Show on map A Panama Fairlead is normally found on the deck of a ship for securing ropes and cables.
The names found on this artwork are all ships from the fleet of Robert Ropner who donated the land to the people of Stockton.
Most of them are local placenames such as Ormesby, Crathorne, Danby and Swainby.
Show on map Like the fountain the bandstand also originated from Walter MacFarlanes, Saracen Foundary in Scotland.
Its a Model 279 as can be seen in their catalogue.
Show on map This cast iron fountain dates from the opening of the park in 1893
I read on the English Heritage website that the fountain was made by Carrons of Glasgow , but i’m not convinced.
It looks to be an exact match to the Model 51 from Walter Macfarlanes, Saracen Foundary catalogue who also made the bandstand.
Show on map Fish Swallowing Bird (when viewed from the correct angle) was designed by Mick Thacker and erected in September 2005.
It stands on the site where Dodshons Fountain was located between the opening of the park in 1893 and 1994
Show on map Ralph Sparks Daylight Bakery was built in a striking Art Deco style in 1938
The building was designed by Robert Ridley Kitching and apparently used hot air from the bakery to heat the rest of the building
The factory closed in 1985 and has fortunately being converted into flats rather than demolished
Show on map This building on Dovecot Street was the offices of the Stockton & Middlesbrough Corporations Water Board.
The organisation became the Tees Valley Water Board around 1899 – 1900
The 1883 date stone and name of the original company are still visible.
It’s been pointed out to me that this was also the building that Radio Tees was based in between 1975 and 1992.
Show on map Stockton Almshouses were built around 1897 with the foundation being laid by Mayor Thomas Walton on 26th October 1896.
Theres an inscription somewhere that I missed which reads :-
“Stockton Almshouses
Situation the east side of the High Street, rebuilt 1816 with a sum of money
bequeathed for that purpose by George Brown Esq, were sold and taken down AD 1896.
These buildings were erected with part of the purchasers money AD 1897”
The building is currently shuttered up and I cannot find any information on what the future holds for it, although it is a Grade II listed building.
Below is the Evening Gazette report of the 1896 ceremony.
Show on map Bute Street in Stockton was built to house workers in the late 1800s
Due to single private ownership the residents were not allowed to modernise the properties, so theres no pebbledash, PVC windows. As such most of the houses are pretty much as they looked when originally built.
The street still has its old enamel sign, old style lamps and cobbles.
Show on map Now a private house, this was once Yarm Police Station
The 1897 date stone has the initials “NYR” (North Riding Yorkshire)
Show on map Erimus was an area of three streets (Erimus Terrace, Pioneer Street and Stainton Street) and a hotel that once stood mid-way between Thornaby and Middlesbrough, it was built to house the workers of the Erimus Ironworks. 
The whole area was demolished in 1963 to make way for developments on the railway and is now near the road junction for Teesside Park on the A66.
AÂ war memorial was erected in 1920 at Erimus for the six local men who died in WW1.
Private J R Donnison, 2nd Yorkshire Regt.
Stoker A Wright, H M S Carribean
Stoker J R Sharp, H M S Queen Mary
Private J G Wales, 9th Yorkshire Regt.
Private T Munroe, DLI
Private W Munroe, DLI
The memorial moved to a chapel in Thornaby in 1959 and was moved to it’s current location in the cemetery in 22/7//2006 where it was unveiled by Mayor Pat Large and Ken Craggs.