| Wallsend | |
  Wallsend shown within Tyne and Wear |
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| Population | Unknown at this time |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | North Tyneside |
| Metropolitan county | Tyne and Wear |
| Region | North East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WALLSEND |
| Postcode district | [[NE28 postcode area|{{{postcode_district}}}]] |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| European Parliament | North East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear | |
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History
Romans
In Roman times, Wallsend hosted the fort, Segedunum. Segedunum ("strong fort" was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. [1] This fort protected the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall ( Latin: perhaps Vallum Aelium, "the Aelian wall" is a stone and turf Fortification built by the Roman In this Whin Sill reach of Hadrian's Wall the construction is principally of stonework, unlike the more westerly parts of Hadrian's Wall where stone was more scarce. Whin Sill is a tabular layer of Igneous rock or sill, in County Durham and Northumberland, in the Northeast of England. [2] In dedication to the Romans, Latin signs are dotted throughout the town. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome.
19th century to present
Several urban sanitary districts were formed in the parish in the late 19th century : Willington Quay, Howdon and Wallsend itself. Willington Quay is an area in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear in northern England. Howdon is a place in Tyne and Wear, England. Howdon is an area in the eastern part of Wallsend, a former coal-mining and shipbuilding town on the The first two joined to form the Willington Quay urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, with the portion of the parish outside any urban sanitary district forming the parish of Willington in Tynemouth Rural District. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict c 73 created a system of Urban districts and Rural districts with elected councils in all areas of England Willington is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. It has an Industrial estate. Tynemouth was a Rural district in the English county of Northumberland. Wallsend became incorporated as a municipal borough in 1901, and in 1910 took over Willington Quay and Willington, and also part of the parish of Longbenton. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to Longbenton is an incorporated town in North Tyneside, England.
Shipbuilding
Wallsend has a history of shipbuilding and was the home of the Wigham Richardson shipyard, which later amalgamated to form Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, probably best known for building the RMS Mauretania. See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a The Wigham Richardson Shipbuilding company was named after its founder John Wigham Richardson (1837-1908 the son of Edward Richardson a Tanner from Swan Hunter, formerly known as " Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson " was one of the best known Shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. Beginning In 1897 the German liner became the largest and fastest ship in the world This express liner held the Blue Riband, for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic, for 22 years. For use of the related term "Blue Ribbon" see Blue ribbon (disambiguation.
Other famous ships included the RMS Carpathia which rescued the survivors from the Titanic in 1912, and the icebreaker Krasin (launched as Sviatogor) which rescued the Umberto Nobile expedition on Spitsbergen in 1928, when Roald Amundsen perished. History The RMS Carpathia was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson at their Newcastle upon Tyne, England shipyard Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland History The ship was built at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland in 1976. Umberto Nobile ( January 21, 1885 &ndash July 30, 1978) was an Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen, and sometimes misspelled Spitzbergen) is a Norwegian island the largest Island of the Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən ( July 16, 1872 – c The story is retold in the movie The Red Tent, starring Sean Connery and Peter Finch. The Red Tent is a Novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by St Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish This article is about the actor For the poet see Peter Finch (poet.
Charles Parsons launched his revolutionary Turbinia here in 1884, thus not only revolutionising the navies of the world, but also, through the large-scale production of affordable electricity, making a significant contribution to the modern age. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, OM (13 June 1854 &ndash 11 February 1931 was a British Engineer, best known for his invention of the Steam turbine. Development Charles Algernon Parsons invented the steam turbine in 1884 and having foreseen its potential to power ships he set up the Marine Steam Turbine Company He features in a BBC film called The Inventor of the Twentieth Century
Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin worked at subversion within the workers at Swan Hunter in 1916-17, and used it as background for his great anti-utopian work We. Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin (Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин) ( February 1, 1884 – March 10, 1937) was a Russian We (wiː is the first-person, plural Personal pronoun ( subject case) in Modern English. Which was, a major influence on George Orwell's-Nineteen Eighty-Four; which in turn, also turned out to be more of a policy statement of the masses; rather than a critical work of fiction. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel
WWII ships built here include HMS Sheffield, HMS Victorious and the flagship of the Home Fleet, HMS King George V. War service At the outbreak of war Sheffield served with the 18th Cruiser Squadron patrolling the Denmark Straits and then in April 1940 she was engaged Service Bismarck Episode In 1941 just 2 weeks after commissioning her first active mission began when she took part in the hunt for the German Construction Following the tradition of naming the first battleship constructed in the reign of a new monarch after the current Monarch, she was planned to be named All took part in the sinking of the Bismarck. Background Design of the ship started in the early 1930s following on from Germany's development of the ''Deutschland'' class cruisers and the ''Scharnhorst'' class
Coal mining
Much of Wallsend's early industry was driven by coal mining. The Wallsend Colliery consisted of 7 pits which were active between 1778 and 1935. In the 1820's the pits became incorporated as Russell's Colliery, which then became The Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Company Ltd. By 1924 the colliery employed 2183 people. It's most prominent manager was mining and railway engineer John Buddle who helped develop the Davy Lamp. The Davy lamp is a Safety lamp containing a candle devised in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy.
Between 1767 and 1925 there were 11 major incidents recorded at the colliery resulting in over 209 deaths. On 18th June 1835 a gas explosion in one of the tunnels killed 102 miners. The youngest was 8 years old.
Present
The town has expanded greatly in terms of housing since the end of World War II, and also since the 1960s. Wallsend town centre - including the main shopping area - is in fact to the west of the land covered by the town. To the north of this area lies the older estate of High Farm and the new estate of Hadrian Lodge. The town centre of Wallsend is separated from the eastern areas of the town by Wallsend Burn, a stream that has cut a small valley running north-west to south-east until it flows into the River Tyne. To the east of the Burn is the old area of Holy Cross (that contains the ruins of a medieval church), the pre-war estate of Rosehill and the (mainly) post-war estate of Howdon. To the south of Howdon lies Willington Quay which, as it name suggests, once served shipping but which is now dominated by industry and housing. East Howdon forms a small enclave between Willington Quay and North Shields.
The town's principal thoroughfare and shopping street is the High Street. To the north of this street is Wallsend Green, the town's most picturesque area, consisting of large houses surrounding a green square. Behind the Green, the Burn runs through the parkland of the Hall Grounds, to Wallsend Park, a traditional British municipal park, whose restoration has frequently been demanded by local residents.
The town is home to Wallsend Boys Club, an association football club, which has produced many famous players such as Alan Shearer, Lee Clark, Peter Beardsley and Michael Carrick. Wallsend Boys Club is a Football club based in Wallsend, North Tyneside, England. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Alan Shearer, OBE (born 13 August 1970 is an English retired footballer who played as a Striker in the English Premier League for Lee Robert Clark (born October 27, 1972 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) is an English former professional footballer and Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a renowned English former footballer of Michael Adrian Carrick (born 28 July 1981 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester United as a It is also hometown and birthplace to internationally successful musician, Sting. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award
 Wallsend metro station with Latin signs visible. |
 An image of the local Job Centre at the metro station, with a Latin name: Forum Venaticium |
Wallsend Metro station serves the town and, in honour of the Roman fort, has Latin and English signs. Jobcentre Plus (Canolfan Byd Gwaith is the Government -funded Employment agency facility and the Social security Wallsend Metro station is located towards the centre of Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England.
Notable citizens
- Steve Bruce- Footballer & Manager
- Michael Carrick - Footballer
- David Gillon - Film Scholar
- Paul Kennedy - Historian
- Brian Laws- Footballer & Manager
- Andrew Leslie - Shipbuilder
- George Dixon Rochester - Physicist
- T. Dan Smith - Local politician
- Paul Stephenson - Footballer
- Sting - musician
- Alan Thompson - Footballer
- Chris Thorman - Rugby League Player
- Steve Watson - Footballer
- Jocky Wilson - Darts Player
See also
References
External link
- Tyne and Wear Archives Service: historical information on Wallsend
- Tyne and Wear Archives Service: RMS Mauretania website
- [1] For Zamyatin, Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Wallsend
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