17 Facts About Ingleby Barwick

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Ingleby Barwick is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England.

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Ingleby Barwick was originally two settlements under a single joint parish, it is common to shorten the name to Ingleby in speech unless disambiguation is needed.

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3.

Ingleby Barwick is derived from Old Norse Englar+by, a group of Angles' place.

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Ingleby Barwick is of Anglo-Saxon in origin, Bere is Old English for barley and Wick means farm.

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One way Ingleby Barwick is pronounced is Bar-ick, this loss is traditional and seen with Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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6.

Ingleby Barwick is listed as being a township in the parish of Stainton in 1887.

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7.

The last aircraft accident was a Photo Reconnaissance de Havilland Mosquito which was attempting to land at Thornaby on one engine and crashed into land which is home to Ingleby Barwick Mill School on 11 November 1943 killing both crew members; there is a stone marking the crash site.

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8.

Ingleby Barwick was a part of the Cleveland non-metropolitan district of Stockton-on-Tees in 1974 until 1996.

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9.

Since the county was abolished in 1996, Ingleby Barwick is placed into non-administrative North Yorkshire, governed by the direct successor unitary authority of Stockton-on-Tees.

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10.

Residents of Ingleby Barwick tend to have attained a higher level of education compared with Stockton-On-Tees and nationally.

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11.

Ingleby Barwick pond, in the centre of the town, is a small Local Nature Reserve.

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12.

Ingleby Barwick Farm is an operating farm adjacent to The Rings.

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13.

Ingleby Barwick Golf Course is a nine-hole venue with full facilities including an American Golf Shop - which is home to a floodlight driving range which is the only double decker version in the North of England.

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14.

Ingleby Barwick is home to a 25-metre swimming pool at the IB Leisure complex who put on numerous lessons and clubs.

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15.

Ingleby Barwick has eight schools with six primary and two secondary education.

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16.

Whinstone is in Lowfields and is so named due to Ingleby Barwick formerly having a quarry, now the golf course in The Rings.

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17.

Ingleby Barwick Mill is a school named after a mill next to the current site.

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