Aislaby, County Durham
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Aislaby
|population = 201
|unitary_england= Stockton-on-Tees
| lieutenancy_england= County Durham
|region= North East England
|constituency_westminster= Stockton West
|post_town= STOCKTON-ON-TEES
|postcode_district= TS16
|postcode_area= TS
|dial_code= 01642
|os_grid_reference= NZ404123
| static_image = Aislaby Village - geograph.org.uk - 232381.jpg
| static_image_caption = Aislaby
|coordinates = {{coord|54.5048|-1.3768|display=inline,title}}
}}
Aislaby ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|z|əl|b|i}} {{respell|AYZ|əl-bi}})G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 2. is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool)|ISBN= 9780319228777 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2010}}
History
The name, first attested as Asulue(s)bi in 1086, is of Viking origin and means "Aslak's farm."A.D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford UP, 2nd ed., 1998), p. 4. Aislaby was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{cite web|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/NZ8508/aislaby/|title=Open Doomsday: Aislaby|publisher= Anna Powell-Smith|author=Professor J.J.N.Palmer|website=www.opendomesday.org|access-date=31 January 2016}}
Geography
=Administration=
Aislaby is historically and ceremonially located in County Durham, but for administrative purposes is located in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, made a unitary authority in 1996. Before this time it was in the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland, created on 1 April 1974 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Aislaby is in the Eaglescliffe ward. It is part of the Stockton West parliamentary constituency.
The local police force is Cleveland Police. Aislaby is in the Stockton district and its nearest police station is in Yarm.
=Location=
Image:River Tees, Aislaby.jpg at Aislaby]]
- {{gbmapping|NZ404123}}
- Latitude and longitude: {{coord|54|30|N|1|22|W|}} (54.5, -1.4)
- Road access: Minor road off A67 in Egglescliffe
- Rail access: Yarm, Eaglescliffe and Allens West.
- Nearest airport: Teesside Airport
Notable residents
Aislaby is home to the former Middlesbrough and England national football team manager, Steve McClaren. He bought the house that his predecessor at Middlesbrough FC, Bryan Robson, had lived in.
References
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Category:Villages in County Durham