Acklam

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude = 54.54489
longitude = -1.26401
official_name = Acklam
population =
shire_district =
shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = North East England
constituency_westminster =
post_town = MIDDLESBROUGH
postcode_district = TS5
postcode_area = TS
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = NZ477168

Acklam was a village in Cleveland in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was incorporated into the county borough of Middlesbrough during the early 20th century and is now a small suburban area of Middlesbrough in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

Acklam was first mentioned, being referred to as Aclun, in the Domesday Book of 1086. It has been maintained that the name is Anglo-Saxon Old English for 'at the oak clearings' or 'place of oaks'. [cite book|last = Matthews| first = A. D.| authorlink = A. D. Matthews| title = Acklam Hall: A House and Its History| date = 1987]

The modern postcode is generally TS5. Acklam Road runs straight through Acklam. Just off Acklam Road is Hall Drive. The one-time focus of the parish (as can be appreciated from such old maps of the pre-industrial area as the 1714 Lordship of Acklam Plan on display in the Dorman Museum in nearby Linthorpe), residence of the Hustler family and Restoration mansion, Acklam Hall, is based here. The house, formerly a grammar school and Middlesbrough's sole Grade I listed building, is expected to have ceased in its present role as the Acklam Campus of Middlesbrough College by the middle of 2008.

Acklam is home to various schools, including Kings Manor School, Hall Garth Community Arts College, St David's School, Acklam Grange Secondary School, Acklam Whin Primary School and St Clare's Primary School, on Trimdon Avenue.

tainsby

Other links persist in the area, often through school and/or road names, to now-outgrown or abandoned local settlements, such as the medieval settlement of Stainsby, deserted by 1757, which amounts to little more today than a series of grassy mounds near the A19 road. [cite web|url=http://www.teesarchaeology.com/projects/stainsby/index.html|title=Stainsby Medieval Village|publisher=Tees Archaeology|accessdate=2007-12-20] In 1952 Stainsby Secondary Modern School, now renamed Acklam Grange Secondary School, was named for this village.

Notable people

Bob Mortimer - Comedian, Actor

References