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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.
The borders and sizes of many counties have changed radically over time. For example, two of the counties created in 1792, Ontario and Suffolk, had ceased to exist by the end of the 18th century. In 1792, Lincoln County consisted of four isolated electoral ridings.
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.
Feb 26, 2020 · Ever wondered what your street looked like many years ago? Well here is the answer with 14 photos which we found in the Shields Gazette archives. Each shows how much the road has changed,...
- Chris Cordner
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...
- Chris Cordner
Oct 20, 2019 · Furthermore, Tyne and Wear ceased to exist in any meaningful sense in 1986, which means that South Shields technically isn’t in a county at all. It’s a metropolitan borough council; an...
Jul 18, 2020 · It was Tuesday 4 December 1849 and the north east English coast had been battered by successive storms for the previous two days. The gale that morning was blowing from the east-south-east and it brought snow and sleet, creating a dangerous sea on the bar at the entrance to the River Tyne.
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