Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Redcar, a small town, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Marske and Upleatham parishes, N.R. Yorkshire. The town stands on the coast, 3½ miles ESE of the mouth of the river Tees, and 7½ ENE of Middlesborough, and has a station on a branch of the N.E.R. Prior to 1833 it was a mere fishing village; subsequently it rose rapidly into consequence as a favourite sea-bathing resort. It possesses a very fine sandy beach, an esplanade along the seashore, formed in 1870, and a pier, 1300 feet in length, opened in 1873. It is practically conjoint with the village of Coatham, and is governed by an urban district council of nine members. It has a head post office, several good hotels, numerous lodging-houses, a hydropathic establishment, a church, Congregational, Presbyterian, Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan, and Roman Catholic chapels, a cemetery of 4 acres, with two mortuary chapels, a bank, a county police station, and publishes two weekly newspapers. The Marquis of Zetland is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Two lifeboats are stationed here, one belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the other presented to the fishermen by the Society of Free Gardeners. The town is supplied with water from springs at Upleatham, 6 miles distant. The township comprises 697 acres of land and 238 of foreshore; population, 2818. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1876. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Zetland. The church was built in 1828, and is a plain building consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and an embattled western tower. In 1888 it was thoroughly renovated and reseated. Race meetings, on a racecourse 2 miles long, are held on Whit Monday and Tuesday and in August.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Civil parish | Marsk | |
| Liberty | Langbaurgh | |
| Poor Law union | Guisborough | |
| Riding | North |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Redcar:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter | 1856-1901 | |||
| Redcar | 1832-1915 | 1856-1913 | 1832-1896 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Redcar from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Redcar are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: