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History of South Shields. The first settlers of the South Shields area were the Brigantes, although there is no evidence they built a settlement at South Shields. The Romans built a fort there to help supply Hadrian's Wall. Many ruins still exist today. The fort was abandoned as the empire declined.
Sep 6, 2020 · A historian has taken a detailed look at the key role South Shields played in the Second World War. Dr Craig Armstrong has researched the town’s role in the 1939 to 1945 conflict and produced a...
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Jul 5, 2019 · Lying at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall, the fort at South Shields (known as ‘Arbeia’) was the main destination for seaborne supplies to the northern frontier, receiving goods from southern Britain and overseas.
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Jan 30, 2016 · A new book recalls the vibrant era of the 1950s when South Shields, like other towns, began looking forward after the dark days of war
Historically South Shields was part of an Anglo-Saxon district called Wirralshire – the name of the coastal land between the Tyne and Wear. South Shields has an Anglo-Saxon or medieval name referring to ‘Scheles’ – temporary fishermen’s huts, sheds or shelters on the south side of the Tyne.
Oct 3, 2021 · 80 years ago, on the night of Thursday, October 2, 1941, as around 50 German aircraft appeared in the skies over Tyneside, all hell was let loose in South Shields.
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South Shields (/ ʃ iː l z /) is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages. In 2021 it had a population of 75,337.
