EAGLESCLIFFE, or Egglescliffe, a village, a township, and a parish in Stockton district, Durham. The village stands at the verge of the county, on a lofty promontory overhanging the river Tees, opposite Yarm, between Preston Junction and Yarm r. stations, 4 miles SSW of Stockton-on-Tees; takes its name, which signifies "the fortress-hill, " from the character of its site; and commands a beautiful view of the winding Tees and the Cleveland hills. The township includes the village, and comprises 1, 570 acres. Real property, £3, 715; of which £25 are in fisheries. Pop., 496. Houses, 111. The parish contains also the townships of Aislaby and Newsham; and its post town is Yarm. Acres, 4, 821. Real property, £6, 609. Pop., 698. Houses, 146. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Durham. Value, £1, 049. Patron, the Bishop of Manchester. The church is ancient; contains the effigies of a knight, and is good. Charities, £6. West, the Bishop of Ely, and Basire, the oriental missionary, were rectors.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))