Former Town Hall

In anticipation of the proposed merger of Thornaby and South Stockton into the municipal borough of Thornaby-on-Tees municipal borough in 1892, civic leaders decided to commission a dedicated town hall. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the chairman of the South Stockton local board of health, John Steel, on 25 October 1890. It was designed by James Garry of West Hartlepool in the Renaissance style, built by W. C. Atkinson and was officially opened as Thornaby Town Hall in 1892. The quarter-chiming clock, which was made by Potts of Leeds and donated by the first mayor of the town, Alderman William Anderson, was started on 27 January 1892. The building continued to serve…