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Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north-east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. The local council, a unitary authority, is Middlesbrough Borough Council. It is part of the larger built-up area of Teesside with an overall population of 376,333 according to the 2011 census.
From 1889, Middlesbrough was a county borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but in 1968 it became the centre of the County Borough of Teesside, which was then absorbed by the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland in 1974. In 1996, Cleveland was abolished, and Middlesbrough became a unitary authority, within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.
"Erimus" ("We shall be"), in Latin, was chosen as Middlesbrough's motto in 1830, to signify the town's will to grow. The town's coat of arms show an azure lion beneath 2 ships to represent the port of Middlesbrough. The design is based on that of the Brus family who owned the site on which Middlesbrough is built.
In the 8th-9th centuries, pilgrims traveling from Whitby Abbey on the North Yorks coast to Jarrow on the banks of the Tyne, needed somewhere to stay overnight. Hence, a small fortified building was constructed close to the (Teas) Tees which they named Middel Burgh. Later, this became Middleburgh, then Middlesborough, and today, Middlesbrough, often further minimised by lazy people to Middlesbro.
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