Old Street Names
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Old Street Names
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
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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!
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!
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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.
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.
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Sorry it was German Road, see the map on this page
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ ... l#Pre-1834
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ ... l#Pre-1834
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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???
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???
old street names
Just been looking at an old map of South Shields at http://www.old-maps.co.uk very interesting
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thanks for that mate, its appreciated