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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 .
Temple Memorial Park was given to the people of South Shields by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1946 to recognise their contribution to winning the war at sea in the Second World War. [1] The park was named after William Temple , the former archbishop of Canterbury , and was opened by his widow Mrs Frances Temple on 12 July 1961.
South Shields is the home of two rugby union clubs, South Shields RFC and Westoe RFC. South Shields RFC have been playing at Grosvenor Road, South Tyneside College since they were formed in 1956. They currently play in the Durham & Northumberland 3rd Division, the ninth tier of the English rugby union pyramid [ 100 ]
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 ...
History of South Shields; M. Marsden Rock; P. South Shields (UK Parliament constituency) ... Temple Memorial Park; U. United Kingdom race riots of 1919; W. Whitburn ...
South Shields Adelaide Reserves were champions of the Shields and District League in 1905–06 and 1906–07, [18] before joining the Tyneside League in 1908. [3] They then switched to the Wearside League in 1909. [19] They were runners-up in 1910–11, but left at the end of the 1911–12 season, [19] returning to the Tyneside League. [3]
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. Historically, Whitburn is part of County Durham.