Above: Select the required shipbuilder by using initial letter of the surname eg: Armstrong, Palmer or Readhead.
The above map dated 1855 is approximately 0.6 miles in width Shipbuilders in South Shields, north of the Market area:
Name Shipbuilder's Name District Dates Ships Barker Thomas Barker B - Market North 1833 - 1846 11 Blain Wilson & Blain, South Shields B - Market North 1869 - 1869 1 Brigham Brigham & Cowan B - Market North 1898 - 1898 2 Brodrick Ann & Lockwood Brodrick B - Market North 1786 - 1801 4 Craster Charles Craster B - Market North 1803 - 1803 1 Crosthwaite Wilson & Crosthwaite B - Market North 1863 - 1865 2 Fairles Nicholas Fairles B - Market North 1791 - 1812 9 Forsyth James & Thomas Forsyth B - Market North 1811 - 1859 21 Harle Harle & Wright B - Market North 1815 - 1816 2 Hepple Hepple & Co Ltd B - Market North 1894 - 1919 82 Hepple Hepples (1919) Ltd B - Market North 1919 - 1924 10 Ihler John Witherby & Alexander Ihler B - Market North 1831 - 1832 9 Kell George Kell B - Market North 1814 - 1833 12 Laing James, John & Paul Laing B - Market North 1807 - 1831 52 Moralee John Moralee B - Market North 1865 - 1870 1 Wilson Wilson & Blain, South Shields B - Market North 1869 - 1869 1 Wilson Wilson & Crosthwaite, South Shields B - Market North 1863 - 1865 2 Winlo I & FC Winlo B - Market North 1868 - 1868 1 Winlo John Winlo & Co B - Market North 1865 - 1874 5 Witherby John Witherby & Alexander Ihler B - Market North 1831 - 1832 9 Wright Wright, Harle & Co B - Market North 1807 - 1822 9 Young Cuthbert Young B - Market North 1824 - 1840 21 Young James Young B - Market North 1840 - 1871 14 Young Thomas Young B - Market North 1841 - 1871 8 Young Young & Co B - Market North 1841 - 1871 16 ------------ ---------------------------------------- ---------------- ------------ -----
Note: Other shipbuilders building in "South Shields" could well have been building here.