A railway track was laid where Ennis Road now stands, and was used to bring materials from Dorman Long iron and steelworks to build the houses.

Dormanstown Village was built because of the increased amount of labour needed in Dorman Long iron and steelworks to manufacture munitions for the UK in World War I.

The block of twenty cottages called Dormans Crescent are Grade II listed buildings, as they have the distinction of being the first homes in England to be constructed for local senior citizens.

It was a community centre for Dormanstown and was used for worship, boy scouts, girl guides, discos, meetings, raffles and as a place to go for a cup of tea and biscuits.

[6] On 17 December 1942, a returning Lancaster bomber was caught up in a raid and shot down in error by the Bofors gunners at Warrenby.

[9] On 17 September 2007, planning permission was granted to Coast and Country Housing by Redcar and Cleveland Council to demolish parts of the small industrial estate located on the west side of Dormanstown; the houses to be demolished included 2–36 Hobson Avenue, 4-52/3-23 Howcroft Avenue and 10–16 Hutton Grove.

The Dormanstown Delegates travelled the country, in a blue and red, double decker bus, to perform their marches throughout the UK.

[13] The sizing and placement of window and door openings satisfied the expectation of standardisation and simplification that had become an orthodoxy during the war years, and was also well suited to systemised building.

Internal linings are very robust, consisting of a two-inch-thick (50-millimetre) leaf of clinkerblock work, plastered on the inner face, whilst intermediate floors are of concrete on metal lath reinforcement.

The steel frame was designed to accept a number of different claddings, from conventional brickwork to render on a metal lath.

Foxrush Farm Community Woodland is situated just outside Redcar on the southern edge of Dormanstown, it is 45 hectares in size.

The Foxrush Farm buildings date back to the mid 18th century it is now owned by Saltburn Animal Rescue Association (SARA).

Crop marks, which show up as darker features, indicated a rectangular ditch enclosure typical of the Iron Age period, 2000 years ago.

Geophysical surveys indicated that the site extended over a larger area than the photographs suggested and that there may have been industrial activity taking place.

Between 2002 and 2006, archaeological excavations took place, including two weeks of school visits followed by a family open day on the last Sunday.

To the north of the farm, several features including a spread of burnt material containing clay structures indicated an industrial area.

The area seems have been used for dumping a large quantity of burnt material, possibly from metal working, but it is difficult to say whether this was a deliberate act, or just the use of some handy holes for getting rid of the rubbish.

At the east side of the present day farmhouse a large roundhouse was discovered, with daub from the walls still in situ.

Another small ditch was found containing the sherds of a complete pottery crucible which was used for metal working, fragments of bronze were still stuck on its inside.