Aislaby, County Durham

Aislaby

Coordinates: 54.5048° N 1.3768° W
OS grid reference	NZ404123
Unitary authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Yarm
Postcode district	TS15
Dial code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Stockton South
European Parliament	North East England
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Aislaby is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm. The name is of Viking origin and is Old Norse "Aislac's, or Aslakr's, farm".

[edit] Geography

Aislaby is historically and ceremonially located in County Durham, but for administrative purposes is located in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, made a unitary authority in 1996. Before this time it was in the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland, created on 1 April 1974 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Aislaby is in the Eaglescliffe ward, which as of 2005 is represented on the Borough Council by John Fletcher and Maureen Rigg (both Liberal Democrat). It is part of the Stockton South parliamentary constituency, which as of 2005 is represented in parliament by Dari Taylor (Labour). It is in the North East England region, which serves as a constituency for the European Parliament.

The local police force is Cleveland Police. Aislaby is in the Stockton district and its nearest police station is in Yarm.

Aislaby is home to the England national football team manager, Steve McClaren

Simpson, David. "Place Names A to Z". North East England History Pages. Retrieved 12 January 2005.

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