Stockton-on-Tees is a town in County Durham, in North-East England. Straddling the River Tees, it's always been industrial. From 1974 to 1996 Stockton was part of a new county, Cleveland. When this was abolished, Stockton returned to County Durham, except for the southern rural district of Yarm, which was re-assigned to North Yorkshire.
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