Eston

The name Eston derives from the Old English ēasttūn meaning 'east settlement'. The land around Eston has been occupied since 2400 BC. The 1850 discovery of ironstone in Eston Hills by industrialist John Vaughan and mining engineer John Marley saw Eston develop from a small farming settlement in 1850 to a thriving mining town. Miners' cottages, although altered, can still be seen in parts of Eston. The mining history of Eston was the subject of A Century in Stone, which describes how the mines were responsible for making Teesside the iron and steel capital of the world. Excluding Ormesby, the wider area came under the former Eston Urban District from 1894 until 1968. This was a single civil…