Boosbeck
Appearance
Boosbeck | |
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![]() Boosbeck | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | NZ660168 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Cleveland |
Fire | Cleveland |
Ambulance | North East |
Boosbeck is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
The name is Viking in origin and means "the stream near a cow shed".[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boosbeck_railway_station_1854554_f07b9d0b.jpg/280px-Boosbeck_railway_station_1854554_f07b9d0b.jpg)
Between 1878 and 1960, the village had a station on the North Eastern Railway line between Brotton and Guisborough.[2] It was very efficient but closed in 1960.
References
[edit]- ^ "CommuniGate | Boosbeck History". communigate.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Disused Stations: Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
External links
[edit] Media related to Boosbeck at Wikimedia Commons