{"id":4156,"date":"2022-10-12T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/SSLHG\/?page_id=4156"},"modified":"2023-08-23T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T18:04:23","slug":"4156-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/history\/4156-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1 – Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/td>Year<\/strong><\/td>Event<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>43<\/td>Romans invade Britain<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>80s<\/td>Roman soldiers occupied The Lawe<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>410<\/td>Romans officially leave Britain<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>647<\/td>St Hild\u2019s Nunnery founded<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1245<\/td>The Prior and Convent of Durham acquired South Shields, anciently written \u201cLe Sheels\u201d<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1306<\/td>North and South Shields reported jointly to lade and victual 100 to 200 ships.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1335<\/td>Edward I forbade Newcastle to hinder ships loading at Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1499<\/td>Iron saltpans existed near St. Hild’s Church.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1529<\/td>Newcastle obtained by Act of Parliament a monopoly of the trade and navigation of the Tyne.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1639<\/td>Shields Society of Saltmakers granted a monopoly.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1644<\/td>South Shields Fort captured by the Scots and recaptured by Royalists in June.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1650<\/td>Glassworks opened in South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1720<\/td>Robert Wallis began the first ship-building yard in South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1720<\/td>John Cookson established the first chemical works (at Alum House Ham) in South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1751<\/td>First whaler The Swallow left Shields harbour.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1756<\/td>First ballast wharf in South Shields (Cookson\u2019s Quay licensed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1768<\/td>The High Dock (H. S. Edwards) opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1768<\/td>Dean and Chapter of Durham bought eight acres of St. Hild\u2019s Glebe.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1768<\/td>The building of old Town Hall, Market Place and adjoining streets began.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1769<\/td>First charity school opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1770<\/td>First weekly market held,<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1771<\/td>First half-yearly fair held.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1788<\/td>Act of Parliament to supply the town with water.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1789<\/td>Adventure wrecked on Shields sands.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1789<\/td>South Shields Shipowners’ Committee offered reward for best design of lifeboat.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1789<\/td>Plans submitted by William Wouldhave and later Henry Greathead built the first lifeboat.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1790<\/td>Lifeboat first used for saving life from shipwreck.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1792<\/td>Old theatre in Wellington Street erected.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1795<\/td>South Shields Shipwrights Association (first shipbuilders’ trade union) formed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1796<\/td>South Shields Corps of Loyal Volunteers raised.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1803<\/td>Great Press Gang raid in South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1806<\/td>Mail coach began between South Shields and York.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1810<\/td>Templetown Colliery opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1812<\/td>Last “Press” for seamen in South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1814<\/td>First steam packet Perseverance between South Shields and Newcastle.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1816<\/td>Mill Dam Lake filled up.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1821<\/td>Wm. Wouldhave, lifeboat inventor, died aged 73.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1824<\/td>Gas Company formed and gas first supplied to shops and houses.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1825<\/td>St. Hilda Colliery opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1826<\/td>James Mather invented ships’ lifeboats to be carried aboard ship.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1829<\/td>First South Shields Improvement Act obtained.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1829<\/td>Street lamps first lit by gas.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1832<\/td>Reform Bill creating South Shields as a Parliamentary Borough first received Royal Assent.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1832<\/td>First Parliamentary election.  Robert Ingham M.P.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1834<\/td>Stanhope and Tyne railway opened to South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1837<\/td>Cookson\u2019s works began the manufacture of sheet glass.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1837<\/td>Marine School founded by Dr. Winterbottom.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1839<\/td>Shields-Monkwearmouth railway opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1839<\/td>First iron ship built on the Tyne, tugboat Star, launched from T D. Marshall’s yard at South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1839<\/td>Gateshead to South Shields railway open.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1839<\/td>Explosion at St. Hilda Colliery. 50 killed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1839<\/td>South Shields Committee for prevention explosions in coal mines formed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1839<\/td>Chamber of Commerce established.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1845<\/td>Waterloo Vale Police Buildings opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1849<\/td>Construction of Tyne Dock started.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1849<\/td>The Shields Gazette first published.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1849<\/td>Lifeboat Providence capsized. 20 lives lost.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1850<\/td>Town’s meeting for a Charter of Incorporation.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1850<\/td> First Working Men’s Institute in England established in South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1850<\/td>Tyne Improvement Act.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1850<\/td>First Municipal Election of Town Council. Thomas Salmon appointed Town Clerk<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1852<\/td>Sunderland and South Shields Water Company formed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1854<\/td>Burial Board formed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1854<\/td>Foundation Stones of North and South Pier.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1854<\/td>Pendulum experiments at Harton Colliery to determine the weight of the earth.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1859<\/td>Tyne Dock opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1864<\/td>Customs House Buildings, Corporation Quay opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1865<\/td>South Shields created a separate port.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1869<\/td>Marine School inaugurated.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1873<\/td>Ingham infirmary opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1873<\/td>Public Library opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1875<\/td>Roman station at The Lawe excavated.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1876<\/td>Museum opened at Public Library.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1879<\/td>New railway station in Mile End Road.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1883<\/td>Deans Isolation Hospital opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1883<\/td>South Shields Horse Trams commenced.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1885<\/td>Boys’ High School opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1887<\/td>Ecclesiastical Commissioners presented site of North and South Marine Parks to the town.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1890<\/td>Marine Parks opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1893<\/td>Court Buildings in Keppel Street opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1896<\/td>Electric light first used for street lighting. Electricity works inaugurated September 1.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1900<\/td>Jubilee of borough celebrated with civic banquet and presentation of Mayoral badge.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1905<\/td>Foundation stone of Town Hall laid.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1906<\/td>Corporation Electric tramways commenced.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1910<\/td>Last meeting of Town Council in the old Town Hall, Market Place.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1910<\/td>Cottage Homes for poor children opened at Cleadon.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1910<\/td>New Town Hall opened in Westoe Road.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1915<\/td>Zeppelin raid. Five bombs fell in Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1915<\/td>Pt. H. H. Robson, V.C., made Freeman.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1917<\/td>King George V. and Queen Mary visited Borough.  Town Council bought Cleadon Park Estate.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1920<\/td>Foundation stone of Cleadon Park Housing Estate.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1921<\/td>Cleadon Park Sanatorium opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1921<\/td>South Shields Corporation Act, including Harton and Cleadon estate in the borough, passed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1922<\/td>Ald. Robert Readhead presented Readhead Park to the town.  Opened May 18, 1923.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1925<\/td>Marsden Band won 1,000 guineas trophy.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1926<\/td>St. Hilda Colliery Band won 1,000 guineas trophy for fifth time.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1927<\/td>South Foreshore promenade opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1929<\/td>Brinkburn Recreation ground bought by Town Council.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1929<\/td>New Coast Road to Whitburn opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1930<\/td>Board of Guardians ceased to exist.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1934<\/td>Harbour Drive, North Foreshore, opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1935<\/td>South Shields obtained powers from Parliament to convert electric tramways to trolley buses.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1935<\/td>Riverside development scheme inaugurated.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1935<\/td>New housing schemes started.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1936<\/td>Part of South Shields Rural District towards Marsden Bay added to the borough.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1936<\/td>New High School at Harton opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1936<\/td>Trolley bus service inaugurated.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1937<\/td>Municipal Clinic opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1937<\/td>Junior Instruction Centre for Children opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1939<\/td>WORLD-WAR II starts.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1941<\/td>Considerable damage to Market Place and other districts.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1945<\/td>World War II ends.  South Shields had 737 air raid casualties, including 159 killed.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1940<\/td>Lieut. R. W. Annand, V.C., given Freedom of Borough.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1946<\/td>Plans for 2,000 post-war houses.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1947<\/td>Pits nationalised.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1947<\/td>First of new factories under North East Development Plan on Bede Estate in production.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1948<\/td>New Westoe pit begun.  NHS started 5th July.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1948<\/td>Nearly 2,000 houses completed and plans for 3,000 more made.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1948<\/td>Biggest ship built at South Shields, (8,200 ton cargo liner Armanistan) launched at Readheads.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1949<\/td>New clothing factory to employ 1,000 eventually completed at South Shields.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1949<\/td>Queen Victoria statue removed to make way for Town Hall forecourt improvement.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1949<\/td>Pier Pavilion theatre opened.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1964<\/td>Marine and Technical College opened by Prince Phillip<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1965<\/td>John Reid Road opened 27 April 1965<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1972<\/td>Al Azhar Mosque built<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1974<\/td>South Tyneside Council formed, including Jarrow, Hebburn and Boldon. <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1977<\/td>Muhammad Ali opens Al Azhar Mosque 20 July.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1984<\/td>South Shields Metro opens<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1993<\/td>Westoe Pit closes<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1994<\/td>Westoe Pit demolished<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>1996<\/td>Marsden Rock partially collapses<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>2016<\/td>The Word officially opens on 19th October.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Shields Centenary 1850 to 1950 (which was mainly from G B Hodgson, Borough of South Shields)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Millenium Remembered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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