| [7] As part of Redcar and Cleveland Council's Greater Eston Regeneration, improvements are planned, including the part-demolition of the Precinct Shopping Centre and the building of a new supermarket. For such a small town, there is a high number of popular public houses that serve people both from within Eston and from neighbouring towns like Normanby, South Bank, Whale Hill and Grangetown. These establishments contribute to a number of local sports leagues, with darts and pool having the most participants.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} The square has also been entered into the regional Northumbria in Bloom competition, with regular work being carried out by members of the Eston Residents Association. ChurchesChrist Church, the Church of England church in Eston, is the partner church to St. George's Church in Teesville. Christ Church is a traditionally designed church built in red brick. It features sixteen stained-glass windows in dressed sandstone settings that bring warm colourful light into the main body of the building; they are themed around saints.[11] Similarly, St. Anne's Church, the Catholic church in Eston, is part of a larger parish, which includes the churches of St. Peter's, South Bank, St. Andrew's, Teesville and St. Mary's, Grangetown. The joint parish is served from, and carries the name of, St. Andrew's Parish. St. Anne's Church was built in 1970, although the Catholic community had existed as a distinct group for many years before that. Before the church was built a mass took place each Sunday at the Grangetown Royal British Legion Social Club.[12] Eston HillsThe town of Eston lies at the foot of Eston Hills,[13] a ridge approximately {{convert|200|m|ft|0}} above sea level, and a part of the Cleveland Hills. The same hills that overshadow Eston were used to warn of attack in the Napoleonic Era by a beacon, the remains of which can still be seen at Eston Nab. Eston Nab is also home to Bauer Teesside and aerials and transmitters. At only {{convert|243|m|ft|0}} above sea level at its highest point, Eston Hills are classed as lowland heath. Wildlife includes lapwing, curlew, green woodpecker and linnet. There are various butterflies and dragonflies.[14] The hills overlooking Eston are managed for their wildlife, archaeology and amenity. Many people use the hills for walking, cycling and horse riding. There are several self-guided walk leaflets, which take in points of interest. These are available at the Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park Visitor Centre, Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland. The Eston Hills provide access to the wider countryside via the public right of way network. The land owned or managed by the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is mostly bordered by farmland. Eston Nab commands an excellent view of the nearby Roseberry Topping, which stands higher at {{convert|320|m|ft}}. Eston CemeteryStill in active use, Eston Cemetery it was established in 1863 and built as an extension to the church of St Helen, which has since been dismantled and rebuilt at Beamish Museum.[15] Names on the gravestones tell the story of the families whose daily lives created the history of the wider area throughout the twentieth century until the present. The cemetery contains the war graves of 55 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 43 of World War II, including one unidentified Royal Navy sailor.[16] Whale HillEston also includes the area of Whale Hill, which was built in 1966–70. Whale Hill has mixed tenure housing. It includes a social club and a row of shops, including a chemist, post office, supermarket, fish shop and a corner shop. The area also benefits from a large local community centre. Notable people- William Henry Short V.C. (1884–1916) – born and lived at 11, William Street, Eston, until the family moved to Grangetown in 1900. He played football for Grangetown Albion and Saltburn and Lazenby United Football Clubs. He fought in the early stages of the Battle of the Somme where he was killed showing gallantry and devotion to duty. His name is recorded on the Grangetown war memorial and the obelisk in Eston Cemetery.[17]
- Richard Douglas Sandford V.C. (1891-1918) - died as patient at Eston Hospital 12 days after the Armistice and buried at Eston Cemetery. He received the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918.[18]
See also{{Geographic location
|title = Places near Eston
|Northwest = Teesville, South Bank
|North = Whale Hill, Grangetown
|Northeast = Lazenby
|West = Normanby
|Centre = Eston
|East = Lackenby
|Southwest = Ormesby
|South = Great Ayton
|Southeast = Guisborough
}}Eston gallerySee also- Bolckow Vaughan
- Eston Nab
- Teesville
- Normanby
- Ormesby
- Eston railway station
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689991&c=TS6+8DJ&d=14&e=62&g=6376507&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1437648503605&enc=1|title=Redcar and Cleveland ward population 2011|accessdate=23 July 2015}}
2. ^Redcar and Cleveland Council – Greater Eston
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx|title=2011 UK Census statistics|accessdate=23 September 2013}}
4. ^BBC – How Eston's mines changed history
5. ^Pancrack Films – A Century in Stone
6. ^{{cite web |title=Redcar & Cleveland |url=http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/results#local |date=May 2015}}
7. ^Greater Eston Regeneration Projects
8. ^The Evangelical Congregational Church, Eston
9. ^Christ Church, Eston
10. ^St. Anne's Church, Eston
11. ^The stained-glass windows of Christ Church, Eston
12. ^St. Andrew's Parish Online
13. ^Eston Hills
14. ^Redcar and Cleveland Council – Eston Moor
15. ^Beamish – The Living Museum of the North: St Helen's Church, Eston
16. ^ CWGC Cemetery Report.
17. ^Remembrance – The Yorkshire Regiment, First World War Private William SHORT, V.C.
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/clevelan.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=28 November 2004 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027211955/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/clevelan.htm |archivedate=27 October 2004 }} Grave Locations of Holders of the Victoria Cross in the County of Cleveland.
External links- Genuki – History of Eston parish & District Descriptions from Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire (1890), retrieved 8 February 2006
- Official Tees Archaeology – Eston Hills
- Some pictures of Eston in the past
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