Liverton Mines

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Liverton Mines
Liverton Mines shown within North Yorkshire
Population	1500
OS grid reference	NZ7117
Parish	Loftus
District	Langbaurgh
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
European Parliament	North East England
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°32′49″N 0°54′00″W / 54.547, -0.9

Liverton Mines is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is surrounded by large, local towns Middlesbrough, Redcar, Guisborough and Whitby. It is renowned for its award winning fish and chip shop, and its overall windy nature. The village has a shop (Charlie's), a post office, church and a pub, The Jolly Holly.

Contents 1 History 2 Sport and recreation 3 Housing 4 Statistics

[edit] History

The Cleveland Hills were once an important ironstone mining area, providing the iron ore for the steel industry in Middlesbrough. Liverton Mines had an ironstone pit outside the village, located in the Cleveland Ironstone belt. The pit was opened in 1866 and closed in 1923. It is no longer used. The Working Men's Club has recently been demolished to provide land for residential use which no doubt has affected the community.

[edit] Sport and recreation

Located within the heart of the village is a large cricket field, once home of Liverton Mines Cricket Club, a local side. It is now largely unused apart from the occasional gathering of local people for leisure. There is a large wooded area and valley to the west of the village leading to Carlin How.

[edit] Housing

Much of the housing is simple terraced Victorian, although a large estate was erected post World War II. There are currently 2 new housing projects under construction, one at the site of the former Working Men's Club and the other on the site of the old Whitby Farmers store.

[edit] Statistics

Statistics about Redcar & Cleveland from the Office for National Statistics Census 2001 http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk - Borough Council website BBC Tees

Locations in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

Towns: Brotton | Dormanstown | Eston | Grangetown | Guisborough | Loftus | Redcar (Redcar East)| Saltburn-by-the-Sea | Skelton-in-Cleveland | South Bank | Teesville Villages: Boosbeck | Boulby | Carlin How | Charltons | Coatham | Dunsdale | Easington | Handale | Kilton | Kilton Thorpe | Kirkleatham | Lazenby | Lingdale | Liverton | Margrove Park | Marske-by-the-Sea | Moorsholm | New Marske | Newton under Roseberry | North Skelton | Ormesby | Pinchinthorpe | Scaling | Skinningrove | Stanghow | Upleatham | Warrenby | Westfield | Wilton | Yearby Parish & Town Councils: Guisborough | Lockwood | Loftus | Saltburn, Marske and New Marske | Skelton and Brotton

See also: Cleveland, Langbaurgh (wapentake), Langbaurgh East, Teesside, Tees Valley,Schools in Redcar and Cleveland