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South Shields County Borough; Boldon, Hebburn and Jarrow had been lower-tier authorities subordinate to Durham County Council prior to the reforms. South Shields had been a self-governing county borough. The new district was named "South Tyneside" reflecting its position both relative to the River Tyne and within the Tyneside conurbation. [3]
The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Jarrow Borough Council but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged South Tyneside Council was formed in 1974. [14] It was subsequently used by South Tyneside Council as a local hub for housing advice and council tax queries. [5]
South Shields Town Hall, headquarters of South Tyneside Council The main administrative centre and largest town is South Shields . Other riverside towns are Jarrow and Hebburn, while the villages of Cleadon , Whitburn and The Boldons border the South Tyneside green belt, with Wearside to the south at Sunderland.
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) is a combined authority in North East England.It has a directly-elected Mayor and seven member councils: two are unitary authorities (Durham and Northumberland) and five are metropolitan borough councils (Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland).
For local government purposes Tyne and Wear comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. The borough councils collaborate through the North East Combined Authority , which also includes Durham County Council and Northumberland County Council .
Tyneside flats are a form of UK domestic housing found primarily on Tyneside, including in Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside and North Tyneside. The first known example of this type was constructed in the 1860s. [1] They are pairs of single-storey flats within a two-storey terrace, a common type of Victorian housing in
Westoe Colliery was one of many coal mines in the area. Opened in 1909, it operated until May 1993, [4] when it was the last pit of its kind on Tyneside to close. [5] The site of the colliery has since been cleared and redeveloped into Westoe Crown Village, which falls into the Horsley Hill ward of South Tyneside Council.
In 2016 there were 37 ALMOs, managing nearly a third of local authority housing, approximately half a million council and ALMO homes. [3] As of January 2024, further closures have reduced the number of ALMOs in England to 19, with 226,454 homes in management.
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