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South Shields was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1850 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. It became a county borough in 1889 with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888 , and remained as such until 1974 when it became part of the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside in the (now former) county of Tyne and Wear .
Despite a skilled local workforce, for many years South Tyneside had the highest unemployment rate in mainland Britain, [34] although between December 2002 and December 2008 unemployment in South Shields fell by 17.8%, [34] and that of South Tyneside by 17.7%, [34] the best performance in the North East region over that time period.
The South Shields, Marsden, and Whitburn Colliery Railway was a Whitburn Coal Company built twin track branch railway line that ran along the North Sea coast in County Durham, England, from Westoe Lane in South Shields to Whitburn Colliery at Marsden via two intermediate stations, Whitburn Colliery station (renamed Marsden in 1926), and Marsden (which closed in 1926).
Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England.It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of South Shields.
John Chambers, artist; Sheila Graber, animator, born South Shields, [1] made an outstanding animation about the river Tyne. [2]James Kirkup (1918–2009), poet [3]; Tish Murtha, documentary photographer born in South Shields, best known for her work documenting marginalised communities, social realism and working class life in Newcastle upon Tyne and The North East England.
The Customs House is the main feature of the Mill Dam Conservation Area of South Shields and sits on the south bank of the River Tyne. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The original building, built from 1863-1864, was designed by architect and surveyor of the borough T. M. Clemence. [ 3 ]
Arbeia was a large Roman fort in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, now ruined, and which has been partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. All modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s. It is managed by Tyne and Wear Museums as Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum.
Postcard of Westoe, 1904. The earliest recorded mention of Westoe is in 1072, which refers to a group of seven farms. [2]In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the village of Westoe was around one mile south of South Shields [3] (which was then part of County Durham until the formation of Tyne and Wear under the Local Government Act 1972), and was gradually absorbed into the urban sprawl ...