THE Ladle traces its history back to one of Middlesbrough's most famous sons.
Carl Ferdinand Henry Bolckow inherited the then Brackenhoe Hall from his uncle Henry, the town's first mayor.
Henry Bolckow had made his name in iron and steel, and went on to establish the Marton estate, now Stewart Park. He lived in Marton Hall on the estate and also built Brackenhoe Hall, in Ladgate Lane.
In the 1920s, Marton estate was transferred to Councillor Dormand Stewart, who lent his name to the current park. While Marton Hall was earmarked for demolition, it was in fact destroyed by arsonists in a fire in the 1960s. Brackenhoe Hall was bought by the Whitbread pub chain and still operates as The Ladle
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