of Acklam (fn. 118) (q.v.) till 1860,
when Thomas Hustler exchanged it for the advowson
of West Acklam, which was held by the Archbishop
of York. (fn. 119)
The lights of the Holy Cross, the Blessed Mary,
St. Katherine and St. Hilda are mentioned in 1453. (fn. 120)
The absence of evidence with regard to the advowson during most of the 16th and 17th centuries is
probably due to the fact that the church was disused.
Charities
Thomas Richardson's educational
charity, founded by deeds dated
29 March 1844, 17 November 1846,
18 May and 8 November 1847, consists of an annuity
of £30 charged upon 600 square yards or thereabouts
in Lower Commercial Street, and of £450 1s. 1d.
consols, arising from investment in 1877 of accumulations of income, with the official trustees, by whom
the dividends, amounting to £11 5s., are remitted
to the education committee of the county borough.
The charity is regulated by a scheme of the Charity
Commissioners, 1878, whereby the rent-charge is
vested in the official trustee of charity lands, and
the income applied in scholarships tenable at the
secondary school.
In 1858 Robert Scott, by will proved at York,
left £95 2s. 7d. consols for the benefit of the poor.
The same testator devised a portion of his residuary
real estate to Isaac Marwood and Thomas Marwood,
who by deed of settlement of 25 September 1871
declared the trusts thereof for the benefit of the poor,
the recipients to be selected by the vicar and churchwardens of St. Hilda's and the mayor. In 1906 the
trust estate consisted of a dwelling-house and shop in
Bridge Street and a house and shop in Graham Street,
producing in net rents £31 5s. 7d., which with the
dividends on the stock, amounting to £2 7s. 6d., was
divided among thirty-five recipients.
The North Riding Infirmary, situated in the
Newport Road, was opened in 1864, and was supported mainly by voluntary contributions and interest
of legacies temporarily invested. In 1878 Mr. Henry
William Ferdinand Bolckow, by his will proved
27 July, bequeathed £5,000 as an endowment fund,
which has been invested with the official trustees in
£4,700 Corporation Waterworks 3¾ debenture stock
and in £117 5s. 6d. consols, producing £179 3s. 8d.
a year.
The United Presbyterian church and schoolrooms
in Newport Road, Hill Street and Johnson Street,
comprised in a deed dated 15 February 1865, are
regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners
dated 20 November 1900, whereby trustees were
appointed, and the church and schoolrooms were
directed to be held upon the trusts of a deed approved
on 25 April 1879 by the synod of the Presbyterian
Church of England.
The High School in Albert Road, the site of the
buildings and grounds of which, containing 2½ acres
or thereabouts, was the gift of Sir Joseph Pease &
Partners, was founded by indenture and deed poll,
both dated 11 June 1877.
By a scheme of the Board of Education, 21 July
1909, the lands and hereditaments belonging to the
foundation are vested in the mayor, aldermen and
burgesses of the borough, and the governing body
thereby constituted consists of the statutory education committee for the time being appointed by the
town council under a scheme of 16 April 1913.
Provision is also made for the control of the boys'
and girls' secondary schools.
In 1894 John Gillow, by will proved on 7 May,
directed his trustees (among other charitable legacies)
to set apart a sum of £5,000 to form a fund, to be
designated 'The Gillow of Lilystone Hall Trust,'
for religious and educational purposes in the Roman
Catholic diocese of Middlesbrough. The estate was
insufficient to pay the legacies in full, and the amount
available for this trust was invested in the purchase of
£2,360 London and North Western 4 per cent.
stock and £693 10s. 3d. consols, producing an income
of £111 14s. 8d.
St. John the Evangelist.—In 1878 Henry William
Ferdinand Bolckow, by will proved 27 July, left
£200 for the support and maintenance of the National
school, which was founded in 1875. The legacy
was invested in £199 15s. consols with the official
trustees, by whom the dividends, amounting to
£4 19s. 8d., are paid to the education authority.