Acklam, North Riding
| Acklam | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Acklam Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ485168 |
| Location: | 54°32’38"N, 1°15’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 6,027 (2011) |
| Post town: | Middlesbrough |
| Postcode: | TS5 |
| Dialling code: | 01642 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Middlesbrough |
Acklam is a village which has become a suburban area of Middlesbrough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is believed that the settlement is Anglo-Saxon in origin, the name is Old English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks".[1][2]
At the 2011 census, the Acklam Ward had a population of 6,027.
History
Acklam was referred to as "Aclun" in the 1086 Domesday Book. The manor was of eleven ploughlands: it had previously been owned by Earl Siward but after the Conquest it passed to Hugh Earl of Chester in 1086.
An agreement between Whitby Abbey and Guisborough Priory, by 1138, mentions the 4 ploughlands in Acklam held by the line of Robert de Bruces. Last in the line of Brus, Robert I of Scotland, in 1279 held a knight's fee of half a ploughland along with three parts of a knight's fee between 1284 and 1285.
To the west of the current Acklam area, the then village of Stainsby was deserted by 1757. Today this site amounts to little more than a series of grassy mounds near the A19 road.
In the early 20th century, this once tiny village was incorporated into the civil jurisdiction of Middlesbrough, and in time became engulfed by the latter's development.
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References
- ↑ Matthews, A. D. (1987). Acklam Hall: A House and Its History. ISBN 0951234307.
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), p.3. ISBN 019960908X