Etymology

South Shields

Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, in the Northeast of England (OS grid ref NZ3667). Full definition →

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The story

Related to shiel (“hut or cottage”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.