Thorntree
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Middlesbrough
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within the unitary authority
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of Middlesbrough
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and the ceremonial county
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of North Yorkshire
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, England
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It is so called because it was built on land which was Thorntree Farm.
It has a public park
Park
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called Thorntree Park. The main roads of the estate are College Road and The Greenway.
This housing estate was built in the late 1940s after people started to move away from the terraced housing of Middlesbrough town centre and North Ormesby
North Ormesby
North Ormesby is an area in the town and unitary authority of Middlesbrough, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated just to the south of the River Tees and the A66, and is adjacent to the Cargo Fleet and South Bank areas of Middlesbrough. The Teesdale Way long distance...
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Thorntree has a population of 5,000 and was identified as the 3rd most deprived (out of 8,414) housing ward in England, in 2000. However, since the Index of Multiple Deprivation
Index of Multiple Deprivation
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has begun to measure smaller output areas with a mean population of 1500, the three areas of Thorntree now rank 192nd, 205th and 378th most deprived (out of 34,412) in England respectively.
The estate recently featured in the Channel 4
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, Reality TV show, Secret Millionaire
Secret Millionaire
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. Millionaire Paul Williams and his 20-year-old son Ben lived undercover on Thorntree for 10 days. At the end of the show, he gave £10,000 to local hairdresser Gina Lawrence to help her to train trainee hairdressers. He also gave a further £10,000 to The Christian Centre (formerly Thorntree Community Church) Lunch Club, which they used to buy a minibus and fund the club.
History
Much of Thorntree stands on what used to be a farmland. In all, 138 acre (0.55846668 km²) of Thorntree Farm and 68 acres (275,186.5 m²) of Low Bottoms Farm were purchased as land on which to site the estate.Local Amenities
- Public House (1)
The Thorntree.
- Schools (2)
Thorntree Primary School,
Caldicotes Primary School.
- Churches (2)
Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church,
The Christian Centre.