Coulby Newham is a large housing estate in the borough of Middlesbrough

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 and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

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, with a resident population of 10,700.

As was the case of so much of the locality, the site of Coulby Newham began as farmland, as is reflected in the naming of some of the streets; Lingfield, Manor Farm Way and Paddock Wood, to name but a few. 'Colebi' and 'Nieweham', separate medieval hamlets when identified in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086, formerly covered this site. The agricultural legacy of the area, reminiscent indeed of that of the entire wider Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

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 area, is still touched on today by the working Newham Grange Leisure farm

Newham Grange Leisure Farm

Newham Grange Leisure Farm is a farm park and conservation centre located in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is one of only 16 nationally approved by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust...

, itself harking as far back to life in this particular spot of rural North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

 as the 17th century.

Only as the 1970s dawned, in the shadow of the rest of modern Middlesbrough's continual southerly urban expansion, did this change. Coulby Newham developed after the building of the A174 Parkway (after which the suburb's shopping Mall

Shopping mall

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, the Parkway Shopping Centre, opened in 1986, was subsequently named).

The first major building in Coulby Newham was Coulby Newham Secondary School (replaced in 2003 by The King's Academy

The King's Academy

The King's Academy is an 11–19 secondary school and academy located in Coulby Newham in the borough of Middlesbrough and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, serving the community of South Middlesbrough. Established in 2003, it is run by the Emmanuel Schools Foundation...

). Coulby Newham Secondary opened with Year 7-10 in the late 1970s, receiving many students that had been excluded from Acklam schools Hustler and Boynton. The school began with many young teachers and in its formative years was a successful school which was at the centre of the growing community of Coulby Newham.

Today, it boasts another three primary schools; Sunnyside Primary School, Rosewood Primary School and St Augustine's RC School. The suburb also contains one church and a Roman Catholic cathedral

Middlesbrough Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, usually known as Middlesbrough Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, England...

. Also situated in this small suburb is the Rainbow Leisure Centre and a hypermarket

Hypermarket

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. Alongside the Parkway Shopping Centre and the Rainbow Leisure Centre, is a Focus DIY store, a Bannatyne's

Bannatyne's

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 gym, McDonald's

McDonald's

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 restaurant, a Pets at Home

Pets at Home

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 store, a pizza takeaway and a Halfords

Halfords

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 store, also The Lingfield, a local pub.

Coulby Newham remains a rapidly developing suburb of Middlesbrough, Tesco

Tesco

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 choosing to locate a new £

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2m store in the area in 2005. There are many new private housing developments in the suburbs, making Coulby Newham spread in the direction of Great Ayton

Great Ayton

Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire on the edge of the North York Moors in England. The name Great Ayton is thought to derive from Ea-tun, tun meaning farm and 'ea' meaning river. It has a population of 4,570....

and other villages close to the hills.