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Grieve's Stairs, Little Bedford Street, North Shields
First shown on the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch Map published in 1898 these steep stairs, which are seen here from Little Bedford Street, connected Lower Bedford Street with what was then known as East Ropery Banks. The stairs were named after the handsome Grieve's Building which abuts the stairs on the left hand side facing upwards. The stairs from below can be seen at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7724322.
Image: © Geoff Holland
Taken: 8 Jul 2025
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North Shields - 131 Bedford Street
Image: © Alan Heardman
Taken: 13 May 2008
0.03 miles
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Workshop, Little Bedford Street, North Shields
This workshop forms part of a larger 1896-built industrial property, seen from below at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/8091620, which is currently occupied by William Oliver & Rodman Russell Limited who "offer experience, expertise and an unbeatable level of service working with all types of metal (steel, wrought iron, cast iron, aluminium and more)".
Image: © Geoff Holland
Taken: 8 Jul 2025
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Flush Bracket Benchmark, Lower Rudyerd Street
Detail of the flush bracket benchmark on the south face, south angle of a works building at the junction of Lower Rudyerd Street and Yeoman Street. The flush bracket, benchmark number 10889, marks a height of 21.8124m above sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn), last levelled in 1960 and verified in 1988 (location photograph
Image).
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 27 Jan 2022
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Liddell Street and Bedford Street, North Shields
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 28 Jul 2013
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Street corner, Lower Rudyerd Street
The corner of Lower Rudyerd Street and Yeoman Street. Near the corner of the warehouse building on the left is a blue painted Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark (photograph
Image).
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 27 Jan 2022
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Building rear of 131 Bedford Street, North Shields
This old industrial building which backs onto Clive Street is attached to the rear of 131 Bedford Street https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/809395 and is accessed from Little Bedford Street. Part of the building is currently occupied by William Oliver & Rodman Russell Limited who "offer experience, expertise and an unbeatable level of service working with all types of metal (steel, wrought iron, cast iron, aluminium and more)". Little is known of the building's history although it was constructed in 1896, two years after the adjoining 131 Bedford Street property.
Image: © Geoff Holland
Taken: 8 Jul 2025
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Bedford Street, North Shields
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 28 Jul 2013
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Former Town Mission, Yeoman Dtreet, North Shields
The writer Robert Westall, who grew up in North Shields, described the area around Yeoman Street as a disreputable area in his youth. Now mainly housing many of which enjoy enviable views over the River Tyne.
Image: © Geoff Holland
Taken: 8 Jul 2025
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Clive Street, North Shields
A view along Clive Street in North Shields, with the Prince of Wales public house visible in the middle distance.
Image: © William Starkey
Taken: 5 Mar 2014
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