Identity
As a small, recently formed authority, Cleveland was not well known, leaving the post-1996 boroughs effectively unheard of to all but the local population or those with links to the area. Recent investigations into the resident populations opinions as to their own identity reveal that people believe themselves to be part of either 'Cleveland', 'Teesside', 'Yorkshire' or 'Durham'. The age of the interviewee appears to be the defining factor as to which title they identify with.
The name Cleveland has not been entirely eliminated; these bodies still exist:
- Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society
- Cleveland Orienteering Klub
- Middlesbrough & Cleveland Harriers
- Cleveland College of Art & Design
- Cleveland Family History Society
- Cleveland Fire Brigade
- Cleveland Police
Cleveland is a Church of England archdeaconry, in the Diocese of York. It covers a large area including Middlesbrough, Thirsk, Pickering and Whitby.
Cleveland was for many years also the name of a constituency for the House of Commons. The Cleveland constituency had been created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, by the division of the North Riding constituency, and was succeeded by the Cleveland and Whitby for the February 1974 general election. The TS postcode area, which covers much of the former county, is also known officially as the Cleveland postcode area. Cleveland was adopted by the Royal Mail as a postal county in 1974. The 'TS' implies that the county of Cleveland was originally to be named Teesside or that the postcoding scheme was devised for a larger County Borough of Teesside than was actually created.
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—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)