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See also:SOUTH See also:SHIELDS , a seaport and municipal, See also:county and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Durham, See also:England; at the mouth of the See also:Tyne on its- right See also:bank, opposite See also:North Shields, on a See also:branch of the North-Eastern railway. Pop. (1901), 97,263. It is connected with North Shields and See also:Tynemouth by See also:steam ferries. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Hilda, with a picturesque old See also:tower; the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall in the See also:market-See also:place, See also:exchange, See also:custom-See also:house, See also:mercantile marine offices, public library and museum, See also:grammar school, marine school, See also:master-mariners' See also:asylum and See also:seamen's See also:institute. There is a pleasant marine See also:park. The principal See also:industries are now the manufacture of See also:glass and chemicals, and See also:ship-See also:building and ship refitting and repairing, for which there are docks capable of receiving the largest vessels. The Tyne See also:dock has a See also:water-See also:area of 50 acres, the tidal See also:basin of ro acres, and the quays and yards about 300 acres. See also:Coal from the collieries of the vicinity is largely exported. . The See also:trade returns of South Shields are included in the aggregate of the Tyne ports (see See also:NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE). The South See also:Pier at the mouth of the See also:river is a massive structure about 1 m. in length, and the North Pier protects the river mouth from the See also:Northumberland bank at North Shields. The parliamentary borough returns one member. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, ro aldermen and 30 councillors. Area of municipal borough, 2044 acres.
On elevated ground near the See also:harbour are the remains of a See also:Roman fort guarding the entrance to the Tyne, where numerous coins, portions of an See also:altar, and several sculptured memorial stones have been dug up, and testify to its occupation for a considerable
See also:period. The site of the old station was afterwards occupied by a fort of considerable strength, which was captured by the Scots under See also:Colonel See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart on the zoth of See also:March 1644. The town was founded by the See also:convent of Durham about the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century, but on See also:account of the complaints of the burgesses of Newcastle an See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order was made in 1258, stipulating that no See also:ships should be laden or unladen at Shields, and that no " shoars " or quays should be built there. Until the 19th century it was little more than a fishing station. In 1832 it received the See also:privilege of returning a member to See also:parliament, and in 1850 a See also:charter of See also:incorporation.
End of Article: SOUTH SHIELDS
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