Tyneside is located in North East England.

Tyneside is a conurbation in northern England, which is home to over 80% of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. It includes Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead,Hebburn, Jarrow, North Shields, and South Shields — all settlements on the banks of the River Tyne. The population of the conurbation was 879,996 according to the census of 2001. The only large settlement in Tyne and Wear that is not part of the Tyneside conurbation is Sunderland, which is on Wearside. Tyneside was a parliamentary constituency in the Tyneside area of north-east England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... locator map showing North East England File links The following pages link to this file: Northumbria North East England Rapper sword Categories: GFDL images ... locator map showing North East England File links The following pages link to this file: Northumbria North East England Rapper sword Categories: GFDL images ... North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities, towns and villages which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The six metropolitan counties shown within England The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level subnational entity in current use in England. ... Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about Gateshead, England. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Map sources for Jarrow at grid reference NZ3465 Jarrow is a town on the River Tyne, England with a population around 27,000 (2001 Census). ... North Shields (or locally just Shields) is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England. ... , South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne, with a population of about 90,000. ... The Tyne looking west and upstream from the Newcastle bank towards the Gateshead Millennium Bridge The Tyne Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead. ... For other uses, see Sunderland (disambiguation). ... This is about the city of Sunderland in England. ...

Geordies

The people of the Tyneside area are often called "Geordies" – they are proud to be different from "southerners", whom they define as anyone from south of the River Tees (which is not the definition of Southern England used in the rest of the country), and Geordie is not regarded as a derogatory term. This name is a local diminutive of the name "George". Tynesiders may have been given this name because their miners used George Stephenson's safety lamp to prevent firedamp explosions, rather than the Davy lamp that was used elsewhere. An alternative explanation is that during the Jacobite risings they declared their allegiance to the Hanoverian kings of Great Britain George I and George II; whereas the rest of the county of Northumberland, to the north, were loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart. This article is about the people and dialect of Tyneside. ... The Tees is a river in Northern England. ... The north, the midlands and the south Southern England is an imprecise term used to refer to the southern counties of England. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ... George Stephenson George Stephenson For the British politician, see George Stevenson. ... The Geordie lamp was invented by George Stephenson in 1815 as a solution to explosions due to firedamp in coal mines. ... Firedamp is a flammable gas found in coal mines. ... Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a candle containing safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. ... Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, wearing the Jacobite blue bonnet Jacobitism was (and, to a very limited extent, remains) the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland. ... The adjective Hanoverian is used to describe British monarchs of the House of Hanover things relating to the Duchy of Hanover things relating to Hanover, Germany and it is a horse breed, see Hanoverian (horse) ... George I King of Great Britain and Ireland George I (George Ludwig von Guelph-dEste) (28 May 1660–11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death. ... George II King of Great Britain and Ireland George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender Prince James Francis Edward Stuart or Stewart, the Old Pretender, (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766) was the son of the deposed King James II of England and VII of Scots, and as such laid claim to the English and Scottish thrones (as...

Coal production

While Newcastle upon Tyne had been an important local centre since Roman times, and was a major local market town from the Middle Ages, the development of Newcastle and Tyneside is owed to coal mining. Coal was first known to be dug in Tyneside from superficial seams in around 1200, but there is some evidence from Bede's writings that it may have been dug as early as 800 AD. Coal was dug from local drift mines and bell pits, and although initially only used locally, it was exported from the port of Newcastle from the mid 1300s onwards. Tyneside had a strategic advantage as far as the coal trade was concerned, because collier brigs could be loaded with coal on the Tyne and could sail down the east coast to London. In fact, the burgesses of Newcastle formed a cartel, and were known as the Hostmen. The Hostmen were able gain a monopoly over all of the coal exported from Tyneside, a monopoly which lasted a considerable time. A well-known group of workers on the river were the keelmen who handled the keels, boats that carried the coal from the riverbanks to the waiting colliers.^[1] Surface coal mining in Wyoming. ... For other uses, see Bede (disambiguation). ... The Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne were a cartel of businessmen who formed a monopoly to control the export of coal from the River Tyne in North East England. ... The Keelmen of Tyne and Wear were a group of men who worked on the keels, large boats that carried the coal from the banks of both rivers to the waiting collier ships. ...

Steel and shipbuilding

The valley of the River Derwent, a major tributary of the Tyne that rises in County Durham, saw the development of the steel industry from around 1600 onwards. This was led by German immigrant cutlers and sword-makers, probably from around Solingen, who fled from religious persecution at home and settled in the then village of Shotley Bridge, near Consett. The River Derwent is a river on the border between County Durham and Northumberland in the north east of England. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... For other uses, see Steel (disambiguation). ... Müngstener Brücke, a railroad bridge between Solingen and Remscheid. ... Religious persecution is systematic mistreatment of an individual or group due to their religious affiliation. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... , Consett is a medium-sized town in the northwest of County Durham, England, and is the administrative capital of the district of Derwentside. ...

The combination of coal and steel industries in the area was the catalyst for further major industrial development in the nineteenth century, including the shipbuilding industry — at its peak, the Tyneside shipyards were the biggest and best centre of shipbuilding in the world, and built an entire navy for Japan in the first decade of the twentieth century. There is still a working shipyard in Wallsend. Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Fish ladder and shipyard in Grave, the Netherlands Construction hall of Schichau Seebeck Shipyard, Bremerhaven Gdynia Shipyard Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. ... , Wallsend is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in north Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ...

Professional rowing on the Tyne

From early in the 19th century it was a custom to hold boat races on the Tyne. The river had a large number of keelmen and wherrymen, who handled boats as part of their jobs. As on the River Thames, there were competitions to show who was the best oarsman. As a wherryman did not earn very much, professional rowing was seen as a quick way of earning extra money. Regattas were held, and provided modest prizes for professionals, but the big money was made in challenge races, in which scullers or boat crews would challenge each other to a race over a set distance for a side stake. The crews would usually have backers, who would put up the stake money, as they saw the chance of financial gain from the race. In the days before mass attendances at football matches, races on the river were enormously popular, with tens of thousands attending. Betting would go on both before and during a race, the odds changing as the fortunes of the contestants changed. Contestants who became champions of the Tyne would often challenge the corresponding champions of the River Thames, and the race would be arranged to take place on one of the two rivers. This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... Sculling is a word that has two different meanings: // In competitive rowing, sculling means to propel a sculling boat or skiff, using two oars (one in each hand), as opposed to rowing which, strictly speaking, means propelling the boat with a single oar held by both hands. ...

Rivalry between the Tyne and the Thames was very keen, and rowers who upheld the honour of the Tyne became local heroes. Three such oarsmen, who came from humble backgrounds and became household names in the North East, were Harry Clasper, Robert Chambers and James Renforth. Clasper was a champion rower in fours, as well as an innovative boat designer and a successful rowing coach. Chambers and Renforth were oarsmen who excelled at sculling. Both held the World Sculling Championship at different times. The popularity of all three men was such that when they died, many thousands attended their funeral processions, and magnificent funeral monuments were provided by popular subscription in all three cases. At the end of the nineteenth century professional rowing on the Tyne began a gradual decline and eventually died out altogether leaving the amateur version.^[2] Harry Clasper (5 July 1812 – 1870) was a famous British professional rower and boat-builder. ... Robert Chambers (14 June 1831 – 4 June 1868) was a famous Tyneside professional oarsman. ... James Renforth (7 April 1842 – 23 August 1871) was a famous Tyneside professional oarsman. ... Harry Clasper (5 July 1812 – 1870) was a famous British professional rower and boat-builder. ... Robert Chambers (14 June 1831 – 4 June 1868) was a famous Tyneside professional oarsman. ... James Renforth (7 April 1842 – 23 August 1871) was a famous Tyneside professional oarsman. ... Sculling is a word that has two different meanings: // In competitive rowing, sculling means to propel a sculling boat or skiff, using two oars (one in each hand), as opposed to rowing which, strictly speaking, means propelling the boat with a single oar held by both hands. ...

Rapper dancing

Despite its rapid growth in the Industrial Revolution, Tyneside did develop one peculiar local custom, the rapper sword dance, which later spread to neighbouring areas of Northumberland and County Durham. A Watt steam engine, the steam engine that propelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the world. ... Rapper sword is a kind of sword dance. ...

Industrial decline and regeneration

During the 1970s and 1980s, there was major industrial decline in the traditional British heavy industries, and Tyneside was hit hard. High unemployment rates, and a government led by Margaret Thatcher determined to push through with economic transformation, led to great social unrest with strikes and occasional rioting in depressed areas. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning compared to light industry. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post. ...

From the late 1980s onward, an improving national economy and local regeneration helped the area to recover, and although unemployment is still a problem compared with some other areas of Britain, expansion of new industries such as tourism, science and high-technology, has fuelled local development, especially in Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. Tourist redirects here. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... High tech refers to high technology, technology that is at the cutting-edge and the most advanced currently available. ...

Definition

The ONS define a Tyneside Urban Area with a population of 879,996 according to the 2001 census, which has the following urban sub-areas Office for National Statistics logo The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the United Kingdom government executive agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels. ...

• Blaydon
• Boldon
• Chester-le-Street
• Cleadon
• Felling
• Gateshead
• Gosforth
• Hebburn
• Hetton-le-Hole
• Houghton le Spring
• Howdon
• Jarrow
• Longbenton/Killingworth
• Meadowell
• Newburn
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Shields
• Ryton
• Percy Main
• Shiremoor
• South Hetton
• South Shields
• Springwell
• Tynemouth
• Wallsend
• Washington
• Whickham
• Whitley Bay

This area includes the four boroughs mentioned above, along with parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, and County Durham. The conurbation is narrowly separated from Cramlington and Sunderland. , Blaydon (or Blaydon-on-Tyne) is a town in the North East of England in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, and is commonly described as one of the most pleasant places to live in the United Kingdom. ... Boldon is the collective name of a group of 3 villages (East Boldon, West Boldon, and Boldon Colliery) - bordering the north of Sunderland and the south of South Shields. ... Chester-le-Street is a market town in County Durham, England with a history going back to Roman times. ... , Cleadon is a suburban village in North East England in the county of Tyne and Wear. ... Felling (known as The Felling to locals) is the name given to an area of eastern Gateshead, UK. Its name derives from the area where trees were felled to the east of town to expand and is often referred to locally as the Felling. It is bordered by Leam Lane... This article is about Gateshead, England. ... , For the village, see Gosforth, Cumbria. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... , Houghton-le-Spring (pronounced ) is a former mining town in North East England. ... , Longbenton is an incorporated town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ... , Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town north of Newcastle Upon Tyne, in North Tyneside, United Kingdom. ... Newburn is an urban area in Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ... Ryton is a semi-rural small town near the western border of Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... South Hetton is a village in County Durham, in England. ... Tynemouth beach This article concerns itself with the village. ... Washington Old Hall Washington is a town in North East England, within the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough. ... This article is about the village in England. ... , Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ... The City of Sunderland is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... , The town of Cramlington in the county of Northumberland is situated nine miles north of the provincial city of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the north east of England. ... For other uses, see Sunderland (disambiguation). ...

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Tyneside at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

^  1 includes hunting and forestry

^  2 includes energy and construction

^  3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^  4 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

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