Bowesfield
{{Short description|Area of Stockton, County Durham, England}}
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Bowesfield is an area of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The area is located in the Ropner ward to the south of the town centre.{{Cite web|title=Bowesfield|url=https://www.teeswildlife.org/nature-reserve/bowesfield/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Tees Valley Wildlife Trust|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=Bowesfield, Stockton-on-Tees :: Banks Group|url=https://www.banksgroup.co.uk/projects/property/bowesfield/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=www.banksgroup.co.uk}} The area is a mix of industrial, residential, and open space.
The name Bowesfield, through Bowesfield Lane, can be found from Oxbridge Lane (just south of the town centre) through eastern Parkfield and down to Tees Jubilee Bridge. The former Bowesfield Farm originally overlooked old Thornaby on the opposite bank of the River Tees.{{cite web|url=https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=13.328175443535686&lat=54.55199&lon=-1.31834&layers=175&b=1&r=66|title=OS 1:1 million-1:10k, 1900s|access-date=9 July 2022}}
Southern Bowesfield was once dominated by industrial areas such as the Bowesfield Works which has since been redeveloped into a housing estate.
Parkfield
Parkfield, named after Ropner Park to the west, includes Bowesfield Primary School,{{Cite web|title=Bowesfield Primary {{!}}|url=https://www.bowesfieldprimary.org.uk/|access-date=2021-02-09|language=en-GB}}
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|caption1= Holy Trinity Church
|image2= Parish Church of St Peter, Yarm Road, Stockton on Tees - geograph.org.uk - 698487.jpg
|caption2= St Peter’s CoE Church
|image3= Lightfoot Grove Church, Stockton on Tees - geograph.org.uk - 698434.jpg
|caption3= Rivers of Life Christian Fellowship
|image4= St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Church, Yarm Road, Stockton on Tees - geograph.org.uk - 698486.jpg
|caption4= St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Church
|image5= Stockton United Reformed Church, St Andrew and St George - geograph.org.uk - 698490.jpg
|caption5= St Andrew and St George's United Reformed Church
|image6= Yarm Road Methodist Church, Stockton on Tees - geograph.org.uk - 698489.jpg
|caption6= Jubilee Church
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Parkfield is noted for its amount of religious institutions. They are churches: St Peter's (CoE), Church of Nazarene, St Cuthbert's (Roman Catholic), Jubilee York Road (Methodist) Stockton (United Reformed), Rivers of Life (Christian Fellowship), New Life and the former Holy Trinity. Mosques are also found: Jamia Al Bihal and Farooq E Azam.
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Category:Suburbs in the United Kingdom
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