Acklam, Middlesbrough

For the village also in North Yorkshire, see Acklam, Ryedale.

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Acklam-in-Cleveland
Acklam-in-Cleveland
Location within North Yorkshire
Population6,027 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ485168
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode districtTS5
Dialling code01642 (Middlesbrough)
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°32′38″N 1°15′04″W / 54.544°N 1.251°W / 54.544; -1.251

Acklam is an area in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is believed that the settlement is Anglo-Saxon in origin, the name is Old English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks".[2][3] Acklam was an ancient parish, being known as West Acklam to distinguish it from Acklam in Ryedale.

At the 2011 census, the Acklam Ward had a population of 6,027.[4] It is in the TS5 postal district with Ayresome, Brookfield, Linthorpe, Newport and Whinney Banks.

  1. ^ "Area: Acklam (Ward)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ Matthews, A. D. (1987). Acklam Hall: A House and Its History. A.D. Matthews. ISBN 0951234307.
  3. ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011), p.3. ISBN 019960908X
  4. ^ "Acklam Ward (as of 2011)".