Old Street Names

[captain beefheart]

some time ago someone was asking about where old streets of Shields used to be, i have just been emptying some old boxes from the loft and found an old map of 1885, what is interesting is that some familiar names changed from 1885 one being Beach Road was formally Bent House lane, anyone know what others may have changed

[memor]

Bent house lane sound like it was meeting place for Renty Boys.

[curly]

Does it have German Street on it as well?

[memor]

Why German Street, Curly ??

[curly]

It was renamed Ocean Road after the first war.

[offthewall]

Some time ago, I think about last November, we had a thread about this link
http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.n ... ne+mapping

You type in a post-code or address and get a map which can be 'fine-tuned' historically.
Very interesting.....may answer your query!

[curly]

I.m still using that one, shame you can't search by town names that are no longer in Durham County, but it will accept current postcodes for places that used to be in County Durham.

[jimmywizz]

next time you have a walk down ocean road have a look up at the old street signs as many of them are still in place for streets that have long been re-named

[captain beefheart]

might be an urban myth curley, in 1885 it was still called Ocean Road, the map s quite facinating as it also shws on the streets around the town centre who lived at what address and also the shops / offices that were present, for instance at No 1 was F M Laing, Wine Merchant, could this be the forerunner of the Ship and Royal, opposite at number 2 was The Criterion Restaurant, J Morton was the inn keeper.

[baldy.smith]

It was called Ocean Road way back in the 1880s but each block usually had it's own name, one example is Garibaldi Terrace which was named after Garibaldis visit to the town. The Terrace name plate was still there the last time I was in the area, it was on the north side of Ocean Road close to the North Marine Park. There are several examples of this happening in Shields, Dean Road is another example as was debated on another post a couple of months ago.

[curly]

Sorry it was German Road, see the map on this page

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ ... l#Pre-1834

[captain beefheart]

it may have been in 1834, the map i have is 1885 which has it as Ocean Rd, it seems that the area was a lot more built up in 1885 so shields must have expanded massively during the period

[jim haynes]

In the past the north sea was called the german sea or ocean, i seem to remember someone telling me that ocean road was once part of the river before it was filled in...maybe thats how these names come by

[baldy.smith]

There are lots of Street names which have changed in Shields since the 1800s. I have three old ordinance maps from the 1800s covering all of South Shields. River Drive as we know it was called Pilot Street, Wapping Street used to be called Shadwell Street and so on; the list is quite extensive. There were also at least three ferries crossings the Tyne in those days, one was nearer to the mouth of the Tyne than the current ferry which is also listed and another next to the Middle Docks not far from Trinity Church, as kids it was known to us as the penny ferry (although it was no longer operating when I used to play around the paybox and landing stage) whether that relates to the name Penny Pie Stairs (which were next to the ferry landing) or the cost of the fare I do not know. Lots of interesting stuff on the old maps and quite a few eye openers.
Update--It would seem from further investigation that the original penny ferry is the one nearest the mouth of the Tyne, seems I was misinformed as a kid; or was I???

[brian c]

There was also a ferry that ran between the piers and the remains of the landings can still be seen.

[baldy.smith]

Just been looking at an old map of South Shields at http://www.old-maps.co.uk very interesting

[gtirbri]

do any of you with the old maps know where moon st was

[baldy.smith]

Moon Strret ran off Mile End Road just uphill from the station.

[gtirbri]

thanks for that mate, its appreciated